WorkPlan

WORK PACKAGES

Assessment of particle suspension as heat transfer fluid and storage material

Expected results

  • Selection of particles to be used as HTF and TES material
  • Modeling and experimentation of 2-phase flow stability
  • Wall-to-particle suspension heat transfer coefficient improvement
  • Solutions for particle handling at large scale

Assessment of solar fields for high temperature solar power tower

Expected results

  • Characterization of the existing solar field at Themis for the pilot loop testing
  • Design of a heliostat suitable for high flux and high temperature power tower
  • Heliostat field layout for commercial size solar power plant and aiming strategy

Detailed design of the 4 MWth high temperature solar loop and of the heat conversion loop

Expected results

  • Detailed engineering design of all the pilot loop components, solar receiver, thermal energy storage system, particle-to-air heat exchanger
  • Design of on-site (atop Themis tower) installation

Construction and commissioning of the complete solar and heat conversion loops at Themis solar tower

Expected results

  • Manufacturing of the pilot loop components (according to WP3)
  • Assembly of the components and commissioning of the solar pilot

Testing of the complete high temperature solar and heat conversion loops including a gas turbine

Expected results

  • Performances of the key components of the solar pilot: solar receiver, heat storage system and fluidized particle-to-air heat exchanger
  • Performances of the solar-to-electricity conversion using the gas turbine in hybrid mode

Assessment of the highly efficient thermodynamic cycles that can be combined with the high temperature solar loop

Expected results

  • Model for thermodynamic cycles
  • Assessment of high efficiency thermodynamic cycles
  • Dynamic simulation of solar power plants

Scale-up to a 150 MW solar power plant – Preliminary design, risk analysis, cost and value assessment

Expected results

  • Component sizing and plant layout
  • Risks associated to the particle-in-tube technology
  • Cost analysis, LCOE of the new technology

Environmental assessment of the technology

Expected results

  • LCA of the Next-CSP concept
  • Assessment of the Next-CSP technology with respect to current CSP technologies

Communication, dissemination and exploitation

Expected results

  • Exploitation plan
  • Communication and dissemination strategy

Project Management

Expected results

  • Project objectives achievement