Open AccessSIMULATION STUDY OF PARABOLIC TROUGH SOLAR POWER PLANTS IN BRAZIL
Author(s) -
Antônio Marcos de Oliveira Siqueira,
Gabi Antoine Altabash,
Rayan Fadi Barhouche,
Gabriel Siqueira Silva,
Fábio Gonçalves Villela
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of research - granthaalayah
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2394-3629
pISSN - 2350-0530
DOI - 10.29121/granthaalayah.v7.i8.2019.634
Subject(s) - parabolic trough , trnsys , heat exchanger , environmental science , thermal energy storage , power station , solar energy , nuclear engineering , solar power , concentrated solar power , meteorology , photovoltaic thermal hybrid solar collector , electricity generation , engineering , process engineering , thermal , power (physics) , mechanical engineering , electrical engineering , physics , thermodynamics
Various data reveals the potential of concentrated solar technologies for the electricity production. With global growing energy demand and green-house gas emission, concentrating solar power is considered as one of the promising options and has invited wide attention. In this work, a model for a 30 MW parabolic trough solar power plant system was developed for 31 different locations in Brazil, using TRNSYS simulation software, and TESS and STEC libraries. The power system consists of a parabolic trough solar collector loop connected to a power block by a series of heat exchangers. The solar collector loop consists of a field of parabolic trough collectors, stratified thermal storage tank, pump and heat exchangers to drive the power block and uses Therminol VP1 as heat transfer fluid. The results show that the cities of Recife (PE), Fortaleza (CE), Belterra (PA), Salvador (BA) and Petrolina (PE) stand out for their high monthly values of direct normal irradiation and, resulting the highest production of energy by the same configuration of Solar Central Power Plant.