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Performance of low temperature solar rankine power generation system
Author(s) -
Ayyash S.,
Suri R. K.,
Maheshwari G. P.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
international journal of energy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1099-114X
pISSN - 0363-907X
DOI - 10.1002/er.4440090205
Subject(s) - degree rankine , rankine cycle , solar energy , energy transformation , electricity generation , environmental science , organic rankine cycle , maximum power principle , electric power system , nuclear engineering , photovoltaic thermal hybrid solar collector , power (physics) , mechanical engineering , engineering , process engineering , photovoltaic system , electrical engineering , thermodynamics , physics
The overall performance of a solar thermal electrical power generation system is governed by the performance of the energy collection system and the power conversion unit. Any system operating under given meteorological and solar radiation conditions has a unique energy collection temperature for which the electrical output of the system will be a maximum. An engineering analysis of the system was carried out to obtain general correlations which can be used for determining such an optimum temperature. Factual experience on the design and operation of a Rankine system, using flat plate collectors and the climatological data, was used to obtain numerical estimates for the net energy conversion capability of such systems operating in Kuwait.