Journal article
Review on concentrating solar power plants and new developments in high temperature thermal energy storage technologies
Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol.53, pp.1411-1432
2016
Abstract
A concentrating solar power (CSP) system converts sunlight into a heat source which can be used to drive a conventional power plant. Thermal energy storage (TES) improves the dispatchability of a CSP plant. Heat can be stored in either sensible, latent or thermochemical storage. Commercial deployment of CSP systems have been achieved in recent years with the two-tank sensible storage system using molten salt as the storage medium. Considerable research effort has been conducted to improve the efficiency of the CSP system and make the cost of electricity comparable to that of the conventional fossil-fuel power plant. This paper provides a comprehensive summary of CSP plants both in operation and under construction. It covers the available technologies for the receiver, thermal storage, power block and heat transfer fluid. This paper also reviews developments in high temperature TES over the past decade with a focus on sensible and latent heat storage. High temperature corrosion and economic aspects of these systems are also discussed.
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- Title
- Review on concentrating solar power plants and new developments in high temperature thermal energy storage technologies
- Authors
- Ming Liu (Corresponding Author) - University of South AustraliaN.H. Steven Tay (Author) - University of South AustraliaStuart Bell (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyMartin Belusko (Author) - University of South AustraliaRhys Jacob (Author) - University of South AustraliaGeoffrey Will (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyWasim Saman (Author) - University of South AustraliaFrank Bruno (Author) - University of South Australia
- Publication details
- Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol.53, pp.1411-1432
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.rser.2015.09.026
- ISSN
- 1879-0690
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science, Technology and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99737876802621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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