dc.creator | Gasa, Gemma | es |
dc.creator | López Román, Antón | es |
dc.creator | Prieto Ríos, Cristina | es |
dc.creator | Cabeza, Luisa F. | es |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-05-21T16:07:03Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-05-21T16:07:03Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Gasa, G., López Román, A., Prieto Rios, C. y Cabeza, L.F. (2021). Life cycle assessment (Lca) of a concentrating solar power (csp) plant in tower configuration with and without thermal energy storage (tes). Sustainability, 13 (7), Article number 3672. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2071-1050 | es |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11441/109231 | |
dc.description | Article number 3672 | es |
dc.description.abstract | Despite the big deployment of concentrating solar power (CSP) plants, their environmental
evaluation is still a pending issue. In this paper, a detailed life cycle assessment (LCA) of a CSP
tower plant with molten salts storage in a baseload configuration is carried out and compared
with a reference CSP plant without storage. Results show that the plant with storage has a lower
environmental impact due to the lower operational impact. The dependence on grid electricity
in a CSP tower plant without storage increases its operation stage impact. The impact of the
manufacturing and disposal stage is similar in both plants. When analyzed in detail, the solar
field system and the thermal energy storage (TES) and heat transfer fluid (HTF) systems are the
ones with higher impact. Within the storage system, the molten salts are those with higher impact.
Therefore, in this study the impact of the origin of the salts is evaluated, showing that when the
salts come from mines their impact is lower than when they are synthetized. Results show that
storage is a key element for CSP plants not only to ensure dispatchability but also to reduce their
environmental impact. | es |
dc.description.sponsorship | Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades RTI2018‐093849‐B‐C31 | es |
dc.description.sponsorship | Generalitat de Catalunya 2017 SGR 1537 | es |
dc.description.sponsorship | Agencia Estatal de Investigación 102431 | es |
dc.format | application/pdf | es |
dc.format.extent | 20 p. | es |
dc.language.iso | eng | es |
dc.publisher | MDPI AG | es |
dc.relation.ispartof | Sustainability, 13 (7), Article number 3672. | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | * |
dc.subject | Concentrating solar power (CSP) plant | es |
dc.subject | Tower plant | es |
dc.subject | Thermal energy storage (TES) | es |
dc.subject | Life cycle assessment (LCA) | es |
dc.subject | Environmental impact; nitrate salts contribution | es |
dc.title | Life cycle assessment (Lca) of a concentrating solar power (csp) plant in tower configuration with and without thermal energy storage (tes) | es |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es |
dcterms.identifier | https://ror.org/03yxnpp24 | |
dc.type.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | es |
dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es |
dc.contributor.affiliation | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Ingeniería Energética | es |
dc.relation.projectID | RTI2018‐093849‐B‐C31 | es |
dc.relation.projectID | 2017 SGR 1537 | es |
dc.relation.projectID | 102431 | es |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://www.mdpi.com/search?q=Life+cycle+assessment+%28Lca%29+of+a+concentrating+solar+power+%28csp%29+plant+in+tower+configuration+with+and+without+thermal+energy+storage+%28tes%29&journal=sustainability | es |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/su13073672 | es |
dc.journaltitle | Sustainability | es |
dc.publication.volumen | 13 | es |
dc.publication.issue | 7 | es |
dc.publication.initialPage | Article number 3672 | es |
dc.contributor.funder | Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats ICREA | es |