Title :
Research on component materials used for Moroccan CSP power plants: Mirrors ageing and thermal storage
Author :
Edfouf, Zineb ; Guerguer, Mohamed ; Naamane, Sanae ; Karim, Mounia ; Zari, Nadia ; Grirate, Hind ; Raccurt, Olivier ; Delord, Christine ; Couturier, Raphael
Author_Institution :
Moroccan Found. for Adv. Sci. Innovation & Res. MAScIR, Rabat, Morocco
Abstract :
CSP power plants are largely planned in Morocco. However, their components are subject of weather ageing at different areas in the country and thermal storage has a very important impact on power plants operation. For this reason MAScIR foundation and CEA-LITEN collaborate on two studies concerning mirrors ageing under Moroccan weather and an improvement of thermal storage on natural rocks. In this paper, description of the methodology is done and some results are given.
Keywords :
mirrors; solar absorber-convertors; thermal energy storage; CSP power plants; Morocco; component materials; mirrors ageing; thermal storage; weather ageing; Degradation; Geology; Mirrors; Optical reflection; Polymers; Power generation; CSP power plants; abrasion; corrosion; energy storage; mirrors; rocks; thermocline;
Conference_Titel :
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC), 2014 International
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-7335-4
DOI :
10.1109/IRSEC.2014.7059790
