Energetic, exergetic and environmental (3E) analyses of different cooling technologies (wet, dry and hybrid) in a CSP thermal power plant

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dc.contributor.authorCutillas, C. G.
dc.contributor.authorRuiz, J.
dc.contributor.authorAsfand, Faisal
dc.contributor.authorPatchigolla, Kumar
dc.contributor.authorLucas, M.
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-25T13:54:34Z
dc.date.available2021-10-25T13:54:34Z
dc.date.issued2021-10-08
dc.description.abstractThis paper deals with the comparison of three condensation systems for the heat dissipation in a solar power plant: wet system, dry system and hybrid system based on the pre-cooling of the air in an adiabatic panel located in the entrance section of a dry system. Energy, exergy and environmental (3E) analyses were conducted to assess the influence of the condensation system on the power plant performance. The Andasol I plant located in Granada (Spain), with a net power capacity of 50 MWe, is used as a real reference case of a concentrated solar power station. The cycle refrigerated with a cooling tower achieves a lower pressure of condensation, followed by the hybrid and dry system. As the pressure decreases, the efficiency of the cycle increases and also the power generated, being 12.60% in the case of cooling tower and 4.65% in the hybrid system with respect the dry condenser. A 71.74% of water usage savings by the hybrid system carries a 7.06% of net power production with regard of the cooling tower configuration. The exergetic performance of the plant is 73.77% for the wet system, 69.21% for the hybrid and 68.46% for the dry system.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationCutillas CG, Ruiz J, Asfand F, et al., (2021) Energetic, exergetic and environmental (3E) analyses of different cooling technologies (wet, dry and hybrid) in a CSP thermal power plant. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, Volume 28, December 2021, Article number 101545en_UK
dc.identifier.issn2214-157X
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2021.101545
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/17200
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectSolar thermal power planten_UK
dc.subjectCondenseren_UK
dc.subjectHybrid systemen_UK
dc.subjectExergyen_UK
dc.subjectWater consumptionen_UK
dc.titleEnergetic, exergetic and environmental (3E) analyses of different cooling technologies (wet, dry and hybrid) in a CSP thermal power planten_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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