In order to improve the performance of a concentrated solar power plant, different innovative configurations using parabolic trough collector have been reported in literature. Al-Sulaiman [49] presented energy analysis of an organic Rankine cycle as bottoming cycle in a steam Rankine cycle based plant and concluded that steam …
Technical Report. NREL/TP-5 C00- 73850 . February 2020 . Life-Cycle Cost and Optimization of PV Systems Based on Power Duration Curve with Variable Performance …
The present study aims at investigating a solar Kalina cycle from energy, exergy, and exergoeconomic points of view using the EES software. Then, a parametric …
EAF steelmaking process integrated with solar energy system (EAF-SES) was developed. • Comparative life cycle assessment and techno-economic analysis of EAF-SES was conducted. • Life cycle inventories of 1536 heats in …
Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) is a comprehensive form of analysis that utilizes the principles of Life Cycle Assessment, Life Cycle Cost Analysis, and various other methods to evaluate the environmental, economic, and social attributes of energy systems ranging from ...
Renewable energy plays a significant role in achieving energy savings and emission reduction. As a sustainable and environmental friendly renewable energy power technology, concentrated solar power (CSP) integrates power generation and energy storage to ensure the smooth operation of the power system. However, the cost of CSP …
The environmental impact of solar PV production process has also been an essential topic of study and policy discourse, and many researchers have evaluated the environmental impact on solar PV products. Souliotis et al. (2018) argue that environmental factors should be taken into account when studying solar hot water systems to avoid the …
Organic Rankine cycle (ORC), powered by line-focusing concentrating solar collectors (parabolic trough collector and linear Fresnel reflector), is a promising option for modular scale. ORC based power block, with dry …
An innovative multi-generation liquid air energy storage system is proposed. • Air compression heat, solar heat and air residual heat are all adequately utilized. • First time to conduct sustainability evaluation on liquid …
This study aims to provide a comprehensive assessment of the environmental and economic impacts of various types of solar photovoltaic (PV) …
Uncertainties in the design process of renewable energy systems (RES) in zero and net-zero energy buildings pose a significant challenge. This study introduces an innovative uncertainty-based techno-economic assessment coupled with …
A carbon neutral system based on LAES, CBC and solar power proposed • Energy, exergy and economic analyses used to evaluate system performance • Round-trip efficiency can reach up to 61.61 % under design conditions. • …
Solar energy is a renewable energy that requires a storage medium for effective usage. Phase change materials (PCMs) successfully store thermal energy from solar energy. The material-level life cycle assessment (LCA) plays an important role in studying the ecological impact of PCMs. The life cycle inventory (LCI) analysis provides …
Solar thermal energy is the most abundant clean renewable energy source which could be used to generate electricity by hybridization with Simple …
Life-cycle energy stresses on EPBT ensure that all energy consumed or invested by a PV system has a short-term energy ... Chen X, Yuan Y (2018) ''Techno-economic analysis of a solar photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) concentrator for building application in –24. ...
KEYWORDS Economic analysis; life cycle analysis; life cycle cost; life cycle savings. INTRODUCTION The objective of the economic analysis of solar energy …
Intuitively, not only plant or cycle configurations are to consider the economic aspect, but also every component design. As an example, Reznicek et al. [21] introduced an analysis to compare regenerators and recuperators in sCO 2 BCs, integrated with CSP. They ...
Integrated Solar Combined Cycle (ISCC) power plants based on Parabolic Trough Concentrators (PTCs) are the most efficient way for solar into electrical energy conversion. However, due to operation in several climate conditions, they need more efforts in their ...
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5 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 5.1 Base mode analysis The VCC cycle is off-grid in base mode, and the system only operates with the solar collector and the ORC cycle. Due to the superheater before the turbine, the fluid at the turbine inlet is superheated. Figure 3 shows the effect of |${T}_6$| on the thermal efficiency (first-order efficiency) of …
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The emerging metal halide perovskite family has demonstrated great potential as light-harvesting active materials by virtue of excellent light absorption and charge-carrier mobilities () spite record-breaking PCEs (up to 25.2%) (), single-junction perovskite solar cells stand little chance to outcompete the current benchmark of crystalline silicon (PCE …
The solar thermal energy can be integrated to a conventional combined cycle power plant either in topping cycle or bottoming cycle or both. The topping cycle solar integration can be gas turbine (GT) inlet air cooling using vapor absorption chiller [4] or heating the gas turbine compressor discharge air [5] .
The cost-benefit analysis method can be used to analyze whether the development of utility-scale solar energy improves social welfare. Previous studies have …
Six power cycles, driven by sCO 2-based concentrated solar power, are studied. Dual-cycle systems have higher thermal efficiency than triple-cycle systems. • Triple-cycle systems have the highest exergy efficiency of 27%. • …
This paper presents 3E analyses of combined solar ORC-VCC power plant. The combined power generation and cooling system using an ORC powered by …
For example, Crawford et al. [7] used annual solar fraction in the two cities to calculate the energy consumed by SWHSs; Tsilingiridis et al. [10] adopted a f-chart method to calculate the monthly solar fraction; Rey-Martinez et …
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