TY - JOUR
KW - Solar organic Rankine cycle
KW - Solar photovoltaic
KW - Techno-economic assessment
KW - Levelized cost of electricity
KW - Energy storage
AU - Vikas Patil
AU - Vijay Biradar
AU - R. Shreyas
AU - Pardeep Garg
AU - Matthew Orosz
AU - N.C. Thirumalai
AB - In this work, we compare the technical and economic performance of a solar organic Rankine cycle (s-ORC) system with thermal energy storage (TES) and a solar photovoltaic (PV) system with battery storage at a capacity of 50 kWe. A two-dimensional variable space, comprising solar field area and storage capacity is swept for optimum operational zones of five performance indicators, namely annual energy generation, capacity utilization factor (CUF), capital cost, levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) and energy wasted. Minimum LCOE estimated for the s-ORC system was 0.19 USD/kWh with a CUF of 0.56. For the same CUF value, the PV system incurs a LCOE of at least 0.26 USD/kWh. The minimum LCOE of the PV system yields an attractive value of 0.12 USD/kWh, but it includes no battery storage and thus delivers a significantly lower CUF of 0.27. The results indicate that for achieving minimum LCOE, the operational zones of the two technologies differ in terms of storage requirement. The s-ORC technology potentially offers improved reliability of power supply through cost-effective TES. Visualization of annual energy and costs in the form of contour maps facilitates a holistic comparison of the two technologies with their storage options.
N2 - In this work, we compare the technical and economic performance of a solar organic Rankine cycle (s-ORC) system with thermal energy storage (TES) and a solar photovoltaic (PV) system with battery storage at a capacity of 50 kWe. A two-dimensional variable space, comprising solar field area and storage capacity is swept for optimum operational zones of five performance indicators, namely annual energy generation, capacity utilization factor (CUF), capital cost, levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) and energy wasted. Minimum LCOE estimated for the s-ORC system was 0.19 USD/kWh with a CUF of 0.56. For the same CUF value, the PV system incurs a LCOE of at least 0.26 USD/kWh. The minimum LCOE of the PV system yields an attractive value of 0.12 USD/kWh, but it includes no battery storage and thus delivers a significantly lower CUF of 0.27. The results indicate that for achieving minimum LCOE, the operational zones of the two technologies differ in terms of storage requirement. The s-ORC technology potentially offers improved reliability of power supply through cost-effective TES. Visualization of annual energy and costs in the form of contour maps facilitates a holistic comparison of the two technologies with their storage options.
PY - 2017
SP - 1250
EP - 1260
T2 - Renewable Energy
TI - Techno-economic comparison of solar organic Rankine cycle (ORC) and photovoltaic (PV) systems with energy storage
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148117306110
VL - 113
SN - 0960-1481
ER -