Response behaviors of CO2 transcritical Rankine cycle based parabolic trough solar power plant to cloud disturbance

• Published in: Applied thermal engineering Vol. 189; p. 116722
• Main Authors: Rao, Zhenghua, Peng, Cunyue, Wang, Yaqiong, Wang, Yitao, Liu, Gang, Liao, Shengming
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 05.05.2021; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Carbon dioxide; Cloud cover; Cloud disturbance; Clouds; CO2 transcritical Rankine cycle; Dynamic simulation; Heat conductivity; Heat transfer; Parabolic trough concentrating solar power; Rankine cycle; Recovery time; Solar energy; Stability; Thermal cycling; Thickness; Parabolic trough concentrating solar power; Dynamic simulation; Cloud disturbance; CO2 transcritical Rankine cycle

•Dynamic behaviors of solar powered transcritical CO2 Rankine cycle are simulated.•Cloud thickness affects variation range and cover duration affects recovery time.•Regenerative system has a higher efficiency but slower response to cloud disturbance.•Sun tracking mode affects the effective operating...