Commissioning of a Preheat Strategy of a Molten Salt Test Receiver

Abstract: Solar power tower plants that are operated with molten salt offer the advantage that the molten salt can be used as a heat transfer medium as well as storage medium. Consequently, solar energy can be stored easily and efficiently in only one loop without transformation losses. Furthermore, by using large-scale storage facilities, almost a 24/7 base load operation is possible. Since the molten salt begin to crystallize at temperature of 238 °C, the absorber tube must be preheated before the plants’ operation can begin. During the preheating a subset of heliostats will be aimed on the receiver surface to ensure a solar flux density that leads to tube temperatures above the solar salt crystallization point. Since the absorber tubes are empty during the preheating, there is a risk of high temperature gradients and transients and thus high thermal stresses that may lead to fatigue damage. To prevent this, a preheating strategy for a molten salt test receiver was developed and tested, ta.... https://www.tib-op.org/ojs/index.php/solarpaces/article/view/677

Angaben zum Objekt

• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Umfang: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Commissioning of a Preheat Strategy of a Molten Salt Test Receiver ; volume:1 ; year:2022 ; SolarPACES conference proceedings ; 1 (2022)

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Urheber: Reisch, Isabell ; Frantz, Cathy ; Sibum, Marcel ; Binder, Matthias ; Schuhbauer, Christian ; Fernández-Torrijos, María

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: 10.52825/solarpaces.v1i.677
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2024041514004719808973
• Rechteinformation: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 14.08.2025, 11:02 MESZ