TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schwager, Christian
A1  - Flesch, Robert
A1  - Schwarzbözl, Peter
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
A1  - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José
T1  - Advanced two phase flow model for transient molten salt receiver system simulation
JF  - Solar Energy
N2  - In order to realistically predict and optimize the actual performance of a concentrating solar power (CSP) plant sophisticated simulation models and methods are required. This paper presents a detailed dynamic simulation model for a Molten Salt Solar Tower (MST) system, which is capable of simulating transient operation including detailed startup and shutdown procedures including drainage and refill. For appropriate representation of the transient behavior of the receiver as well as replication of local bulk and surface temperatures a discretized receiver model based on a novel homogeneous two-phase (2P) flow modelling approach is implemented in Modelica Dymola®. This allows for reasonable representation of the very different hydraulic and thermal properties of molten salt versus air as well as the transition between both. This dynamic 2P receiver model is embedded in a comprehensive one-dimensional model of a commercial scale MST system and coupled with a transient receiver flux density distribution from raytracing based heliostat field simulation. This enables for detailed process prediction with reasonable computational effort, while providing data such as local salt film and wall temperatures, realistic control behavior as well as net performance of the overall system. Besides a model description, this paper presents some results of a validation as well as the simulation of a complete startup procedure. Finally, a study on numerical simulation performance and grid dependencies is presented and discussed.
KW  - Molten salt solar tower
KW  - Molten salt receiver system
KW  - Dynamic simulation
KW  - Two-phase modelling
KW  - Transient flux distribution
Y1  - 2022
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2021.12.065
SN  - 0038-092X (print)
SN  - 1471-1257 (online)
VL  - 232
SP  - 362
EP  - 375
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schwarzer, Klemens
A1  - Wollscheid, G.
A1  - Meliß, Michael
T1  - Vermessung, Bewertung und Optimierung von thermischen Solaranlagen für Einfamilienhäuser / G. Wollscheid ; M. Meliß ; K. Schwarzer
JF  - Sechstes Symposium Thermische Solarenergie : Kloster Banz ; [Termin: 08. - 10. Mai 1996] / OTTI-Technologie-Kolleg. Fachliche Gesamtltg.: Jürgen Schmid]
Y1  - 1996
N1  - Symposium Thermische Solarenergie <6, 1996, Kloster Banz> ; Ostbayerisches Technologie-Transfer-Institut
SP  - 335
EP  - 339
PB  - OTTI
CY  - Regensburg
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Zahra, Mahdi
A1  - Phani Srujan, Merige
A1  - Chico Caminos, Ricardo Alexander
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
SN  - 978-0-7354-4195-8
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0086268
SN  - 1551-7616 (online)
SN  - 0094-243X (print)
N1  - SOLARPACES 2020: 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  -