CPV/RANKINE
Improving the Performance of Concentrating PV by Exploiting the Excess Heat through a Low Temperature Supercritical Organic Rankine Cycle
| Coordinatore | AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
Organization address
address: Iera Odos 75 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Greece [EL] |
| Totale costo | 1˙247˙525 € |
| EC contributo | 951˙550 € |
| Programma | FP7-SME
Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs |
| Code Call | FP7-SME-2012 |
| Funding Scheme | BSG-SME |
| Anno di inizio | 2013 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2013-01-01 - 2014-12-31 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
Organization address
address: Iera Odos 75 contact info |
EL (ATHENS) | coordinator | 61˙760.00 |
| 2 |
SISTEMAS DE CALOR SL
Organization address
address: CALLE MARMOLISTAS - POLIGONO ALGAID 13 contact info |
ES (ROQUETAS DE MAR) | participant | 406˙343.50 |
| 3 |
C.BOUZIANAS - D.MOSCHOVITIS & CO EE
Organization address
address: SAINT GEORGE SQUARE KIPSELI 10 contact info |
EL (ATHINA) | participant | 293˙340.00 |
| 4 |
DECONINCK NV
Organization address
address: LEGEN HEIRWEG 43 contact info |
BE (GAVERE) | participant | 160˙800.00 |
| 5 |
STIFTELSEN FOR FORSKNING OM KONCENTRERAD SOLENERGI
Organization address
address: MATROSGATAN 5 contact info |
SE (HARNOSAND) | participant | 10˙720.00 |
| 6 |
UNIVERSITEIT GENT
Organization address
address: SINT PIETERSNIEUWSTRAAT 25 contact info |
BE (GENT) | participant | 9˙600.00 |
| 7 |
CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES ENERGETICAS, MEDIOAMBIENTALES Y TECNOLOGICAS-CIEMAT
Organization address
address: Avenida Complutense 22 contact info |
ES (MADRID) | participant | 8˙987.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'In concentrating photovoltaic systems (CPV) the incident solar radiation is multiplied by a factor equal to the concentration ratio. The electricity production per cell area is increasing almost linear with the concentration ratio. Concentration on PV cells surface, directly results in a proportional temperature increase, deteriorating the performance of the cells. To cope with this effect, in some configurations the cells are cooled and the removing heat is then used for other purposes, like for domestic hot water production, resulting in a CPV/Thermal (CPV/T) configuration. On the other hand, Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) is one the most efficient technologies to convert heat to power. The proposed innovative concept deals with the conversion of that CPV/T heat to additional electricity through the Supercritical ORC (SCORC) process. SCORC is selected because enjoys better efficiencies at low temperatures in comparison to Subcritical ORC. This integrated CPV/T-SCORC system minimizes the temperature effect on the PV cells performance and improves the annual energy productivity (in kWh/kWp). In comparison to a flat PV system a performance improvement between 15-40% is anticipated, depending on the season, along with a more efficient heat transfer from the CPV/T system to the Rankine process (i.e. lower pinch point), due to the supercritical cycle. The aim of the proposed project is to extensively study this integrated process and to develop, construct and test a hybrid CPV/T- SCORC system of 14 kWp, where CPV/T heat is effectively recovered by the SCORC process for electricity generation. A significant reduction of specific electricity cost is anticipated, reaching 0.12 €/kWh by the end of the project and around 0.10 €/kWh by 2016, making the current technology competitive in the PV market and increasing significantly the competitiveness and business cycle of the involved SMEs.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
European researchers have combined three different technologies to develop a small-scale power unit that runs on solar energy.