GENERATION OF SOLAR COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANTS WITH APPLICATION IN EGYPT

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1 Professor of electrical power, Faculty of Engineering, Menoufiya University, Shebin El-Kom, EGYPT.

2 Associated Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Menoufiya University, Shebin El-Kom, EGYPT.

3 B.Sc.Elec.Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Menoufiya University, Shebin El-Kom, EGYPT.

Abstract

Renewable energy sources (RESs) are used with the bulk power supply in many of the world countries and Egypt. Also, solar technology is available option of these RESs for Egypt, because the sunrise from 3000 to 4000 hours per year with average solar radiation of 2000 to 2400 kWh/m2/year in many regions of Egypt. Solar thermal power plants (STPPs) are the most economic form of solar technology for electricity generation. These STPPs are consisted of four elements. These are solar collector, receiver, transport-storage and energy conversion. Also, this power plant may be integrated with gas or/and steam turbine of a conventional power plant (CPP).The generation of a STPP depends on the efficiency of its elements, the meteorological data at the installation site, and the integrated combined cycle with CPPs. So, this paper aims to model the efficiency of the STPP elements and the generation of this power plant with an integrated solar combined cycle (ISCC) power plant. This model is applied numerically to compute the generation of the first STPP integrated with a gas power plant at El-Kuraymat, considering the design of this power plant and meteorological data at the aforementioned site in Egypt.

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