Abstract
There is a great interest in the development of the concentration power technologies to produce electricity. Among these technologies, the power tower technology plays an essential role. Beside the heliostat field, the receiver is an important part in this technology and its performance highly affects the efficiency of the whole system.
In the present work, the performance of a solar power tower receiver is studied. First, the case of the conventional water/steam receiver is considered, and then the open volumetric receiver is investigated. The study is carried out for the site of Hassi R’mel in Algeria.
An analysis of the results has indicated that the open volumetric receiver is more suitable for the Algerian climate than the conventional water/steam receiver.
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Yamani, N., Khellaf, A., Mohammedi, K. (2015). Parametric Study of Tower Power Plant Performances for Its Implementation in Algeria. In: Dincer, I., Colpan, C., Kizilkan, O., Ezan, M. (eds) Progress in Clean Energy, Volume 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17031-2_65
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