DESIGN AND COST STUDY OF IMPROVED SCALED-UP CENTRIFUGAL PARTICLE RECEIVER BASED ON SIMULATION

Abstract A numerical model of the CentRec® receiver has been developed and validated using measurement data collected during experimental test campaign centrifugal particle system at solar tower Jülich. The used to calculate thermo-optical efficiency a scaled-up 20 MWth for various geometries. cost function deduced was perform techno-economic optimization on an LCOH (levelized heat) basis concept. Attractive as low 0.0209 €/kWhth with thermal storage, or 0.0150 without are predicted. This study shown that optimal configuration from perspective reaches specific costs 35 €/kWth. Hereby can be reduced by 60% compared original configuration.