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Small Hybrid Solar Power System

Kane, El Hadj Malick
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Favrat, Daniel  
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Larrain, Diego  
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2003
Energy

This paper introduces a novel of mini-hybrid solar power plant integrating a field of solar concentrators, two superposed Organic Rankine Cycles (ORC) and a (bio)Diesel engine. Turbines for the organic Rankine Cycles are hermetic scroll expander-generators. Sun tracking solar collectors are composed of rows of flat mirror bands (CEP) arranged in a plane, which focus the solar energy onto a collector tube similar to those used in SEGS plant in California. The waste heat from both the exhaust gases and block cooling of the thermal engine are also heat sources for the ORCs. Such units are considered to meet electricity, cooling and pumping needs of remote settlements in the sun belt areas or on special sites requiring low temperature heating such as swimming pools or greenhouses. The thermal engine guaranties a minimum level of both power and heat availability at night or during cloudy periods. Laboratory tests, made with the superposed ORCs only, confirmed adequate operational characteristics with good performances over a broad range of conditions. A few preliminary tests on the site of the solar power plant when coupled with the engine confirmed a reasonable behavior and the interest of the concept even at part load or during sharp variations of the thermal supply.

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DOI
10.1016/S0360-5442(03)00127-0
Author(s)
Kane, El Hadj Malick
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Favrat, Daniel  
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Larrain, Diego  
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Allani, Yassine
Date Issued

2003

Published in
Energy
Volume

28

Issue

14

Start page

1427

End page

1443

Subjects

leniorc

Peer reviewed

NON-REVIEWED

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EPFL

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LENI  
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August 8, 2005
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/215556
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