Principles of CSP performance assessment

Janotte, Nicole; Wilbert, Stefan; Sallaberry, Fabienne; Schroedter-Homscheidt, Marion; Ramírez, Lourdes

doi:10.1016/b978-0-08-100447-0.00002-x

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“…Sometimes combining data sets and site adaptation are called post-processing techniques (Janotte et al 2017). These cover a wide variety of methodologies that are applied to improve direct model or retrieval outputs and reducing uncertainty.…”

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Best Practices Handbook for the Collection and Use of Solar Resource Data for Solar Energy Applications: Second Edition

Betti

Blanc

David

et al. 2017

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Designing, financing, and operating successful solar heating, concentrating solar power, and photovoltaic systems requires reliable information about the solar resource available and its variability over time. In the past, seasonal and daily variability has been studied and understood; however, with new solar technologies becoming more important in energy supply grids, small time-scale effects are critical to successful deployment of these important low carbon technologies. A vital part of the bankability of solar projects is to understand the variability of the solar resource so that supply and storage technologies can be optimized. This handbook is the result of 10 years of international collaboration carried out by experts from the International Energy Agency's (IEA's) Solar Heating and Cooling (SHC), Solar PACES, and Photovoltaic Power Systems Technology Collaboration Programmes. Under IEA SHC Task 46: Solar Resource Assessment and Forecasting, experts from 11 countries produced information products and best practices on solar energy resources that will greatly benefit project developers and system operators as well as assist policymakers in advancing renewable energy programs worldwide.Meteorologists, mathematicians, solar technology specialists, and other key solar resource experts from around the world joined forces to further our understanding of the sun's temporal and spatial variability through benchmarking satellite-derived solar resource data and solar forecasts, developing best practices for measuring the solar resource, and conducting research to improve satellite-based algorithms. The results of IEA SHC Task 46 are useful to a wide range of users of solar heating and cooling, photovoltaics, and concentrating solar power systems and of building developers and owners as well as anyone else who needs to understand and predict sunlight for agricultural or other purposes.The earlier edition of the handbook, which was published in 2015, is used worldwide as a reference for each stage of a solar energy project. Since that time, there has been substantial growth in the interest in high-quality "bankable" solar resource data. This revision adds significant new methods so it will be even more useful. This publication is a summary that details the fundamentals of solar resources as well as captures the state of the art. For those wanting more depth, it also provides the references where more detailed information can be found. I would like to acknowledge the leadership of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and express appreciation to the U.S. Department of Energy for producing the handbook and incorporating results from IEA SHC Task 46.

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Best Practices Handbook for the Collection and Use of Solar Resource Data for Solar Energy Applications: Second Edition

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David

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“…Reducing uncertainty in solar resource data is thus a key step toward bankable projects. Combining modeled data sets with site observations are called post-processing techniques (Janotte et al 2017). These cover a wide variety of methodologies that are applied to improve direct model or retrieval outputs and reduce uncertainty.…”

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Best Practices Handbook for the Collection and Use of Solar Resource Data for Solar Energy Applications: Third Edition

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Wilbert

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“…A further measurand for the control of the plant, the detection of overload and the specification of the HTF properties in the solar field, is the fluid pressure. It is an important measurand to determine pressure losses in the field and liquid level monitoring in the case of differential pressure measurement [16]. Moreover, the maximum pressure levels in different solar field parts and devices are monitored as well.…”

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“…Pyranometers for field applications mainly consist of a blacked thermopile as the sensor element, which is placed under one or two glass domes [16]. A pyranometer measures the global irradiance.…”

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State-of-the-Art Measurement Instrumentation and Most Recent Measurement Techniques for Parabolic Trough Collector Fields

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Hirsch

Röger³

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Energies

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The presented review gives reliable information about the currently used measurement instrumentation in parabolic trough fields and recent monitoring approaches. The usually built-in measurement equipment in the solar field, clamp-on systems for flexible measurements of temperature and flow, solar irradiance measurements, standard meteorological equipment, laboratory devices for heat transfer fluid analyses and instruments related to the tracking of solar collector assemblies are presented in detail. The measurement systems are reported with their measurement uncertainty, approximate costs and usual installation location for the built-in instrumentation. Specific findings related to the installation and operation of the measurement devices are presented. The usually installed instrumentation delivers a lot of measurements all over the field at the expense of measurement accuracy, compared to special test facility equipment. Recently introduced measurement approaches can improve the standard instrumentation in terms of accuracy, frequency, spatial distribution or can even extend the amount of measurands. The information about available measurands is the basis for future operation and maintenance solutions based on data-driven approaches.

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Principles of CSP performance assessment

Cited by 10 publications

References 33 publications

Best Practices Handbook for the Collection and Use of Solar Resource Data for Solar Energy Applications: Second Edition

Best Practices Handbook for the Collection and Use of Solar Resource Data for Solar Energy Applications: Second Edition

Best Practices Handbook for the Collection and Use of Solar Resource Data for Solar Energy Applications: Third Edition

State-of-the-Art Measurement Instrumentation and Most Recent Measurement Techniques for Parabolic Trough Collector Fields

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