• DocumentCode
    3577388
  • Title

    Research on component materials used for Moroccan CSP power plants: Mirrors ageing and thermal storage

  • Author

    Edfouf, Zineb ; Guerguer, Mohamed ; Naamane, Sanae ; Karim, Mounia ; Zari, Nadia ; Grirate, Hind ; Raccurt, Olivier ; Delord, Christine ; Couturier, Raphael

  • Author_Institution
    Moroccan Found. for Adv. Sci. Innovation & Res. MAScIR, Rabat, Morocco
  • fYear
    2014
  • Firstpage
    125
  • Lastpage
    130
  • Abstract
    CSP power plants are largely planned in Morocco. However, their components are subject of weather ageing at different areas in the country and thermal storage has a very important impact on power plants operation. For this reason MAScIR foundation and CEA-LITEN collaborate on two studies concerning mirrors ageing under Moroccan weather and an improvement of thermal storage on natural rocks. In this paper, description of the methodology is done and some results are given.
  • Keywords
    mirrors; solar absorber-convertors; thermal energy storage; CSP power plants; Morocco; component materials; mirrors ageing; thermal storage; weather ageing; Degradation; Geology; Mirrors; Optical reflection; Polymers; Power generation; CSP power plants; abrasion; corrosion; energy storage; mirrors; rocks; thermocline;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC), 2014 International
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-7335-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IRSEC.2014.7059790
  • Filename
    7059790