Abstract
Saudi Arabia is blessed with abundant solar energywhichcan be use to meet its ever increasing power requirement. In this regard, the energy analysis and plant performance of integrated solar combined cycle (ISCC) plant with direct steam generation (DSG) was carried out for Dhahran, Saudi Arabia using four representative months of March, June, September and December. The plant consists of 180MW conventional gas turbine plant and two steam turbines of 80MW and 60MW powered by the solar field and gas turbine exhaust. With high insolation during the summer month of June the plant can achieve up to 25% of solar fraction with ISCC plant efficiency of 45% as compared to gas turbine base of 38%.This can however be improved by increasing the number of collectors or/and the use of auxiliary heater.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Power and Energy Systems III |
| Publisher | Trans Tech Publications Ltd |
| Pages | 568-573 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783037859919 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2014 |
Publication series
| Name | Applied Mechanics and Materials |
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| Volume | 492 |
| ISSN (Print) | 1660-9336 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1662-7482 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
Keywords
- Direct steam generation
- Energy analysis
- Integrated solar combined cycle
- Plant performance
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Engineering
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