Design of a heliostat field and liquid sodium cylindrical receiver for the Gen3 liquids pathway

Charles Alexis Asselineau; William Logie; John Pye; Felix Venn; Shuang Wang; Joe Coventry

doi:10.1063/5.0085740

Design of a heliostat field and liquid sodium cylindrical receiver for the Gen3 liquids pathway

Charles Alexis Asselineau^*, William Logie, John Pye, Felix Venn, Shuang Wang, Joe Coventry

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This study describes the design of a surround heliostat field and liquid sodium cylindrical receiver operating between 520 °C and 740 °C, compatible with the DOE Gen3 liquid pathway. The design methodology is detailed including the determination of the field layout and receiver dimension, aiming strategy and associated thermomechanical stress limitations using a combination of ray-tracing, an energy, mass and momentum balance based on finite differences, and a finite-element thermo-elastic stress model. Overall, it is found that a CSP system based on a liquid sodium cylindrical receiver can provide an annual field and receiver efficiency of 44.9% while operating safely with regards to flux limitations at temperatures compatible with a high-efficiency supercritical CO2 cycle. These findings, focused on receiver-field interaction, will be useful for the upcoming design of a full system with optimized LCOE.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	SolarPACES 2020 - 26th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems
Editors	Christoph Richter, Avi Shultz
Publisher	American Institute of Physics Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9780735441958
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0085740
Publication status	Published - 12 May 2022
Event	26th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, SolarPACES 2020 - Freiburg, Virtual, Germany Duration: 28 Sept 2020 → 2 Oct 2020

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Name	AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume	2445
ISSN (Print)	0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)	1551-7616

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Conference	26th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, SolarPACES 2020
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Freiburg, Virtual
Period	28/09/20 → 2/10/20

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Asselineau, C. A., Logie, W., Pye, J., Venn, F., Wang, S., & Coventry, J. (2022). Design of a heliostat field and liquid sodium cylindrical receiver for the Gen3 liquids pathway. In C. Richter, & A. Shultz (Eds.), SolarPACES 2020 - 26th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems Article 110001 (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 2445). American Institute of Physics Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0085740

Asselineau, Charles Alexis ; Logie, William ; Pye, John et al. / Design of a heliostat field and liquid sodium cylindrical receiver for the Gen3 liquids pathway. SolarPACES 2020 - 26th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems. editor / Christoph Richter ; Avi Shultz. American Institute of Physics Inc., 2022. (AIP Conference Proceedings).

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Asselineau, CA, Logie, W, Pye, J, Venn, F, Wang, S & Coventry, J 2022, Design of a heliostat field and liquid sodium cylindrical receiver for the Gen3 liquids pathway. in C Richter & A Shultz (eds), SolarPACES 2020 - 26th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems., 110001, AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 2445, American Institute of Physics Inc., 26th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, SolarPACES 2020, Freiburg, Virtual, Germany, 28/09/20. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0085740

Design of a heliostat field and liquid sodium cylindrical receiver for the Gen3 liquids pathway. / Asselineau, Charles Alexis; Logie, William; Pye, John et al.
SolarPACES 2020 - 26th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems. ed. / Christoph Richter; Avi Shultz. American Institute of Physics Inc., 2022. 110001 (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 2445).

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