OPTIMUM OPERATING TEMPERATURE AND EFFICIENCY OF SOLAR THERMAL POWER-SYSTEMS

Authors
SINGH N KAUSHIK SC
Citation
N. Singh et Sc. Kaushik, OPTIMUM OPERATING TEMPERATURE AND EFFICIENCY OF SOLAR THERMAL POWER-SYSTEMS, Heat recovery systems & CHP, 14(6), 1994, pp. 633-638
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Energy & Fuels","Engineering, Mechanical",Mechanics,Thermodynamics
Journal title
Heat recovery systems & CHP → ACNP
ISSN journal
08904332
Volume
14
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
633 - 638
Database
ISI
SICI code
0890-4332(1994)14:6<633:OOTAEO>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
In this paper, finite-time thermodynamics has been applied to solar he at engines in order to find the optimum operating temperature for sola r thermal power systems. The percentage difference between optimum ope rating temperatures based on Curzon-Ahlborn (CA) efficiency and classi cal Carnot efficiency has been presented. This analysis has also been used to find the upper bound on efficiency for a wide range of the ope rating temperatures characterising various solar thermal power systems .