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Design and performance analysis of a parabolic trough power plant under the climatological conditions of Tamanrasset, Algeria
- Source :
- International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2021.
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Abstract
- Algeria’s energy demands are tremendously growing, and on the African continent it ranks among the countries with the highest energy consumption. To counter its growing energy demand, the country is progressively adopting renewable energy technologies, although conventional energy technologies still play a central role in its electricity production. The huge solar energy potential in Algeria can be exploited and utilized to meet the country’s growing energy demand with minimal greenhouse gas production. Given that concentrating solar power is viewed as one of the most promising alternatives in the field of solar energy utilization, this study investigates the viability of a 100 MW parabolic trough-based power plant at Tamanrasset, Algeria. The plant was simulated in the System Advisor Model software considering the actual electricity load profile of the targeted location and implementing two different condenser types: evaporative and air-cooled. By comparing the plant’s electricity production to the city’s real load, the plant was in position of supplying about 78% and 60% of the city’s electricity demand during the winter and summer seasons, respectively. The results show that implementation of such CSP plants could play an important role in meeting the energy demand as well as mitigating climate change through greenhouse emissions avoided in electricity generation process.
- Subjects :
- Original Paper
Environmental Engineering
Meteonorm
Power station
business.industry
Agricultural engineering
Energy consumption
010501 environmental sciences
Solar energy
01 natural sciences
Load profile
Parabolic trough
Renewable energy
Electricity generation
Algeria
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental science
SAM (System Advisor Model)
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
business
Solar power
Concentrating solar power
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17352630 and 17351472
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....19264a843373c5a7c10aa25f5554d018