Design of solar thermal power plants / Zhifeng Wang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wang, Zhifeng, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Solar power plants.

Solar concentrators--Efficiency.

Solar concentrators.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (492 pages)

Place of Publication:

London, England : CIP : Academic Press, 2019.

Summary:

Design of Solar Thermal Power Plants introduces the basic design methods of solar thermal power plants for technicians engaged in solar thermal power generation engineering. This book includes the author's theoretical investigation and study findings in solar heat concentrators, a performance evaluation of solar thermal collectors, a numerical simulation of the heat transfer process between complex geometrics, heat transfer through radiation, and more. Containing theoretical descriptions of solar concentrators and receivers, practical engineering examples, and detailed descriptions of site selections for solar thermal power plants, this book has a strong theoretical and practical value for readers.- Contains practical guidance and applications, making it more useful and user-friendly for CSP engineers- Includes theoretical investigation in solar heat concentrators, performance evaluation of solar thermal collectors, and the numerical simulation of heat transfer between complex geometrics with practical applications

Contents:

Front Cover

DESIGN OF SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface

SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANT DESIGN

1 - Introduction

1.1 GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANT DESIGN

1.1.1 Constitution of the Solar Thermal Power Plant

1.1.2 Selection of Pressure Parameters for Power Generation Units

1.1.3 Heat Transfer Fluid of the Receiver

1.1.4 Schedule Capacity of the Power Plant and Number of Installed Units

1.1.5 Control of Power Plant Influences on the Environment

1.1.6 Power Plant Seismic Resistance and Windproof Design

1.1.7 Principles of Concentration Field Design

1.2 BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO SOLAR THERMAL POWER GENERATION

1.2.1 Basic Concepts of Solar Thermal Power Plants

1.2.1.1 Basic Concepts of Solar Thermal Power Generation Technology

1.2.1.2 Characteristics of Solar Thermal Power Generation Technology

1.2.1.3 Comparison of Solar Thermal Power and Solar Photovoltaic Power Generation

1.2.2 Main Technical Forms of Solar Thermal Power Generation

1.2.2.1 Solar Tower Power Generation

1.2.2.2 Parabolic Trough Solar Power Generation

1.2.2.3 Dish-Stirling Solar Power Generation

1.2.2.4 Liner Fresnel Reflector Solar Power Generation

1.2.3 Basic Terms

1.2.3.1 Optic Terms

1.2.3.2 Thermodynamic Terms

1.2.3.3 System Terms

2 - The Solar Resource and Meteorological Parameters

2.1 THE NATURE OF THE SOLAR RESOURCE

2.1.1 Advantages of Solar Resource Utilization

2.1.2 Disadvantages of Solar Resource Utilization

2.2 THE SOLAR CONSTANT AND RADIATION SPECTRUM

2.2.1 Solar Irradiation Expression

2.2.2 Solar Radiation Spectrum

2.3 ATMOSPHERIC INFLUENCES ON SOLAR IRRADIATION

2.4 CALCULATING METHODS FOR SOLAR POSITION

2.4.1 Solar Angle

2.4.2 Calculation of Tracking Angle.

2.5 DISTRIBUTION OF THE SOLAR RESOURCE IN SEVERAL TYPICAL AREAS OF CHINA

2.5.1 The Solar Resource in Beijing

2.5.1.1 Solar Altitude Sunrise Time, and Sunset Time of Beijing

2.5.1.2 Solar Radiation in Beijing

2.5.1.3 Sunshine Duration of Beijing

2.5.1.4 Sunshine Percentage of Beijing

2.5.1.5 Measured Value of Daily Mean Solar Direct Normal Irradiance of Badaling

2.5.2 The Solar Resource in Lhasa

2.5.2.1 Weather Conditions in Lhasa [7]

2.5.2.2 Solar Radiation and Sunshine Duration of Lhasa

2.5.3 The Solar Resource in Golmud

2.5.3.1 Weather Conditions of Golmud [8]

2.5.3.2 Solar Radiation on Golmud

2.5.3.3 Golmud Sunshine Duration

2.5.4 The Solar Resource in Dunhuang

2.5.4.1 Weather Conditions of Dunhuang

2.5.4.2 Solar Radiation in Dunhuang

2.5.5 The Solar Resource in Turpan

2.5.5.1 Weather Conditions in Turpan

2.5.5.2 Solar Radiation of Turpan

2.5.6 The Solar Resource in Guizhou

2.5.6.1 Weather Conditions of Guizhou

2.5.6.2 Solar Radiation of Guizhou

2.5.7 The Solar Resource in Hainan

2.5.7.1 Solar Radiation and Sunshine Duration of Hainan

2.5.7.2 Thermal Characteristics of Hainan

2.5.7.3 Precipitation Conditions in Hainan

2.5.7.4 Typhoons and Thunderstorms

2.5.8 The Solar Resource in Harbin

2.5.8.1 Basic Climatic Characteristics of Harbin

2.5.8.2 Solar Radiation in Harbin

2.5.8.3 Sunshine Duration in Harbin

2.6 SOLAR IRRADIANCE PREDICTION METHODS

2.6.1 Estimation Method for Solar Direct Normal Irradiance

2.6.2 Influences of Climate Change on Solar Direct Irradiance

2.7 DISTRIBUTION OF SOLAR DIRECT NORMAL RADIATION RESOURCES IN CHINA

2.7.1 Distribution of China's Annual Mean Daily Solar Direct Normal Irradiation

2.7.2 Influencing Factors for Spatial and Temporal Distributions of Solar Direct Irradiation.

2.7.3 Basic Characteristics of China's Solar Resource

2.7.4 Regionalization of China's Solar Resource

2.7.5 Measurement of Solar Direct Normal Irradiation

2.8 VARIOUS SPECIAL CLIMATE CONDITIONS IN THE PLANT AREA

2.8.1 Ambient Air Temperature

2.8.2 Wind Speed

2.8.3 Precipitation Parameters

2.8.4 Disastrous Weather Phenomena and Respective Parameters

2.8.5 Designed Wind Speed and Ambient Air Temperature

2.9 MEASURING INSTRUMENT

2.9.1 Global Solar Radiation Meter

2.9.2 Solar Direct Normal Irradiance Meter

2.9.3 Atmospheric Transmittance Meter

2.10 GLOBAL DIRECT NORMAL IRRADIANCE DISTRIBUTIONS

2.10.1 Site Adaptation of Satellite-Based Direct Normal Irradiance

2.10.2 Global and District Direct Normal Solar Irradiation Distributions

3 - General Design of a Solar Thermal Power Plant

3.1 POWER PLANT DESIGN POINT

3.1.1 Significance of Design Point

3.1.2 Calculation Examples of Applying the Design Point

3.2 HELIOSTAT FIELD EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS FOR POWER PLANTS

3.2.1 Brief Introduction to Heliostat Optical Code for Solar Towers

3.2.2 Algorithmic Principles of Heliostat Optical Code

3.2.3 Two Specific Versions of Heliostat Optical Code

3.2.4 Values of Specular Reflectance

3.2.5 Atmospheric Transmittance Analysis

3.2.6 Heat Losses of Power Tower Cavity Receiver

3.3 THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTOR

3.3.1 Parabolic Trough Receiver Tube Heat Loss Parameters

3.3.2 Current Status of Measurement Methods for Parabolic Trough Collector Thermal Performance

3.3.2.1 Current Overseas Research Status of Thermal Performance of Parabolic Trough Collectors

3.3.2.2 Brief Introduction to the ASHRAE 93 Steady State Test Method

3.3.2.3 Brief Introduction to the EN 12975-2 Quasi-Dynamic Test Method.

3.3.3 Test Methods to Determine the Thermal Performance of the Parabolic Trough Collector

3.3.3.1 Current Status of Thermal Performance Test Method

3.3.3.2 Assumed Conditions of Dynamic Test Model

3.3.3.3 Model Establishment for Heat-Transfer Process

3.3.3.4 Establishment of Optical Model

3.3.3.5 Dynamic Test Model and Parameter Identification

3.3.3.6 Thermal Performance Prediction of Dynamic Test Model

3.3.4 Experimental Condition I

3.3.5 Experimental Condition II

3.3.6 Experimental Condition III

3.3.7 Experimental Condition IV

3.4 BASIC DATA REQUIRED BY POWER PLANT DESIGN

3.5 MAJOR PARAMETERS AND PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN

3.6 DESCRIPTION OF GENERAL PARAMETERS OF THE POWER PLANT

3.7 CALCULATION OF ANNUAL POWER GENERATION

3.7.1 Calculation by Applying the Design Point Method

3.7.2 Calculation Example for Annual Power Generation

3.7.3 Thermal Power Plant Capacity Optimization

3.7.4 Power Generation Calculation Methods Based on Hourly Simulation

3.7.5 Influences of Location on Calculation of Parabolic Trough Collector Efficiency

3.8 DETERMINATION OF THERMAL STORAGE RESERVE

3.8.1 Principles of Selecting Thermal Storage Capacity

3.8.2 Principles of Selecting Thermal Storage Capacity

3.9 MAIN POINTS FOR POWER PLANT SITE PLAN

3.10 NOTICES FOR CONCENTRATION FIELD LAYOUT

4 - Design of the Concentration System

4.1 GENERAL SYSTEM DESCRIPTION

4.1.1 Constitution of the Concentration System

4.1.2 Principles and Modes for Concentrator Adjustment and Control

4.1.3 Modes of Concentration Field Control

4.1.4 Location and Environmental Requirements of the Concentrating Field Supervisory Controller Control Room

4.1.5 Calculation Methods for Concentration Field Output

4.1.6 Influences of Dust Accumulation on Mirror

4.2 PRINCIPLES FOR CONCENTRATION FIELD LAYOUT.

4.2.1 Basic Knowledge of the Heliostat

4.2.2 Concentration Astigmatism of a Spherical Heliostat

4.2.3 Brief Introduction to the Toroidal Heliostat

4.2.4 Optical Losses of the Parabolic Trough Concentrator

4.2.5 General Principle for Heliostat Field Layout

4.3 DESIGN OF THE SOLAR TOWER POWER PLANT CONCENTRATING FIELD

4.3.1 Basic Operation Modes of the Heliostat Field and Basic Design Parameters

4.3.1.1 Operating Modes of the Heliostat Field

4.3.1.2 Design Parameters

4.3.2 Methods for Heliostat Field Optimization Design

4.3.2.1 Current Status of Heliostat Concentration Field Design Software

4.3.2.2 Basic Idea of Concentrating Field Design

4.3.3 Design of the Solar Tower Receiver

4.4 CONTROL DESIGN OF THE HELIOSTAT FIELD OF A SOLAR TOWER POWER PLANT

4.4.1 Technical Conditions for the Heliostat Field Control System

4.4.2 Correction of Heliostat Tracking Errors

4.5 SOLAR FIELD DESIGN OF PARABOLIC TROUGH POWER PLANT

4.5.1 Axial Arrangement of the Concentrating Field

4.5.1.1 Calculation of Total Irradiation on a Typical Day

4.5.1.2 Annual Irradiation

4.5.2 Thermal Efficiency Evaluation of the Parabolic Trough Collector

4.6 DESCRIPTION OF SOLAR CONCENTRATOR

4.6.1 Description of Concentrator

4.6.2 Description of Heat-Transfer Medium

4.6.3 Transparent Cover

4.6.4 Heat Absorber

4.6.5 Restrictive Conditions

4.6.6 Schematic Diagram of Concentrator (Fig. 4.31)

4.6.7 Picture of Concentrator (Fig. 4.32)

4.7 INSTANTANEOUS EFFICIENCY

4.7.1 Schematic Diagram of Test Loop (Fig. 4.33)

4.7.2 Test Results, Measurement, and Calculation Data

4.7.3 Data Quadratic Fitting

4.7.3.1 Experimental Formula of Solar Energy-Generating System (SEGS), United States

4.8 DESIGN OF THE PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTOR FIELD.

4.9 CONCENTRATOR FIELD CONTROL DESIGN OF THE PARABOLIC TROUGH POWER PLANT.

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from pdf title page (Knovel, viewed June 10, 2020)

ISBN:

9780128162194

0128162198