A Feasibility Analysis of a Solar Power Plant with Direct Steam Generation System in Sonora, Mexico

Power generation using renewable technologies has become a primordial option to satisfy the energy demand all over the world, with solar concentrating technologies widely applied for this purpose. A combination of a parabolic trough collector with direct steam generation has been considered an excel...

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Published in:Energies (Basel) 2023-05, Vol.16 (11), p.4388
Main Authors: Enciso Contreras, Ernesto, Saldaña, Juan Gabriel Barbosa, Alejo, Jesus de la Cruz, Torres, Claudia Del C. Gutiérrez, Bernal, Jose Alfredo Jimenez, Vazquez, Maria Belem Arce
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
DSG
Economic impact
Electric power production
Energy demand
Fossil fuels
Green technology
Heat transfer
High temperature
Industrial plant emissions
Mathematical models
power plant
Power plants
PTC
Renewable energy technologies
Software
Solar collectors
Solar energy
Solar power
Solar power plants
Steam electric power generation
Steam generation
Steam power
Technology
Thermal analysis
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Summary:Power generation using renewable technologies has become a primordial option to satisfy the energy demand all over the world, with solar concentrating technologies widely applied for this purpose. A combination of a parabolic trough collector with direct steam generation has been considered an excellent option for power generation as the economic cost and complexity in the plant are reduced. The thermal evaluation of a solar power plant as well as the PTC in the DSG process is very important in viability and economic analyses. In this sense, as the main objective of this work, a numerical tool for evaluating DSG with PTC technology was developed. The SOLEEC software is a versatile, reliable, accurate, and user-friendly option to thermally evaluate a DSG with PTC technology. The user has the possibility of comparing the thermal behavior of different geometrical dimensions for a PTC and even consider different materials to satisfy the demand of superheated steam by a DSG process. The software has an error of less than 5% when compared with the literature results and was used in this paper to evaluate a power plant in Mexico, showing that the change to DSG proposing different PTC could reduce the solar field by about 35%.
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en16114388