Economic Performance of the SCE Stirling DishSource: Journal of Solar Energy Engineering:;1995:;volume( 117 ):;issue: 003::page 210DOI: 10.1115/1.2847788Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: In 1982 McDonnell Douglas Aerospace (MDA) and United Stirling AB (USAB) of Sweden formed a joint venture to develop and market a solar Stirling dish system. Eight modules were built and extensively tested from 1984 to 1988. Power production and daily energy-conversion efficiency as determined by field testing were characterized and modeled into a computer program. Included in this simulation are models of mirror soiling rate, wind spillage loss, mirror washing, and other maintenance outage time, operation and maintenance (O&M) costs, and equipment purchase cost. An economic model of a hybrid (combustion) receiver has been included in the simulation for illustrating the value of using solar energy when available and other fuels such as methane, natural gas, hydrogen, etc. when solar energy is not available or adequate. This paper describes the simulation and presents comparisons of the simulation to test data. The simulation also estimates both the O&M expenses and levelized energy costs for different production volumes.
keyword(s): Combustion , Maintenance , Fuels , Simulation , Energy conversion , Aerospace industry , Energy generation , Natural gas , Solar energy , Testing , Computer software , Hydrogen , Methane , Mirrors AND Wind ,
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| contributor author | K. W. Stone | |
| contributor author | C. W. Lopez | |
| contributor author | R. E. McAlister | |
| date accessioned | 2017-05-08T23:48:13Z | |
| date available | 2017-05-08T23:48:13Z | |
| date copyright | August, 1995 | |
| date issued | 1995 | |
| identifier issn | 0199-6231 | |
| identifier other | JSEEDO-28257#210_1.pdf | |
| identifier uri | http://yetl.yabesh.ir/yetl/handle/yetl/115911 | |
| description abstract | In 1982 McDonnell Douglas Aerospace (MDA) and United Stirling AB (USAB) of Sweden formed a joint venture to develop and market a solar Stirling dish system. Eight modules were built and extensively tested from 1984 to 1988. Power production and daily energy-conversion efficiency as determined by field testing were characterized and modeled into a computer program. Included in this simulation are models of mirror soiling rate, wind spillage loss, mirror washing, and other maintenance outage time, operation and maintenance (O&M) costs, and equipment purchase cost. An economic model of a hybrid (combustion) receiver has been included in the simulation for illustrating the value of using solar energy when available and other fuels such as methane, natural gas, hydrogen, etc. when solar energy is not available or adequate. This paper describes the simulation and presents comparisons of the simulation to test data. The simulation also estimates both the O&M expenses and levelized energy costs for different production volumes. | |
| publisher | The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) | |
| title | Economic Performance of the SCE Stirling Dish | |
| type | Journal Paper | |
| journal volume | 117 | |
| journal issue | 3 | |
| journal title | Journal of Solar Energy Engineering | |
| identifier doi | 10.1115/1.2847788 | |
| journal fristpage | 210 | |
| journal lastpage | 214 | |
| identifier eissn | 1528-8986 | |
| keywords | Combustion | |
| keywords | Maintenance | |
| keywords | Fuels | |
| keywords | Simulation | |
| keywords | Energy conversion | |
| keywords | Aerospace industry | |
| keywords | Energy generation | |
| keywords | Natural gas | |
| keywords | Solar energy | |
| keywords | Testing | |
| keywords | Computer software | |
| keywords | Hydrogen | |
| keywords | Methane | |
| keywords | Mirrors AND Wind | |
| tree | Journal of Solar Energy Engineering:;1995:;volume( 117 ):;issue: 003 | |
| contenttype | Fulltext |