Open AccessAnalysis of the behavior of a parabolic trough collectors’ plant for weather conditions of Cartagena - Bolívar
Author(s) -
Victoria López,
Yulineth Cárdenas,
Gaylord Carrillo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1154/1/012024
Subject(s) - parabolic trough , meteorology , environmental science , latitude , thermal energy storage , solar energy , renewable energy , longitude , engineering , geography , electrical engineering , physics , geodesy , thermodynamics
Solar energy and concentration technologies, have gained importance in recent years due to their versatility and positive impact on the environment. Varios son las tecnologías que se pueden utilizar para generar electricidad, a partir de la irradiación solar, sin embargo, la tecnología de Colectores Cilíndrico Parabólico, recibe el reconocimiento por tener mayor desarrollo comercial. Before this panorama, this work analyzes the solar radiation potential of the city of Cartagena is located in Colombia with Elevation of 32 m, Latitude (10.57°), Longitude (-75.46), DNI 40.84KWh/m 2 /day, DHI 2.26 KWh/m 2 /day, Average wind speed 4.5 m/s for the use of parabolic trough collector to generate electricity. To achieve the purpose of this work, a methodology is implemented for the characterization of this type of plants. In the initial stage, the requirements of the solar field are considered and configured. Followed by the stage of characterization of the thermal storage system, and configuration of the system. To later characterize the power cycle, an operating parameter to respond to the energy demand defined in this research. In the final part of this work, an analysis of operating parameters is proposed, in order to obtain improvements in the configuration of the proposed system. The results obtained allowed us to determine that for the evaluated conditions and the configuration of the determined plant, it can operate with the Therminol PV-1 fluid, a solar multiple of 1.7 and solar salt, as the storage system fluid.