A simple equation for estimating hourly water consumption in CSP plants
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2019-02
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University of Eloued جامعة الوادي
Abstract
Abstract— Unlike conventional thermal power plants which
are generally erected in the coastal regions near water bodies,
seas and oceans, where water resource availability is not a
critical factor, concentrating solar power (CSP) plants are
usually installed in high sunny zones which generally
characterized by semi-arid and arid climates, where water
resources are hard to find and/or to employ. On the other side,
the hourly simulations of water consumption in CSP plants are
very complex and require many calculations, data analysis and
time consuming. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to develop a
simple equation to estimate the hourly water consumption of a
solar tower plant based on its generated power, and the existing
power plant Gemasolar has been chosen to establish the
methodology. The obtained results of the statistical analysis show
that the cubic model based on the generated power, can be used
as a simple and general model to predict hourly water
consumption in a large scale solar tower power plant.
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Correlation, Gemasolar, statistical analysis, water consumption.
Citation
T.E. Boukelia. A. Ghellab. A. Laouafi. A. Bouroui. A simple equation for estimating hourly water consumption in CSP plants. International Symposium on Technology & Sustainable Industry Development, ISTSID’2019. Faculty Of Technology. University Of Eloued. [Visited in ../../….]. Available from [copy the link here].