Reliability modeling of solar power plant equipped with linear parabolic reflectors
Subject Areas :Mohammad Bagher Rezaeianzadeh 1 *
1 - Department of Electrical Engineering, Kazeroun Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kazeroun, Iran
Keywords: solar power plant equipped with linear parabolic reflectors, reliability model, variation of sun irradiance, failure of composed components,
Abstract :
In recent years, renewable power plants such as wind, solar, tidal, wave and biomass power plants have been greatly developed to produce clean and sustainable electricity in the power grids of different countries. One of the types of these power plants is the solar power plant equipped with linear parabolic reflectors. In these power plants, with the help of parabolic mirrors, the sun's rays are concentrated in tubes containing fluid, and the heat generated causes the fluid to evaporate. The generated steam passes through the turbine connected to the generator and produces electricity. The production power of these power plants depends on the intensity of solar radiation. Due to changes in the intensity of solar radiation, the production power of these power plants has also changed, which affects various aspects of the power system including these power plants. One of the important studies that is carried out in the power system today is the study of reliability. Accordingly, in this article, the reliability model of these power plants is obtained. In the proposed reliability model of these power plants, both component failures and production power changes due to changes in the intensity of solar radiation are considered. In order to check the proposed reliability model, a solar power plant equipped with linear parabolic collectors is modeled using MATLAB software.
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