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Integrated Solar Combined Cycle

Mohammad Abutayeh, PhD, PE

Mechanical Engineering Department, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE

PTC‒Type Concentrated Solar Power Plant

Combined Cycle Power Plant

ISCC Technology

Design Considerations

• Solar Resource

• Land Available

• Land Topography

• Fossil Plant Age

• Fossil Plant CF

• Flow Balance

• Temperature Control

• Cloud Cover

• Transient Operation

• Performance Modeling

Martin Solar Energy Center

ISCC Modeling with IPSEpro

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References

• M Abutayeh, DY Goswami, EK Stefanakos, Solar Thermal Power Plant

Simulation, Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy Journal, April 2012

• TF Armistead, Integrating solar & conventional energy resources, Combined

Cycle Journal, Second Quarter 2010

• R Bedilion, C Libby, C Turchi, N Langle, Solar-Augment Potential of US

Fossil-Fired Power Plants, NREL & EPRI Technical Report, February 2011