IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/renene/v14y1998i1p1-9.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Application possibilities of solar thermal power plants in Arab countries

Author

Listed:
  • Al-Sakaf, Omar H.

Abstract

Many international studies and experience have shown that solar thermal power plants are the most economic form of the solar electricity generation. Since such plants are based on the concentration of the solar radiation to achieve high temperatures necessary for the thermo-dynamic power plant process, their application area is restricted to earth regions with high direct solar radiation. Arab countries are among such regions. The state of the art of solar thermal power plants is briefly presented and their application possibilities in Arab countries are discussed.

Suggested Citation

  • Al-Sakaf, Omar H., 1998. "Application possibilities of solar thermal power plants in Arab countries," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 14(1), pages 1-9.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:14:y:1998:i:1:p:1-9
    DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(98)00039-1
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148198000391
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/S0960-1481(98)00039-1?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Torres García, E. & Ogueta-Gutiérrez, M. & Ávila, S. & Franchini, S. & Herrera, E. & Meseguer, J., 2014. "On the effects of windbreaks on the aerodynamic loads over parabolic solar troughs," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 115(C), pages 293-300.
    2. Hussain H. Al-Kayiem & Sanan T. Mohammad, 2019. "Potential of Renewable Energy Resources with an Emphasis on Solar Power in Iraq: An Outlook," Resources, MDPI, vol. 8(1), pages 1-20, February.
    3. Sogut, Oguz Salim & Durmayaz, Ahmet, 2005. "Performance optimization of a solar driven heat engine with finite-rate heat transfer," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 30(9), pages 1329-1344.
    4. Jamel, M.S. & Abd Rahman, A. & Shamsuddin, A.H., 2013. "Advances in the integration of solar thermal energy with conventional and non-conventional power plants," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 20(C), pages 71-81.
    5. Mamlook, Rustom & Akash, Bilal A & Mohsen, Mousa S, 2001. "A neuro-fuzzy program approach for evaluating electric power generation systems," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 26(6), pages 619-632.
    6. Karabulut, H. & Çınar, C. & Oztürk, E. & Yücesu, H.S., 2010. "Torque and power characteristics of a helium charged Stirling engine with a lever controlled displacer driving mechanism," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 35(1), pages 138-143.
    7. Ajbar, Wassila & Parrales, A. & Huicochea, A. & Hernández, J.A., 2022. "Different ways to improve parabolic trough solar collectors’ performance over the last four decades and their applications: A comprehensive review," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 156(C).
    8. Kerkeni, C & BenJemaa, F & Kooli, S & Farhat, A & Maalej, M, 2002. "Performance evaluation of a thermodynamic solar power plant: fifteen years of operation history," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 25(3), pages 473-487.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:14:y:1998:i:1:p:1-9. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/renewable-energy .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.