Energy and exergy analyses of a parabolic trough concentrated solar power plant using molten salt during the start-up process

S Zhang, M Liu, Y Zhao, J Liu, J Yan - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Daily start-up is the character of concentrated solar power (CSP) plants because of solar
energy intermittency. Thus, much energy is consumed during the start-up process of CSPs …

A Comprehensive analysis of energy, exergy, economic and environment on integrated solarcombined cycle with various HTFs and thermal storage

N Khandelwal, PS Yadav, Z Said, M Sharma… - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Energy and exergy analysis are considered as important tools for the thermodynamic
assessment of any power plant. The utilization of solar energy in electricity generation is …

Energy, exergy analysis and performance evaluation of a vacuum evaporator for solar thermal power plant zero liquid discharge systems

M Akbari Vakilabadi, M Bidi, AF Najafi… - Journal of Thermal …, 2020 - Springer
Water scarcity and environmental impacts of blowdown within steam power plants are
among the important growing concerns. In order to solve these problems, applying a zero …

A novel solar combined cycle integration: An exergy-based optimization using artificial neural network

AM Abubaker, AD Ahmad, AA Salaimeh, NK Akafuah… - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The paper aims to solve drawbacks associated with Gas Turbine GT by integrating a novel
cascaded system into a combined cycle simultaneously. Parabolic trough collectors preheat …

Energy and exergy analysis of the steam power plant based on effect the numbers of feed water heater

MK Mohammed, WH Al Doori… - … Research in Fluid …, 2019 - semarakilmu.com.my
This study involved the performance of energy and exergy analysis on a 200 MW Steam
cycle power plant (SCPP). The aim is to investigate the effect of using different number of …

Design on a novel waste heat recovery system integrated with the bypass flue and outside primary air preheater for bitumite-fired power plants

G Zhang, S Zhang, B Sun, J Liu, J Yan - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Bitumite is widely used in coal-fired power plants. However, due to its high volatile content,
the temperature of primary air to coal mills is limited to a lower value because of its high risk …

Exergy analysis of a hybrid solar‐fossil fuel power plant

MA Vakilabadi, M Bidi, AF Najafi… - Energy Science & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, exergy analysis, energy analysis, and mathematical modeling are performed in
a 35 MW solar‐fossil fuel power plant. The losses of exergy and energy in different …

Energy, exergy, environmental (3E) and parametric assessment of a triple-pressure reheat combined-cycle power plant

MB Jamnani, DSK Ting… - Journal of Energy …, 2021 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
In this study, energy, exergy, and environmental (3E) assessments have been conducted on
a proposed combined-cycle power plant (CCPP) with three pressure levels of the HRSG and …

Portfolio optimization of power plants by using renewable energy in Iran

SA Ahmadi, SM Mirlohi, MH Ahmadi… - International Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Lack of investment in the electricity sector has created a huge bottleneck in the continuous
flow of energy in the market, and this will create many problems for the sustainable growth …

A review on steam boiler tubes corrosion protection

AS Hameed, RI Ibrahim, RF Nadhim - AIP Conference Proceedings, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
A steam boiler is a closed vessel that produces steam used in many industrial fields. Steam
boilers suffer from the pipe corrosion problem, which leads to damage and explosion of the …