Performance and Simulation of a Stand-alone Parabolic Trough Solar Thermal Power Plant

8th International Conference on Future Environment and Energy

生态环境科学;能源学

Mohammad, S.T.^1 ; Al-Kayiem, H.H.^1 ; Assadi, M.K.^1 ; Gilani, S.I.U.H.^1 ; Khlief, A.K.^1

Mechanical Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak

32610, Malaysia^1

关键词: Developed model;    Parabolic trough power plants;    Parabolic-trough solar thermal power plants;    Power out put;    Simulation performance;    Solar fields;    Solar thermal power plants;    Stand -alone;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/150/1/012021/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/150/1/012021

学科分类：环境科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

In this paper, a Simulink®° Thermolib Model has been established for simulation performance evaluation of Stand-alone Parabolic Trough Solar Thermal Power Plant in Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia. This paper proposes a design of 1.2 kW parabolic trough power plant. The model is capable to predict temperatures at any system outlet in the plant, as well as the power output produced. The conditions that are taken into account as input to the model are: local solar radiation and ambient temperatures, which have been measured during the year. Other parameters that have been input to the model are the collector's sizes, location in terms of latitude and altitude. Lastly, the results are presented in graphical manner to describe the analysed variations of various outputs of the solar fields obtained, and help to predict the performance of the plant. The developed model allows an initial evaluation of the viability and technical feasibility of any similar solar thermal power plant.