CPV/RANKINE

Improving the Performance of Concentrating PV by Exploiting the Excess Heat through a Low Temperature Supercritical Organic Rankine Cycle

Coordinatore	AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS    more  Organization address address: Iera Odos 75 city: ATHENS postcode: 11855 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Dimitris Cognome: Manolakos Email: send email Telefono: 302105000000 Fax: 302105000000
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Greece [EL]
Totale costo	1˙247˙525 €
EC contributo	951˙550 €
Programma	FP7-SME Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs
Code Call	FP7-SME-2012
Funding Scheme	BSG-SME
Anno di inizio	2013
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2013-01-01   -   2014-12-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS  Organization address address: Iera Odos 75 city: ATHENS postcode: 11855 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Dimitris Cognome: Manolakos Email: send email Telefono: 302105000000 Fax: 302105000000	EL (ATHENS)	coordinator	61˙760.00
2	SISTEMAS DE CALOR SL  Organization address address: CALLE MARMOLISTAS - POLIGONO ALGAID 13 city: ROQUETAS DE MAR postcode: 4740 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Miguel Angel Cognome: Moya Email: send email Telefono: 34648019280	ES (ROQUETAS DE MAR)	participant	406˙343.50
3	C.BOUZIANAS - D.MOSCHOVITIS & CO EE  Organization address address: SAINT GEORGE SQUARE KIPSELI 10 city: ATHINA postcode: 11257 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Constantinos Cognome: Bouzianas Email: send email Telefono: 302108000000 Fax: 302108000000	EL (ATHINA)	participant	293˙340.00
4	DECONINCK NV  Organization address address: LEGEN HEIRWEG 43 city: GAVERE postcode: 9890 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Geert Cognome: Deconinck Email: send email Telefono: +32 9 384 63 27	BE (GAVERE)	participant	160˙800.00
5	STIFTELSEN FOR FORSKNING OM KONCENTRERAD SOLENERGI  Organization address address: MATROSGATAN 5 city: HARNOSAND postcode: 87133 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Olof Cognome: Bjorkqvist Email: send email Telefono: 46705913715	SE (HARNOSAND)	participant	10˙720.00
6	UNIVERSITEIT GENT  Organization address address: SINT PIETERSNIEUWSTRAAT 25 city: GENT postcode: 9000 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Margo Cognome: Baele Email: send email Telefono: +32 9 264 31 06 Fax: +32 9 264 35 83	BE (GENT)	participant	9˙600.00
7	CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES ENERGETICAS, MEDIOAMBIENTALES Y TECNOLOGICAS-CIEMAT  Organization address address: Avenida Complutense 22 city: MADRID postcode: 28040 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Ana Cognome: Collados Martín-Posadillo Email: send email Telefono: +34 913466096 Fax: +34 913466005	ES (MADRID)	participant	8˙987.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'In concentrating photovoltaic systems (CPV) the incident solar radiation is multiplied by a factor equal to the concentration ratio. The electricity production per cell area is increasing almost linear with the concentration ratio. Concentration on PV cells surface, directly results in a proportional temperature increase, deteriorating the performance of the cells. To cope with this effect, in some configurations the cells are cooled and the removing heat is then used for other purposes, like for domestic hot water production, resulting in a CPV/Thermal (CPV/T) configuration. On the other hand, Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) is one the most efficient technologies to convert heat to power. The proposed innovative concept deals with the conversion of that CPV/T heat to additional electricity through the Supercritical ORC (SCORC) process. SCORC is selected because enjoys better efficiencies at low temperatures in comparison to Subcritical ORC. This integrated CPV/T-SCORC system minimizes the temperature effect on the PV cells performance and improves the annual energy productivity (in kWh/kWp). In comparison to a flat PV system a performance improvement between 15-40% is anticipated, depending on the season, along with a more efficient heat transfer from the CPV/T system to the Rankine process (i.e. lower pinch point), due to the supercritical cycle. The aim of the proposed project is to extensively study this integrated process and to develop, construct and test a hybrid CPV/T- SCORC system of 14 kWp, where CPV/T heat is effectively recovered by the SCORC process for electricity generation. A significant reduction of specific electricity cost is anticipated, reaching 0.12 €/kWh by the end of the project and around 0.10 €/kWh by 2016, making the current technology competitive in the PV market and increasing significantly the competitiveness and business cycle of the involved SMEs.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

European researchers have combined three different technologies to develop a small-scale power unit that runs on solar energy.