Journal
SOLAR ENERGY
Volume 103, Issue -, Pages 303-315Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.02.022
Keywords
Thermal storage; Sensible heat; Concrete; Durability
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- Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Trento e Rovereto [Prot. SG 2483/10]
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Guidelines for designing a concrete storage module and for its integration into a solar plant, respecting constraints linked both to an adequate solar field operation and to the production system based on ORC, are described. A series of simplified procedures are developed to be used for a first module design and more sophisticated (even if more expensive) simulation techniques via the Finite Element Method are checked and upgraded. Once the ongoing experimental phase on a scaled storage prototype at the ENEA site of Casaccia has been concluded, the obtained data will be used for completing both the setup of the calculation instruments and the R&D activity dealing with the development of an appropriate concrete mixing, optimising its chemical physical and durability performances, and with the module integration within a CSP system. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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