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A Feasibility Analysis of a Solar Power Plant with Direct Steam Generation System in Sonora, Mexico

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  • Ernesto Enciso Contreras

    (Tecnológico Nacional de México, Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Ecatepec, Ecatepec de Morelos 55210, Mexico)

  • Juan Gabriel Barbosa Saldaña

    (Instituto Politécnico Nacional, SEPI-Mecanica-ESIME-Zacatenco, Ciudad de Mexico 07738, Mexico)

  • Jesus de la Cruz Alejo

    (Tecnológico Nacional de México, Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Ecatepec, Ecatepec de Morelos 55210, Mexico)

  • Claudia Del C. Gutiérrez Torres

    (Instituto Politécnico Nacional, SEPI-Mecanica-ESIME-Zacatenco, Ciudad de Mexico 07738, Mexico)

  • Jose Alfredo Jimenez Bernal

    (Instituto Politécnico Nacional, SEPI-Mecanica-ESIME-Zacatenco, Ciudad de Mexico 07738, Mexico)

  • Maria Belem Arce Vazquez

    (Tecnológico Nacional de México, Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Ecatepec, Ecatepec de Morelos 55210, Mexico)

Abstract

Power generation using renewable technologies has become a primordial option to satisfy the energy demand all over the world, with solar concentrating technologies widely applied for this purpose. A combination of a parabolic trough collector with direct steam generation has been considered an excellent option for power generation as the economic cost and complexity in the plant are reduced. The thermal evaluation of a solar power plant as well as the PTC in the DSG process is very important in viability and economic analyses. In this sense, as the main objective of this work, a numerical tool for evaluating DSG with PTC technology was developed. The SOLEEC software is a versatile, reliable, accurate, and user-friendly option to thermally evaluate a DSG with PTC technology. The user has the possibility of comparing the thermal behavior of different geometrical dimensions for a PTC and even consider different materials to satisfy the demand of superheated steam by a DSG process. The software has an error of less than 5% when compared with the literature results and was used in this paper to evaluate a power plant in Mexico, showing that the change to DSG proposing different PTC could reduce the solar field by about 35%.

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  • Ernesto Enciso Contreras & Juan Gabriel Barbosa Saldaña & Jesus de la Cruz Alejo & Claudia Del C. Gutiérrez Torres & Jose Alfredo Jimenez Bernal & Maria Belem Arce Vazquez, 2023. "A Feasibility Analysis of a Solar Power Plant with Direct Steam Generation System in Sonora, Mexico," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(11), pages 1-14, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:16:y:2023:i:11:p:4388-:d:1158676
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