Concentrated solar power technology in India: A review

Conventional power plants suffer from issues like fuel scarcity, availability of site and other environmental concerns. Alternate technologies based on renewable energy sources especially solar, wind and bio-mass are utilised to overcome these problems. Among many options available in solar technology, power generation through CSP (Concentrating Solar Power) could be the most promising one for India in the coming future. In this paper, a brief overview on various CSP technologies and site selection criteria has been outlined. Subsequently, the design considerations for the four major CSP technologies i.e. solar tower, parabolic trough, linear fresnel reflector, and parabolic dish are discussed. Finally, the present status and key issues related to the deployment of CSP based technologies in India are summarised.

[1]  Luis M. Serra,et al.  Environmental evaluation of dish-Stirling technology for power generation , 2012 .

[2]  J. M. Vindel,et al.  Correcting satellite derived DNI with systematic and seasonal deviations: Application to India , 2015 .

[3]  Edward S. Rubin,et al.  Economic implications of thermal energy storage for concentrated solar thermal power , 2011 .

[4]  G. Kumaresan,et al.  Performance studies of a solar parabolic trough collector with a thermal energy storage system , 2012 .

[5]  Ashmore Mawire,et al.  Experimental energy and exergy performance of a solar receiver for a domestic parabolic dish concentrator for teaching purposes , 2014 .

[6]  Aron Dobos,et al.  P50/P90 Analysis for Solar Energy Systems Using the System Advisor Model: Preprint , 2012 .

[7]  R. Abbas,et al.  Solar radiation concentration features in Linear Fresnel Reflector arrays , 2012 .

[8]  Hadrien Benoit,et al.  Review of heat transfer fluids in tube-receivers used in concentrating solar thermal systems: Properties and heat transfer coefficients , 2016 .

[9]  G. S. Miguel,et al.  Environmental analysis of a Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant hybridised with different fossil and renewable fuels , 2015 .

[10]  J. K. Nayak,et al.  Effects of shading and blocking in linear Fresnel reflector field , 2015 .

[11]  Yong Shuai,et al.  Development of a multi-layer and multi-dish model for the multi-dish solar energy concentrator system , 2014 .

[12]  Liang Cheng,et al.  Inspection and Structural Health Monitoring techniques for Concentrated Solar Power plants , 2016 .

[13]  Hulin Huang,et al.  Design and thermal performances of Semi-Parabolic Linear Fresnel Reflector solar concentration collector , 2014 .

[14]  Margarida C. Coelho,et al.  Exergetic and environmental life cycle assessment analysis of concentrated solar power plants , 2016 .

[15]  Andrea Toffolo,et al.  Thermodynamic performance of a hybrid power generation system using biomass gasification and concentrated solar thermal processes , 2015 .

[16]  Gopalakrishnan Srilakshmi,et al.  Challenges and opportunities for Solar Tower technology in India , 2015 .

[17]  Yiding Cao,et al.  Convection heat loss from cavity receiver in parabolic dish solar thermal power system: A review , 2010 .

[18]  Steven Dubowsky,et al.  A new design approach for solar concentrating parabolic dish based on optimized flexible petals , 2011 .

[19]  Edward S. Rubin,et al.  Life cycle assessment of greenhouse gas emissions, water and land use for concentrated solar power plants with different energy backup systems , 2013 .

[20]  D. D. Col,et al.  Assessment of estimation methods of DNI resource in solar concentrating systems , 2015 .

[21]  Merlinde Kay,et al.  Calculating the financial value of a concentrated solar thermal plant operated using direct normal irradiance forecasts , 2016 .

[22]  John Pye,et al.  A new 500m2 paraboloidal dish solar concentrator , 2011 .

[23]  Bin Li,et al.  Structural integrity assessment of glass components in Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) systems , 2015 .

[24]  Antonio J. Conejo,et al.  Operation of a fully renewable electric energy system with CSP plants , 2014 .

[25]  V. Cheang,et al.  Benchmarking supercritical carbon dioxide cycles against steam Rankine cycles for Concentrated Solar Power , 2015 .

[26]  Vittorio Ferraro,et al.  On the performance of CSP oil-cooled plants, with and without heat storage in tanks of molten salts , 2015 .

[27]  Emanuele Massetti,et al.  An assessment of the optimal timing and size of investments in concentrated solar power , 2013 .

[28]  L. Chamorro,et al.  Near and far field flow disturbances induced by model hydrokinetic turbine: ADV and ADP comparison , 2013 .

[29]  Roberto Grena,et al.  Solar linear Fresnel collector using molten nitrates as heat transfer fluid , 2011 .

[30]  Qiang Li,et al.  Vacuum lifetime and residual gas analysis of parabolic trough receiver , 2016 .

[31]  M. R. Rodríguez-Sánchez,et al.  District cooling network connected to a solar power tower. , 2015 .

[32]  Mahmood Yaghoubi,et al.  Solar Energy Potential and Performance Assessment of CSP Plants in Different Areas of Iran , 2015 .

[33]  Wenhua Yu,et al.  Phase change material with graphite foam for applications in high-temperature latent heat storage systems of concentrated solar power plants , 2014 .

[34]  Min Gao,et al.  Decision framework of solar thermal power plant site selection based on linguistic Choquet operator , 2014 .

[35]  Sharon J.W. Klein,et al.  Comparing the sustainability of U.S. electricity options through multi-criteria decision analysis , 2015 .

[36]  G. C. Bakos,et al.  Solar aided power generation of a 300 MW lignite fired power plant combined with line-focus parabolic trough collectors field , 2013 .

[37]  Jong-Kyu Kim,et al.  Simplified heat loss model for central tower solar receiver , 2015 .

[38]  M. Galetz,et al.  Slurry aluminizing: A solution for molten nitrate salt corrosion in concentrated solar power plants , 2016 .

[39]  Miguel Castilla,et al.  Promotion of concentrating solar thermal power (CSP) in Spain: Performance analysis of the period 1998–2013 , 2015 .

[40]  Marc A. Rosen,et al.  Closed and open thermochemical energy storage: Energy- and exergy-based comparisons , 2012 .

[41]  Huan Zhang,et al.  Comparison of different heat transfer models for parabolic trough solar collectors , 2015 .

[42]  P. Stroeve,et al.  Innovation in concentrated solar power , 2011 .

[43]  M. Valdés,et al.  Solar multiple optimization for a solar-only thermal power plant, using oil as heat transfer fluid in the parabolic trough collectors , 2009 .

[44]  P. Denholm,et al.  Potential Role of Concentrating Solar Power in Enabling High Renewables Scenarios in the United States , 2012 .

[45]  Paul Denholm,et al.  Land-Use Requirements for Solar Power Plants in the United States , 2013 .

[46]  Ruzhu Wang,et al.  Heat transfer to supercritical water in a vertical tube with concentrated incident solar heat flux on one side , 2016 .

[47]  Ambra Giovannelli,et al.  State of the Art on Small-Scale Concentrated Solar Power Plants , 2015 .

[48]  Y. E. Mghouchi,et al.  Models for obtaining the daily direct, diffuse and global solar radiations , 2016 .

[49]  Mariano Martín,et al.  Optimal year-round operation of a concentrated solar energy plant in the south of Europe , 2013 .

[50]  Assensi Oliva,et al.  Numerical simulation of wind flow around a parabolic trough solar collector , 2013 .

[51]  Loreto Valenzuela,et al.  Impact of pressure losses in small-sized parabolic-trough collectors for direct steam generation , 2013 .

[52]  Amro M. Farid,et al.  Job creation potentials and skill requirements in, PV, CSP, wind, water-to-energy and energy efficiency value chains , 2015 .

[53]  Chigueru Tiba,et al.  Analytic modeling of a solar power plant with parabolic linear collectors , 2009 .

[54]  Salwa Bouadila,et al.  Comparative study of different means of concentrated solar flux measurement of solar parabolic dish , 2013 .

[55]  M. R. Rodríguez-Sánchez,et al.  Thermal design guidelines of solar power towers , 2014 .

[56]  Xin Li,et al.  Allowable flux density on a solar central receiver , 2014 .

[57]  Peiwen Li,et al.  General volume sizing strategy for thermal storage system using phase change material for concentrated solar thermal power plant , 2015 .

[58]  A. Steinfeld,et al.  Packed-bed thermal storage for concentrated solar power: Pilot-scale demonstration and industrial-scale design , 2012 .

[59]  D. Suganthi,et al.  Fueling agricultural growth in India: Some reflections , 2015 .

[60]  Paul Denholm,et al.  Enabling Greater Penetration of Solar Power via the Use of CSP with Thermal Energy Storage , 2011 .

[61]  Rhys Jacob,et al.  Review on concentrating solar power plants and new developments in high temperature thermal energy storage technologies , 2016 .

[62]  B. Corona,et al.  Hybridizing concentrated solar power (CSP) with biogas and biomethane as an alternative to natural gas: Analysis of environmental performance using LCA , 2014 .

[63]  M. H. Mahfuz,et al.  Exergetic analysis of a solar thermal power system with pcm storage , 2014 .