TY  - CONF
A1  - Zahra, Mahdi
A1  - Phani Srujan, Merige
A1  - Caminos, Ricardo Alexander Chico
A1  - Schmitz, Pascal
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
A1  - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José
A1  - Schmitz, Mark
A1  - Gielen, Hans
A1  - Gedle, Yibekal
A1  - Dersch, Jürgen
T1  - Modeling the thermal behavior of solar salt in electrical resistance heaters for the application in PV-CSP hybrid power plants
T2  - SOLARPACES 2020
N2  - Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) systems are able to store energy cost-effectively in their integrated thermal energy storage (TES). By intelligently combining Photovoltaics (PV) systems with CSP, a further cost reduction of solar power plants is expected, as well as an increase in dispatchability and flexibility of power generation. PV-powered Resistance Heaters (RH) can be deployed to raise the temperature of the molten salt hot storage from 385 °C up to 565 °C in a Parabolic Trough Collector (PTC) plant. To avoid freezing and decomposition of molten salt, the temperature distribution in the electrical resistance heater is investigated in the present study. For this purpose, a RH has been modeled and CFD simulations have been performed. The simulation results show that the hottest regions occur on the electric rod surface behind the last baffle. A technical optimization was performed by adjusting three parameters: Shell-baffle clearance, electric rod-baffle clearance and number of baffles. After the technical optimization was carried out, the temperature difference between the maximum temperature and the average outlet temperature of the salt is within the acceptable limits, thus critical salt decomposition has been avoided. Additionally, the CFD simulations results were analyzed and compared with results obtained with a one-dimensional model in Modelica.
KW  - Solar thermal technologies
KW  - Hybrid energy system
KW  - Concentrated solar power
KW  - Energy storage
KW  - Photovoltaics
Y1  - 2022
UR  - https://opus.bibliothek.fh-aachen.de/opus4/frontdoor/index/index/docId/11084
SN  - 978-0-7354-4195-8
SN  - 1551-7616 (online)
SN  - 0094-243X (print)
N1  - 26th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems
28 September–2 October 2020
Freiburg, Germany
IS  - 2445 / 1
PB  - AIP conference proceedings / American Institute of Physics
CY  - Melville, NY
ER  -