THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE UNIT
WASCOP
Water Saving for Solar Concentrated Power
Client
Overall Cost
POP
European Commission,H2020
0.786M€
2016-2019
Project Description
The project focuses on developing and validating a flexible and adaptive integrated solution encompassing different innovative technologies and optimized strategies for both the cooling of the power-block and the cleaning of the solar field optical surfaces, in order to save water while maintaining the overall efficiency of CSP plants.
http://wascop.eu/
ATE’s Role
CIEMAT explores the feasibility of using a latent thermal storage system which delays the day-time power exhaust heat to night time, when ambient conditions are much more favourable.
Technical Approach and Resources Used
The research team is engaged in
- Definition of potential PCMs.
- Design and integration of the storage system.
Project Results (including any commercial outcomes)
Key Staff
Optimization of cooling strategy with a storage system (different approaches for the storage system are under study).
- Dr. Mª Esther Rojas
- Dr. Rocío Bayón
- Mario Biencinto