Modeling and Simulation of the National Solar Thermal Research Demonstration Facility in Gwalpahari
Abstract
To facilitate research in the renewable energy field, the Government of India in cooperation with the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay established a research demonstration facility on the campus of National Institute of Solar Energy. This 1 MWe concentrated solar power facility uses parabolic trough collectors and linear Fresnel reflectors to concentrate solar energy and produce thermal energy which is used in the power block for electricity production. The article describes a simulation model of the facility for a steady state condition with and without the Fresnel reflectors and an additional one for the calculation of the annual energy production as well as the corresponding simulation results.