Journal
PROGRESS IN ENERGY AND COMBUSTION SCIENCE
Volume 39, Issue 4, Pages 285-319Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pecs.2013.02.001
Keywords
Concentrating solar power plants; Storage system design; High temperature thermal energy storage; Economic analysis; Thermal storage media; Efficiency analysis
Funding
- USDOE [DE-EE0003590]
- Florida Energy Systems Consortium (FESC)
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This paper presents a review of thermal energy storage system design methodologies and the factors to be considered at different hierarchical levels for concentrating solar power (CSP) plants. Thermal energy storage forms a key component of a power plant for improvement of its dispatchability. Though there have been many reviews of storage media, there are not many that focus on storage system design along with its integration into the power plant. This paper discusses the thermal energy storage system designs presented in the literature along with thermal and exergy efficiency analyses of various thermal energy storage systems integrated into the power plant. Economic aspects of these systems and the relevant publications in literature are also summarized in this effort. (c) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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