Alstom Technology Limited

Shizhong Yang

Xinsheng Lou

Abhinaya Joshi

James A McCombe

The molten salt solar tower systemis provided for controlling molten salt temperature in a solar receiverfor effective operation of the systemwhile without degrading physical properties of molten salt. The systemincludes two circuits, firstand second. The first circuitis configured to supply relatively cold molten salt in the solar receiverfor heating, and the second circuitis configured to supply a predetermined amount of the relatively cold molten salt in the first circuit, as and when the temperature of the relatively hot molten salt circulating through the solar receiverexceeds a predetermined set temperature value thereof.

System and method for controlling molten salt temperature

An electricity production system configured to operate in accordance with a method of operating an electricity production system that at least includes the steps of: determining an oxygen distribution between oxygen gas to be separated by an air separation unit ('ASU') and oxygen gas stored in a storage tank of the ASU to be fed to the boiler unit, determining a carbon capture value for a gas processing unit, determining a power consumption value for the gas processing unit and the ASU, determining a total power demand value based on the power consumption value of the gas processing unit and the ASU, and on a determined electricity demand, and controlling the boiler unit, the turbine, the ASU, and the gas processing unit based on the determined total power demand along with correcting signals generated from a coordinated Model Predictive Control.

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Shizhong Yang