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dc.contributor.authorBenhadji Serradj, Djamal Eddine
dc.contributor.authorSebitosi, Ben
dc.contributor.authorFadlallah
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-14T10:25:25Z
dc.date.available2021-05-14T10:25:25Z
dc.date.issued2021-04-22
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-021-03350-x
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.pauwes-cop.net/handle/1/439
dc.description.abstractAlgeria’s energy demands are tremendously growing, and on the African continent it ranks among the countries with the highest energy consumption. To counter its growing energy demand, the country is progressively adopting renewable energy technologies, although conventional energy technologies still play a central role in its electricity production. The huge solar energy potential in Algeria can be exploited and utilized to meet the country’s growing energy demand with minimal greenhouse gas production. Given that concentrating solar power is viewed as one of the most promising alternatives in the field of solar energy utilization, this study investigates the viability of a 100 MW parabolic troughbased power plant at Tamanrasset, Algeria. The plant was simulated in the System Advisor Model software considering the actual electricity load profile of the targeted location and implementing two different condenser types: evaporative and air-cooled. By comparing the plant’s electricity production to the city’s real load, the plant was in position of supplying about 78% and 60% of the city’s electricity demand during the winter and summer seasons, respectively. The results show that implementation of such CSP plants could play an important role in meeting the energy demand as well as mitigating climate change through greenhouse emissions avoided in electricity generation process.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Environmental Science and Technologyen_US
dc.subjectConcentrating solar poweren_US
dc.subjectParabolic troughen_US
dc.subjectMeteonormen_US
dc.subjectSAM (System Advisor Model)en_US
dc.subjectAlgeriaen_US
dc.titleDesign and performance analysis of a parabolic trough power plant under the climatological conditions of Tamanrasset, Algeriaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US


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