@inproceedings{8a401138a91d459cbb2537d0868d5b5b,
title = "System-level comparison of sodium and salt systems in support of the Gen3 liquids pathway",
abstract = "This paper presents the comparison of the annual performance and the Levelised Cost of Energy (LCOE) of two high- temperature solar power tower configurations using a 565MWth chloride salt receiver and a 540 MWth liquid sodium receiver. Each power tower consists of a sodium or salt receiver, a 175?m high concrete tower, and a two-tank chloride salt system for thermal energy storage (TES). The power plants were simulated using SolarTherm to estimate their energy per year, capacity factor, and LCOE. The simulation was verified against the System Advisor Model (SAM), showing that the LCOE calculation differences are within ±1.0%. Results showed that the sodium-receiver system yields 69.60 USD/MWh real LCOE, versus 78.55 USD/MWh for the chloride salt system. Results also showed that sodium wins here due to a smaller and more efficient receiver, enabled by higher flux limits and reduced field size, leading to less mirror reflective area and site improvement cost.",
author = "Armando Fontalvo and Salvatore Guccione and Ye Wang and Shuang Wang and Zebedee Kee and Asselineau, {Charles Alexis} and Daniel Potter and Felix Venn and Janna Martinek and Craig Turchi and Joe Coventry and John Pye",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 Author(s).; 26th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, SolarPACES 2020 ; Conference date: 28-09-2020 Through 02-10-2020",
year = "2022",
month = may,
day = "12",
doi = "10.1063/5.0087911",
language = "English",
volume = "2445",
series = "AIP Conference Proceedings",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics Inc.",
editor = "Christoph Richter and Avi Shultz",
booktitle = "SolarPACES 2020 - 26th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems",
address = "United States",
edition = "1",
}