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Ident if icat ion of opt im um m olt en salt s for use as heat t ransfer f luids inparabolic t rough p lant s. A t echno-econom ic com parat ive opt im izat ion
1 Solar Therm al Energy Research Group (STERG), St ellenbosch Universit y, Privat e Bag X1, 7602, M at ieland, Sout h Africa2 Depart m ent of M echanical Engineering, DTU, Technical Universit y of Denm ark, 2800 , Kgs. Lyngby, Denm ark
3 Depart m ent of Energy Technology, KTH Royal Inst it ut e of Technology, 100 44, St ockholm , Sw eden
Christ oph A. Pan1, Davide Ferruzza2, Rafael Guédez3, Björn Laum ert 3, Fredrik Haglind 2, Frank Dint er1
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1. Int roduct ion2. Background3. Research quest ion4. Heat t ransfer f luids5. Advant ages of m olt en salt s6. Techno- econom ic opt im izat ion7. Result s8. Next st eps9. Conclusion10. References
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Parabolic trough Solar tower Linear Fresnel
• PT m ost m at ure and bankable CSP t echnology
• Tow ers are cat ching up• Increase com pet it iveness of PT by
reducing LCOE• Higher cycle ef f iciency t hrough
larger cycle t em perat ure d if ference needed
• M olt en salt linked t o challenges• New opport unit ies for CSP in
Sout hern Africa
Source: CSP World, 2017
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• LCOE reduct ion by sw it ching f rom t herm al oil t o m olt en salt– 12.1 % (Dersch et al., 2014)– 16.4 % (Boukelia et al., 2015)– 20 % (Ruegam er et al., 2014)
• LCOE reduct ion by using d if ferent m olt en salt s– 3 t o 5 % (Ruegam er et al., 2014)
• LCOE variat ions in lit erat ure– 7.59 t o 23.6 $cent / kWhe
• St ud ies only look at one pow er p lant conf igurat ion and com pare it w it hot her f luids, but w hat about d if ferent conf igurat ions?
large variat ions caused by dif ferent assum pt ions and locat ions (Abu Dhabi, Béchar, Dagget t )
sm all variat ions but st ill signif icant
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• Which m olt en salt as heat t ransfer f luid (HTF) is m ost suit ab le t o im prove t he perform ance of a parabolic t rough pow er p lant f rom a t echno- econom ic st andpoint for a variet y of conf igurat ions and locat ions?
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NaKSodium
Na-K-Zn chloridesLi-Na-K flour./carbon.
Li-Na-K carbonatesSaltstream 700
Na-K-Li nitrates/nitritesK-Li-Ca nitratesNa-K-Li nitratesSaltstream 500
Sandia MixHitec XL
HitecSolar Salt
Dowtherm ATherminol VP-1
Temperature [°C]
Thermal oils
Molten salts
Liquid metals
Commercially used
Investigated in this study
Sources: Dow Chemical Company, 2001; Bradshaw & Siegel, 2008; Vignarooban et al., 2015
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• Opt im izat ion of t echnical and f inancial ind icat ors– LCOE– CAPEX– IRR
• Ident if icat ion of opt im al HTF for– various com ponent sizes (TES, solar f ield , t urb ine capacit y, et c.)– various operat ing st rat egies (base load or peaking)– various locat ion- based f ram ew ork cond it ions (solar resource, feed in t arif f ,
f inancial param et ers)• Populat ion based evolut ionary algorit hm• Range of solut ions t hat are opt im al• Com prom ise bet w een cost and qualit y
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• Choice of HTF is dependent on DNI and syst em size• Solar Salt of fers low est LCOE
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Spain
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CAPEX [milUSD]
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Chile
Thermal oil Solar Salt Hitec Hitec XL
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CAPEX [milUSD]
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Hitec
• Freeze alert t em perat ure variat ion in Sout h Africa• Set point should be close t o solar f ield out let t em perat ure for sm all
syst em s• Tem perat ure can be low ered signif icant ly in large syst em s
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• Vary ot her param et ers (t urb ine capacit y, locat ion)• Analyze d if ferent operat ing st rat egies (base load, peaking)• Opt im ize IRR, capacit y fact or• Fut ure applicat ions of opt im izat ion
– TES t echnology (d irect st orage, t herm ocline)– Wat er consum pt ion– St eam generat or (ram p- up rat es, p inch point s)
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• Opt im al HTF dependent on syst em size and DNI• Freeze alert t em perat ure has signif icant im pact on p lant econom ics• M odel can be used t o f ind opt im al pow er p lant conf igurat ion in t erm s of
– locat ion– operat ing st rat egy– feed in t arif f– cost s
• New salt m ixt ures needed– cheaper– w ider operat ing t em perat ure range
• Increase com pet it iveness of parabolic t rough• Support for policy m akers, developers and p lant operat ors• Technology prom ot ion & developm ent opport unit ies in Sout hern Africa
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• Archim ede Solar Energy. 2016. M olt en salt s vs Oil. [Online], Available: ht t p :/ / w w w .archim edesolarenergy.it / m olt en_ salt _ vs_ oil.ht m [2017, January 13].
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• Vignarooban, K., Xu, X., Arvay, A., Hsu, K. & Kannan, A.M . 2015. Heat t ransfer f luids for concent rat ing solar pow er syst em s – A review . Applied Energy. 146:383–396.