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Al-Hanaei, Sara
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Al-Shomali, Sara
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Abutayeh, Mohammad
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2015-04-24T06:02:10Z |
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2015-04-24T06:02:10Z |
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2014 |
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Paper presented to the 10th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Florida, 14-16 July 2014. |
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A study of Shams I solar power plant in Abu Dhabi has been conducted to generate a performance model via a spreadsheet. The plant consists of 192 loops containing single-axis parabolic trough collectors. These collectors track the sun and focus sunlight onto a Heat Transfer Fluid (HTF) flowing in an absorber running in their focal line. That causes the temperature of the HTF to rise, which then heats the water flowing in a separate loop. This results in the formulation of vapor that is sent to a turbine. A generator is connected to the shaft of the turbine and it generates electricity due to the rotation of the shaft (caused by the expanding steam) [1]. The spreadsheet computes the annual output of the plant in1-hour increments. Input data columns include: solar radiation, ambient temperature, humidity, wind speed, time of day, day of year, and other geographical and optical constants. |
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dc2015 |
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9 pages |
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PDF |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Al-Hanaei, S, Al-Shomali, S & Abutayeh, M 2014, 'Performance model of Shams I solar power plant', Paper presented to the 10th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Florida, 14-16 July 2014. |
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97817759206873 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/44664 |
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International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics |
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© 2014 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. |
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Shams I solar power plant |
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Heat transfer fluid (HTF) |
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Parabolic trough collectors |
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Concentrated solar power (CSP) |
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Solar energy |
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dc.title |
Performance model of Shams I solar power plant |
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Presentation |
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