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: Received: 16 November 2023 / Approved: 17 November 2023 / Online: 17 November 2023 (12:34:38 CET)
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Tursunović, I.; Papurello, D. Design of a Solar Dish Receiver and Life Cycle Assessment of a Hot Water Production System. Preprints2023, 2023111161. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.1161.v1
Tursunović, I.; Papurello, D. Design of a Solar Dish Receiver and Life Cycle Assessment of a Hot Water Production System. Preprints 2023, 2023111161. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.1161.v1
Tursunović, I.; Papurello, D. Design of a Solar Dish Receiver and Life Cycle Assessment of a Hot Water Production System. Preprints2023, 2023111161. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.1161.v1
APA Style
Tursunović, I., & Papurello, D. (2023). Design of a Solar Dish Receiver and Life Cycle Assessment of a Hot Water Production System. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.1161.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Tursunović, I. and Davide Papurello. 2023 "Design of a Solar Dish Receiver and Life Cycle Assessment of a Hot Water Production System" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.1161.v1
Abstract
Since the energy sector is the main source of greenhouse gases, it has the highest potential for improvement. Improvements can be achieved by generating energy from renewable sources. Combined with thermal energy storage, concentrating solar power plants represent a promising technology for dispatchable renewable energy, ensuring a stable energy supply even in remote areas without contributing to greenhouse gas emissions during operation. However, it is important to note that greenhouse gases and other polluting emissions may occur during the manufacturing process of concentrating solar power plant components. This work analyses the design of the receiver to produce thermal energy for the existing solar dish CSP plant at the Energy Center of the Politecnico di Torino. The objective of this plant is to produce hot water for a small case study. Considering the average solar irradiance for Turin equal to 800 W/m2, the surface heat flux was obtained from the first part of the analysis, which was used to obtain the maximum internal temperature in the receiver equal to 873.7 °C. The maximum temperature obtained was a constraint for the selection of the material for the solar receiver. Of the various possibilities, copper was chosen.
In the second part of the work, a Life Cycle Assessment was carried out to compare the emissions generated during the production of the main components of the CSP plant with the emissions generated by the methane-fuelled water heater that produces the same amount of water as the CSP plant. It can be concluded that the manufacture of the main components of the CSP plant results in lower greenhouse gas emissions than the operational phase of a conventional natural gas-fired water heater (1.6 kg CO2/day).
Keywords
Concentrated Solar Power; Domestic hot water; Life Cycle Assessment; Renewable energy
Subject
Engineering, Energy and Fuel Technology
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