CSP Quasi-Dynamic Performance Model Development for All Project Life Cycle Stages and Considering Operation Modes. Validation Using One Year Data

Gonzalez Gonzalez, Adrian and Alvarez Cabal, J. Valeriano and Rodríguez Montequin, Vicente and Villanueva Balsera, Joaquín and Peón Menéndez, Rogelio (2020) CSP Quasi-Dynamic Performance Model Development for All Project Life Cycle Stages and Considering Operation Modes. Validation Using One Year Data. Energies, 14 (1). p. 14. ISSN 1996-1073

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Abstract

The energy production of concentrated solar power (CSP) plants not only depends on their design, but also of the weather conditions and the way they are operated. A performance model (PM) of a CSP plant is an essential tool to determine production costs, to optimize design and also to supervise the operation of the plant. The challenge is developing a PM that is both easy enough to be useful during the earlier stages of the project, and also useful for supervision of plant operation. This requires one to be able to describe the step between the different modes of operation and to fit the response to transient meteorological phenomena, not so relevant in terms of aggregate values, but crucial for the supervision. The quasi-dynamic performance model (QD-PM) can predict the net energy exported to the grid, as well as all the key operational variables. The QD-PM was implemented using Matlab-Simulink of Mathwoks (MA, USA) with a modular structure. Each module is developed using specific software and a state machine is used to simulate the sequence between the operation modes. The validation of the PM is made using one complete year of commercial operation of a 50 MWe CSP plant situated in Spain. The comparison between the actual data and the results of the model shows an excellent fit, being especially noteworthy as follows the transients between the different CSP operation modes. Then, QD-PM provides an accuracy better than the usual PM, and, almost, as good as that of a fully dynamic model but with a shorter simulation time. But, the main advantage of the QD-PM is that it can be use not only in the feasibility and design stages, but it can be used to supervise the operation of the plant.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Science Repository > Energy
Depositing User: Managing Editor
Date Deposited: 04 Mar 2023 06:01
Last Modified: 29 Feb 2024 03:56
URI: http://research.manuscritpub.com/id/eprint/982

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