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Solar Cogeneration - 3 cent kWh

Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2020 10:39 pm
by bennmann
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a ... 6420301399

85.1% efficiency! Really cool publication

Re: Solar Cogeneration - 3 cent kWh

Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2020 4:19 pm
by Giorgio
bennmann wrote:
Mon Jul 20, 2020 10:39 pm
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a ... 6420301399

85.1% efficiency! Really cool publication
Unfortunately is 3 cent for "thermal" kWh, not for electric kWh, as this was built as a thermal generator.

Overall the design is not of a great performance, for either the electric conversion or the thermal generation, especially considering that it is working at a 300 Sol concentration factor and it offer a very limited steam capacity production for m2 of occupied area (power footprint of less than 0.4 kWt/m2).

An interesting read nevertheless, thanks for pointing it out.