Citation
Abstract
Two of the main parameters in sizing the piping of a solar power plant are presented. These two parameters are the working pressure of the vapor leaving the solar collectors, and the type of working fluid used. Numerical examples for each case are given using the graphical Moody friction charts and the analytical Darcy-Weisbach equation. Different working pressures of steam vapor in the solar collector-turbine pipe connection indicate their major role in the design. The size variation was found not to be in linear proportion to vapor density variations. On the other hand, high molecular weight organic fluids such as R-11 and R-113, when compared with water, have shown insignificant changes in piping sizes.
Details
- Volume
- 42-39
- Published
- June 15, 1977
- Pages
- 168–176
- File Size
- 763.9 KB