Organic Rankine Cycle - Prototype Link to Unit Storage

Project Information

ORC-PLUS

Grant agreement ID: 657690

DOI 10.3030/657690

Project closed

EC signature date 24 April 2015

Start date 1 May 2015

End date 31 October 2019

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Secure, clean and efficient energy

Total cost € 7 297 148,75

EU contribution € 6 249 316,25

Coordinated by

AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L'ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE
Italy

Deliverables

Other (2)

Workshop on mitigation risk
Workshop on technology risk identification

Publications

Conference proceedings (7)

Thermal energy storage with integrated heat exchangers using stratified molten salt system for 1 MWe CSP

Author(s): Valeria Russo, Domenico Mazzei, Raffaele Liberatore
Published in: AIP Conference Proceedings volume 2033, Issue AIP Conf. Proc. 2033, 090025-1–090025-8, 2018, Page(s) 090025, ISBN 978-0-7354-1757-1
Publisher: American Institute of Physics (United States
DOI: 10.1063/1.5067119

Solid packed bed thermal energy storage for ORC electric generation in Fresnel type CSP plants

Author(s): Ana Belén Hernandez, Irantzu Uriz, Iñigo Ortega-Fernández, Javier Rodriguez-Aseguinolaza, Asier Ortuondo, Abdessamad Faik
Published in: AIP Conference Proceedings volume 2033, Issue AIP Conf. Proc. 2033, 090013-1–090013-8, 2018, Page(s) 090013, ISBN 978-0-7354-1757-1
Publisher: American Institute of Physics (United States)
DOI: 10.1063/1.5067107

Experimental performance evaluation of a laboratory-scale molten salt thermocline storage

Author(s): Martin Karl, Bernhard Seubert, Ralf Müller, Thomas Fluri, Peter Nitz
Published in: AIP Conference Proceedings volume 2033, Issue AIP Conference Proceedings 2033, 090013 (2018), 2018, Page(s) 090016, ISBN 978-0-7354-1757-1
Publisher: American Institute of Physics (United States)
DOI: 10.1063/1.5067110

Evaluation of different operating strategies to integrate storage in a linear Fresnel ORC power plant

Author(s): Theda Zoschke, Bernhard Seubert, Thomas Fluri
Published in: AIP Conference Proceedings volume 1850, Issue AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1850,, 2017, Page(s) 040008, ISBN 978-0-7354-1522-5
Publisher: Author(s)
DOI: 10.1063/1.4984404

Experimental results from a laboratory-scale molten salt thermocline storage

Author(s): Bernhard Seubert, Ralf Müller, Daniel Willert, Thomas Fluri
Published in: AIP Conference Proceedings volume 1850, Issue AIP Conference Proceedings 1850, 080025 (2017);, 2017, Page(s) 080025, ISBN 978-0-7354-1522-5
Publisher: American Institute of Physics (United States)
DOI: 10.1063/1.4984446

Power production of an ORC system using a stratified molten salt as thermal energy storage integrated in a CSP plant

Author(s): Raffaele Liberatore, Massimo Falchetta, Walter Gaggioli, Domenico Mazzei, Valeria Russo
Published in: SOLARPACES 2018: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, Issue AIP Conference Proceedings 2126, 140003 (2019);, 2019, Page(s) 140003, ISBN 978-0-7354-1866-0
Publisher: American Institute of Physics (United States)
DOI: 10.1063/1.5117651

Development of molten nitrate salt based nanofluids for thermal energy storage application: High thermal performance and long storage components life-time

Author(s): Udayashankar Nithiyanantham, Yaroslav Grosu, Luis González-Fernández, Abdelali Zaki, J. M. Igartua, Abdessamad Faik
Published in: SOLARPACES 2018: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, Issue AIP Conf. Proc. 2126, 200025-1–200025-7, 2019, Page(s) 200025, ISBN 978-0-7354-1866-0
Publisher: American Institute of Physics (United States)
DOI: 10.1063/1.5117740

Peer reviewed articles (8)

Natural Magnetite for thermal energy storage: Excellent thermophysical properties, reversible latent heat transition and controlled thermal conductivity

Author(s): Yaroslav Grosu, Abdessamad Faik, Iñigo Ortega-Fernández, Bruno D'Aguanno
Published in: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Issue 161, 2017, Page(s) 170-176, ISSN 0927-0248
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2016.12.006

A simple method for the inhibition of the corrosion of carbon steel by molten nitrate salt for thermal storage in concentrating solar power applications

Author(s): Yaroslav Grosu, Udayashankar Nithiyanantham, Abdelali Zaki, Abdessamad Faik
Published in: npj Materials Degradation, Issue 2/1, 2018, Page(s) Materials Degradation, Nature, 34 (2018) 1 – 8., ISSN 2397-2106
Publisher: npj Materials Degradation
DOI: 10.1038/s41529-018-0055-0

The effect of humidity, impurities and initial state on the corrosion of carbon and stainless steels in molten HitecXL salt for CSP application

Author(s): Yaroslav Grosu, Oleksandr Bondarchuk, Abdessamad Faik
Published in: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Issue 174, 2018, Page(s) 34-41, ISSN 0927-0248
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2017.08.026

Unexpected effect of nanoparticles doping on the corrosivity of molten nitrate salt for thermal energy storage

Author(s): Yaroslav Grosu, Nithiyanantham Udayashankar, Oleksandr Bondarchuk, Luis González-Fernández, Abdessamad Faik
Published in: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Issue 178, 2018, Page(s) 91-97, ISSN 0927-0248
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2018.01.002

Natural and by-product materials for thermocline-based thermal energy storage system at CSP plant: Structural and thermophysical properties

Author(s): Yaroslav Grosu, Iñigo Ortega-Fernández, Luis González-Fernández, Udayashankar Nithiyanantham, Yousra Filali Baba, Ahmed Al Mers, Abdessamad Faik
Published in: Applied Thermal Engineering, Issue 136, 2018, Page(s) 185-193, ISSN 1359-4311
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2018.02.087

New insights into the corrosion mechanism between molten nitrate salts and ceramic materials for packed bed thermocline systems: A case study for steel slag and Solar salt

Author(s): Iñigo Ortega-Fernández, Yaroslav Grosu, Ainhoa Ocio, Pedro Luis Arias, Javier Rodríguez-Aseguinolaza, Abdessamad Faik
Published in: Solar Energy, Issue 173, 2018, Page(s) 152-159, ISSN 0038-092X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2018.07.040

Graphitization as efficient inhibitor of the carbon steel corrosion by molten binary nitrate salt for thermal energy storage at concentrated solar power

Author(s): Mikel Gonzalez, Udayashankar Nithiyanantham, Enrique Carbó-Argibay, Oleksandr Bondarchuk, Yaroslav Grosu, Abdessamad Faik
Published in: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Issue 203, 2019, Page(s) 110172, ISSN 0927-0248
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2019.110172

Natural and by-product materials for thermocline-based thermal energy storage system at CSP plant: Compatibility with mineral oil and molten nitrate salt

Author(s): Yaroslav Grosu, Iñigo Ortega-Fernández, Juan Miguel López del Amo, Abdessamad Faik
Published in: Applied Thermal Engineering, Issue 136, 2018, Page(s) 657-665, ISSN 1359-4311
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2018.03.034