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Optimization of multiple receivers solar power tower systems

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  • Carrizosa, E.
  • Domínguez-Bravo, C.
  • Fernández-Cara, E.
  • Quero, M.

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In this article a new procedure to optimize the design of a solar power tower system with multiple receivers is presented. The variables related to the receivers (height, aperture tilt angle, azimuth angle and aperture size) as well as the heliostat field layout are optimized seeking to minimize the levelized cost of thermal energy. This is a high dimensional optimization problem with black-box nonconvex objective function.

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  • Carrizosa, E. & Domínguez-Bravo, C. & Fernández-Cara, E. & Quero, M., 2015. "Optimization of multiple receivers solar power tower systems," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 90(P2), pages 2085-2093.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:90:y:2015:i:p2:p:2085-2093
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2015.08.005
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