The paper examines design and operating data of current concentrated solar power (CSP) 11 solar tower (ST) plants. The study includes CSP with or without boost by combustion of natural gas 12 (NG), and with or without thermal energy storage (TES). The latest, actual specific costs per 13 installed capacity are very high, 6085 $/kW for Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System (ISEGS) 14 with no ...

Abstract—High penetration of intermittent renewable energy sources (RES) such as solar power and wind power into the energy system has caused temporal and spatial imbalance between electric power supply and demand for some countries and regions. This brings about the critical need for coordinating power production and power exchange for different regions. As compared with the poweronly systems,...

The current scenario of the world is that the power demand in the world is increasing at a very fast rate, to get an economical source of power; renewable energy sources are proving out to be a reliable option. Hence solar energy systems are very much important for the system engineers. In order to meet the demand of the world the solar energy is injected into the electric power grid. Along wit...

For a country that does not yet use nuclear power, the introduction and development of nuclear power is a major undertaking. It requires the country to build the necessary infrastructure so it can construct and operate a nuclear power plant (NPP) profitably in a safe, secure and technically sound manner. A major part of the necessary infrastructure is the electric grid to which the NPP will con...

The solar chimney power plant (SCPP) generates updraft wind through the green house effect. In this paper, the performances of two SCPP styles, that is, the conventional solar chimney power plant (CSCPP) and the sloped solar chimney power plant (SSCPP), are compared through a numerical simulation. A simplified Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model is built to predict the performances of the ...

of Excellence, for DRS Power and Controls Technology, Inc., in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. His career has been centered on development and integration of technologies to improve power plant system performance in nuclear powered submarines and industrial (petrochemical) applications. Mr. Smith’s experience spans the design, construction, test, and delivery of all nuclear propulsion plant equipment...

* Address all correspondence to this author. ABSTRACT In this paper, a configuration of electric energy storage system for Hybrid Electric Vehicles has been proposed that consists of a small battery and ultracapacitor pack coupled to the vehicle bus through dc-dc converters. The entire system, together with necessary power electronics pack, has been modeled and a Model Predictive Controller (MP...

The nuclear phase-out and the increased share of renewable distributed generation implicate new challenges for transforming the electric power system into an environmentally sustainable, reliable and cost-efficient system. An important component in transforming the electric power system is the reliable substitution of large controllable power plants by small generation units (photovoltaic syste...

The complexity of fusion power plants require the integration of many diverse and important system requirements to achieve a design approach that is viewed as a commercially viable electric plant. The ARIES-AT power core design builds upon a history of fusion power core designs that evolve along with physics and engineering advances. The baseline design point is optimized for maximum performanc...