A proposed method for generating electricity from solar irradiation is to concentrate the irradiation into a cavity that is placed within a large container of a salt with a high melting temperature. If all heat losses are neglected, part of the solar irradiation entering the cavity is used to melt the salt while the remainder is used to power a Rankine cycle. (The salt is melted during the day and is resolidified at night in order to generate electricity around the clock.) Est-3.45 MW 9R = Salt Tsalt = 1000°C Mirror MW 9R Sun Consider conditions for which the solar power entering the cavity is asol = 7.10 MW and the time rate of change of energy stored in the salt is Est = 3.45 MW. For a cavity opening of diameter D, = 1 m, determine the rate of heat transfer to the Rankine cycle, qr, in MW. The temperature of the salt is maintained at its melting point, Tsalt = Tm= 1000°C. Neglect heat loss by convection and irradiation from the surroundings. Heliostats

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A proposed method for generating electricity from solar irradiation is to concentrate the irradiation into a cavity that is placed within a
large container of a salt with a high melting temperature. If all heat losses are neglected, part of the solar irradiation entering the cavity
is used to melt the salt while the remainder is used to power a Rankine cycle. (The salt is melted during the day and is resolidified at
night in order to generate electricity around the clock.)
9R =
Est-3.45 MW
i
Salt
Tsalt = 1000°C
Mirror
MW
qR
Consider conditions for which the solar power entering the cavity is asol = 7.10 MW and the time rate of change of energy stored in
the salt is Est = 3.45 MW. For a cavity opening of diameter D, = 1 m, determine the rate of heat transfer to the Rankine cycle, qr, in
MW. The temperature of the salt is maintained at its melting point, Tsalt = Tm= 1000°C. Neglect heat loss by convection and
irradiation from the surroundings.
Sun
Heliostats
Transcribed Image Text:A proposed method for generating electricity from solar irradiation is to concentrate the irradiation into a cavity that is placed within a large container of a salt with a high melting temperature. If all heat losses are neglected, part of the solar irradiation entering the cavity is used to melt the salt while the remainder is used to power a Rankine cycle. (The salt is melted during the day and is resolidified at night in order to generate electricity around the clock.) 9R = Est-3.45 MW i Salt Tsalt = 1000°C Mirror MW qR Consider conditions for which the solar power entering the cavity is asol = 7.10 MW and the time rate of change of energy stored in the salt is Est = 3.45 MW. For a cavity opening of diameter D, = 1 m, determine the rate of heat transfer to the Rankine cycle, qr, in MW. The temperature of the salt is maintained at its melting point, Tsalt = Tm= 1000°C. Neglect heat loss by convection and irradiation from the surroundings. Sun Heliostats
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