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ORC-PLUS Project
An innovative CSP-TES system
for Smart Grids applications
The ORC-PLUS (Organic Rankine The validation process adopted Green Energy Park (GEP) of IRESEN
Cycle – Prototype Link to Storage by the Project includes both a Contact information
Unit) Project is a H2020 European techno-economic analysis of two
Project (Call: LCE-03-2014 Innovation different kind of TES systems at Contact information
Action Grant Agreement 657690). prototype level, and a validation of Email: walter.gaggioli@enea.it
The Project Consortium is composed the technology at pre-commercial Tel: +39 (0)6 30486212
by ENEA (coordinator), F-ISE, CIC, scale demonstrator level. Actually Web: www.orc-plus.eu.
IRESEN, ENERRAY SpA, Soltigua Srl, the demonstrator plant is under
Euronovia, and includes also the third construction inside IRESEN’s Green
parties EXERGY SpA and ENERRAY Energy Park located in Benguerir
Morocco SAS. (Morocco), and its put in exercise
is scheduled for the next January
The Project aims to develop an 2019. In the final design of the
innovative Thermal Energy Storage demonstrator plant, have been
(TES) system and a set of engineering preferred technical solutions that
solutions optimized for a mid-size limit the environmental impact and
CSP (Concentrating Solar Power) that allow the activation of possible
plant coupled with an Organic chains of domestic production
Rankine Cycle (ORC) turbine of of some components, or of the
1MWe. The targets of the Project provision services.
are the validation of a form of
decentralized power system, based The reference size of the thermal
on the CSP technologies specialized energy capacity of the TES system
for the Morocco territory, and the has been fixed at about 20MWht,
demonstration of the capability to use since this value allows the ORC-
a TES system in a plant of this size. PLUS plant a max load of 5MWt, in
order to cover a power load peak
Such experiences could also be between 6 pm and 10 pm of a
beneficial for other arid areas of the typical Moroccan little town. The
Mediterranean region, where the TES system will be fed by 3 parallel
grid power peak load represents a hydraulic Fresnel solar collectors
serious problem of management of loops. The heat transfer fluid used is
the local power grid, and where there an environmentally friendly mineral
is not the availability of other back up oil operating in the temperature range
power systems (e.g. hydraulic power from 180°C to 300°C. The target value
stations) to regulate the fluctuations of LCOE (Levelized COst of Energy)
of the power in such grids. The was fixed at 0,27 €/kWhe.
ORC-PLUS Project will contribute
to overcome the present limitation The ORC-PLUS technology represents
to the expansion of mid-sized CSP a new model of decentralized power
plants. In fact actually a limit for this production for remote areas and even
kind of CSP plant is represented by small industries that need affordable,
the lack of technical solutions of renewable power and heat. The ORC-
TES, specialized for this sizes and PLUS technology was thought to be
validated in a relevant industrial an opportunity of development for
environment. disadvantaged areas. l
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