Concentrating Solar Power Station Optimal Operation Model

With the improvement of energy structure, large scale grid connection of renewable energy, as a new technology for absorbing solar energy, concentrating solar power generation uses a thermal storage system to make it a schedulable resource without increasing the uncertainty of the system. This paper considers the energy transfer process and the thermal energy conversion efficiency among the concentrating solar modules, and constructs their basic operation models respectively. Through the design of different operating modes, the examples are simulated. The values of key parameters are taken into account to optimize the operation results. The impact of the analysis shows that concentrating solar power plants have certain advantages in dealing with solar energy uncertainty, prolonging production cycles, improving the utilization efficiency of heat storage tanks, and economic efficiency.