Technical and economical analysis of a solar–geothermal hybrid plant based on an Organic Rankine Cycle |
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Authors: | Marco Astolfi Luca Xodo Matteo C Romano Ennio Macchi |
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Affiliation: | a Politecnico di Milano, Energy Department, Via Lambruschini 4, 20156 Milano, Italy |
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Abstract: | A combined concentrating solar power system and a geothermal binary plant based on an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) is analyzed. Given a supercritical ORC, designed for the optimal utilization of an intermediate enthalpy geothermal source, a solar parabolic trough field was included in the plant, introducing an additional high temperature heat source for the cycle and increasing power production. The off-design performance analysis of the power cycle was performed first. An hour-by-hour simulation was then carried out to estimate the yearly production using a detailed solar field model. Finally, a differential economic analysis was performed to determine the cost of the additional electricity generated with the solar source. On the basis of the current cost of solar collectors, levelized costs of electricity of 145-280 €/MWh were obtained depending on the location of the plant: a competitive value with respect to large, stand-alone concentrating solar power plants. |
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Keywords: | Geothermal ORC Binary cycle Solar energy CSP Parabolic trough |
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