Power Generation Technology ›› 2020, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (6): 590-598.DOI: 10.12096/j.2096-4528.pgt.19143

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Optimization Design of Trough Solar Power Plant Based on Probabilistic Reliability

Yanping ZHANG1(), Yuchao ZHANG2(), Yifei LIU2   

  1. 1 School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, Hubei Province, China
    2 China-EU Institute of Clean and Renewable Energy, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, Hubei Province, China
  • Received:2020-03-07 Published:2020-12-31 Online:2021-01-12
  • Supported by:
    Major Projects of Technological Innovation in Hubei Province(2019AAA017)

Abstract:

Based on the probabilistic reliability, the configuration of the trough solar power plant was optimized. Firstly, the SAM software was used to simulate the 50 MW trough solar power plant. Then, by considering the randomness caused by the uncertainty factor, the uncertainty model of the trough solar power plant based on its solar multiple, the full load hours of storage system and the row spacing distance of the collector was established by neural network-Monte Carlo method. Secondly, the reliability calculation model was established, levelized cost of energy (LCOE), capacity factor (CF) and total generation efficiency were selected as key performance indicators (KPI), then the KPI were optimized based on the reliability indexes of each KPI. Finally, the optimal configuration of each design parameter obtained under the uncertainty model was compared with the optimization result under the deterministic model. Since the influence of the uncertainty factor is considered, the calculation result under the uncertainty model is closer to the actual situation.

Key words: trough solar power plant, probabilistic reliability, optimization design, uncertainty, neural network

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