Herrmann, Ulf; Kelly, Bruce; Price, Henry - In: Energy 29 (2004) 5, pp. 883-893
The most advanced thermal energy storage for solar thermal power plants is a two-tank storage system where the heat transfer fluid (HTF) also serves as storage medium. This concept was successfully demonstrated in a commercial trough plant (13.8 MWe SEGS I plant; 120 MWht storage capacity) and a...