The present work has been developed at the Institute of Energy Engineering at the Universitat Politécnica de Valencia in the framework of the Erasmus+ mobility program. It consists in the modelling of an experimental installation for steam generation by means of Fresnel solar thermal collectors and the design of the experimental campaign. The installation is part of the laboratory of Institute of Energy Engineering, and it is currently under construction. In the first sight, the installation is going to be modelled and validated with experimental values coming from a similar existing plant. The validation is followed by the adaptation of the model to the experimental installation object of the present Thesis and the simulations in order to obtain the optimal working parameters to be evaluated in the framework of the experimental campaign. Some parameters of the installation will be studied, such as the mass flow rates of the working fluids, steam quality of the produced steam, working pressure, and others. Furthermore, an uncertainty analysis is going to be conducted to select the flow meters for this application. Finally, a techno-economic analysis will be performed to analyse the potential of a technology of this kind in the application to a real industrial process for the food and beverage industry.

Modelling and design of the experimental campaign of a concentrating solar thermal installation for steam generation

FILISINA, FILIPPO
2022/2023

Abstract

The present work has been developed at the Institute of Energy Engineering at the Universitat Politécnica de Valencia in the framework of the Erasmus+ mobility program. It consists in the modelling of an experimental installation for steam generation by means of Fresnel solar thermal collectors and the design of the experimental campaign. The installation is part of the laboratory of Institute of Energy Engineering, and it is currently under construction. In the first sight, the installation is going to be modelled and validated with experimental values coming from a similar existing plant. The validation is followed by the adaptation of the model to the experimental installation object of the present Thesis and the simulations in order to obtain the optimal working parameters to be evaluated in the framework of the experimental campaign. Some parameters of the installation will be studied, such as the mass flow rates of the working fluids, steam quality of the produced steam, working pressure, and others. Furthermore, an uncertainty analysis is going to be conducted to select the flow meters for this application. Finally, a techno-economic analysis will be performed to analyse the potential of a technology of this kind in the application to a real industrial process for the food and beverage industry.
2022
Modelling and design of the experimental campaign of a concentrating solar thermal installation for steam generation
Fresnel Collectors
Solar heat
SHIP
Model validation
Economic analysis
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