In this paper the operational experiences of hot air preheating of the molten salt transfer lines as implemented at the Platform for Research, Observation and TEchnological Applications in Solar energy (PROTEAS) in Cyprus are presented. The hot air preheating has been tested at the PROTEAS Facility over the last few years as a proof of concept against the Electrical Heat Tracing due to several operational difficulties observed during electrical preheating. The implementation of this concept has been initially demonstrated. Then based on the promising experimental results it was further explored and implemented as a hybrid concept operating with both electric heating and hot air preheating. The outcome of the experiments supports the proposed scheme of hybridization of pipe lines preheating. An optimization of the concept followed by the respective design and development will follow and research towards that direction includes refinement of the technique and study of its economics.
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11 December 2020
SOLARPACES 2019: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems
1–4 October 2019
Daegu, South Korea
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December 11 2020
Operational experience of hot air preheating at the PROTEAS facility
Marios C. Georgiou;
Marios C. Georgiou
a)
The Cyprus Institute, Energy Environment and Water Research Center
, 20 Kavafi Str, Nicosia 2121, Cyprus
a)Corresponding author: m.c.georgiou@cyi.ac.cy
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Aristides M. Bonanos;
Aristides M. Bonanos
The Cyprus Institute, Energy Environment and Water Research Center
, 20 Kavafi Str, Nicosia 2121, Cyprus
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Konstantinos G. Stokos;
Konstantinos G. Stokos
The Cyprus Institute, Energy Environment and Water Research Center
, 20 Kavafi Str, Nicosia 2121, Cyprus
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Constantinos C. Roussos;
Constantinos C. Roussos
The Cyprus Institute, Energy Environment and Water Research Center
, 20 Kavafi Str, Nicosia 2121, Cyprus
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Efstathios G. Stiliaris;
Efstathios G. Stiliaris
The Cyprus Institute, Energy Environment and Water Research Center
, 20 Kavafi Str, Nicosia 2121, Cyprus
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Costas N. Papanicolas
Costas N. Papanicolas
The Cyprus Institute, Energy Environment and Water Research Center
, 20 Kavafi Str, Nicosia 2121, Cyprus
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a)Corresponding author: m.c.georgiou@cyi.ac.cy
AIP Conf. Proc. 2303, 030016 (2020)
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Marios C. Georgiou, Aristides M. Bonanos, Konstantinos G. Stokos, Constantinos C. Roussos, Efstathios G. Stiliaris, Costas N. Papanicolas; Operational experience of hot air preheating at the PROTEAS facility. AIP Conf. Proc. 11 December 2020; 2303 (1): 030016. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0029953
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