A comprehensive review of state-of-the-art concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies: Current status and research trends

Islam, Tasbirul; Huda, Nazmul; Abdullah, Aldrin; Saidur, R.

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2018.04.097

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“…Kabir et al investigated solar technologies and discussed the present and future opportunities and barriers. Islam et al analyzed solar thermal technologies current status and research trends and concluded that direct steam generation by employing solar energy in solar concentrated schemes is the most promising approach. Rovira et al compared different technologies for integration is solar combined cycles.…”

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Solar power technology for electricity generation: A critical review

Ahmadi

Ghazvini

Sadeghzadeh

et al. 2018

Energy Science & Engineering

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Negative environmental impact of fossil fuel consumption highlight the role of renewable energy sources and give them a unique opportunity to grow and improve. Among renewable energy sources solar energy attract more attention and many studies have focused on using solar energy for electricity generation. Here, in this study, solar energy technologies are reviewed to find out the best option for electricity generation. Using solar energy to generate electricity can be done either directly and indirectly. In the direct method, PV modules are utilized to convert solar irradiation into electricity. In the indirect method, thermal energy is harnessed employing concentrated solar power (CSP) plants such as Linear Fresnel collectors and parabolic trough collectors. In this paper, solar thermal technologies including soar trough collectors, linear Fresnel collectors, central tower systems, and solar parabolic dishes are comprehensively reviewed and barriers and opportunities are discussed. In addition, a comparison is made between solar thermal power plants and PV power generation plants. Based on published studies, PV‐based systems are more suitable for small‐scale power generation. They are also capable of generating more electricity in a specific area in comparison with CSP‐based systems. However, based on economic considerations, CSP plants are better in economic return.

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Solar power technology for electricity generation: A critical review

Ahmadi

Ghazvini

Sadeghzadeh

et al. 2018

Energy Science & Engineering

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“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] The concentrated solar power (CSP) technology is advantageous because it can provide heat of medium to high temperature for industry utilization, such as desalination and electricity generation. [9][10][11] As the most dominant CSP technology, 12 the parabolictrough solar collector applied a reflective parabolic mirror to concentrate the solar rays to the receiver tube which is located at the focal line of the parabolic mirror. The traditional surface-based parabolic-trough solar collector (SBPTSC) usually employs an absorber coating on the glass tube through which a working fluid flows.…”

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Comparative analysis of direct‐absorption parabolic‐trough solar collectors considering concentric nanofluid segmentation

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Summary Nanofluids have been actively used in direct‐absorption solar collectors. In a direct‐absorption parabolic‐trough solar collector (DAPTSC) for medium‐high temperature regime, the nanofluids used to be contained in a transparent glass receiver located at the focal line of a parabolic mirror so that the solar radiation is concentrated to the glass receiver and absorbed volumetrically inside the collector. In order to further increase the thermal efficiency of a DAPTSC, we propose to insert an extra glass tube inside the nanofluid so that the nanofluid is separated into two concentric segmentations (ie, an inner section and an outer section), and apply a nanofluid of lower concentration in the outer section while a nanofluid of a higher concentration in the inner section. The proposed idea is numerically tested on four pairs of DAPTSCs (the variants obtained depending on whether there is a vacuum envelope and whether there is a reflective semicylindrical coating on the receiver). The results show that at the same particle concentration parameter, the DAPTSCs with two concentric segmentations of nanofluids outperform those with one uniform nanofluid for all configurations considered in this work. For a transparent case without an envelope, this efficiency increase is as high as 12.5% point when the inlet temperature is 350 K. In addition, parametric studies are performed for this best configuration to evaluate the effect of absorption coefficient, mass flow rate, collector length, solar irradiance, and convection heat transfer coefficient on the collector performance.

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“…The combustion of these fossil fuels leads to environmental degradation as well as fast exhaustion of sources, which pave the way for a threatened generation. 13 Near about 1.2 × 10 5 TW solar insolation is received by the Earth's surface. 7 Comprehensively, several alternative energy resources such as solar photovoltaics (SPV), 8,9 wind energy system (WES), 10 geothermal energy, 11 and biomass 12 have been undergoing evolutionary expansion in an accelerated way.…”

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“…Especially, SPV has been offering a transparency in electricity generation adequately coping up with the energy demand, though it has enormous potential with respect to the other alternative resources. 13 Near about 1.2 × 10 5 TW solar insolation is received by the Earth's surface. It would be a great breakthrough in the world energy forum if the insolation received by the Earth's surface is properly harnessed in an efficient way.…”

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Demonstrating the benefits of thermoelectric‐coupled solar PV system in microgrid challenging conventional integration issues of renewable resources

Jena

Kar

2019

Int J Energy Res

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Incorporation of solar photovoltaic (SPV) and thermoelectric (TE), termed as solar photovoltaic-thermoelectric (SPV-TE) hybrid system, is found be a very promising technique in widening the utilization of solar spectrum and improving the power yield viably cum-proficiently. This hybrid architecture caters electrical energy with additional thermal energy, which signifies upon harnessing of solar insolation in an exceptional way. The implementation of the aforementioned system in microgrid (MG) leads to procurement of higher active power and comparably lesser reactive power to the system. Many nonconventional energy sources have been implemented for power generation in MG in spite of their instability and reconciliation issues. This article portrays upon the main concern of implementing only SPV-TE system in MG by considering two systems to analyze and compare. Those two systems, ie, SPV-wind energy system (SPV-WES)/fuel cell technology (FCT) and SPV-thermoelectric generator (SPV-TEG)-WES/FCT, were analyzed and validated over the employment of only the SPV-TEG system. For WES and FCT, the proposed system delivers higher active power near about 20% to 70% over the conventional MG and the TEG-integrated MG; 21% to 52% lesser reactive power is absorbed over the conventional MG and 7% to 17% higher reactive power is absorbed over the TEG-integrated MG. This, thus, brings about the lesser multifaceted nature in source incorporation and moderating the cons of coordinating WES and FCT, considering all its application. The proposed replaceable SPV-TEG framework in MG is observed to exceed expectations over the two frameworks offering ascend to a noteworthy leap forward in advancement of SPV. The whole system was studied, analyzed, and validated in MATLAB/Simulink environment.

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A comprehensive review of state-of-the-art concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies: Current status and research trends

Cited by 621 publications

References 155 publications

Solar power technology for electricity generation: A critical review

Solar power technology for electricity generation: A critical review

Comparative analysis of direct‐absorption parabolic‐trough solar collectors considering concentric nanofluid segmentation

Demonstrating the benefits of thermoelectric‐coupled solar PV system in microgrid challenging conventional integration issues of renewable resources

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