USE OF SOLAR THERMAL PLANT WITH PARABOLIC TROUGH CONCENTRATORS FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY PROCESS IN VENEZUELA
https://doi.org/10.15518/isjaee.2015.10-11.012
Abstract
This article expounds an innovative technology for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) based on solar thermal plant. First of all the authors dwell on the problem of the replacement of conventional steam generators operating with fossil fuels by the solar field of parabolic trough concentrators. Then they discuss the impact of intermittent steam injection on overall efficiency of oil production, related to the cyclical nature of the incoming solar energy. Next they analyze the optical and thermal losses in parabolic trough concentrator. The purpose of this article is to show the possibility of using the vast potential of solar energy in Venezuela in order to produce steam with parabolic trough concentrator solar plant.
About the Authors
V. A. Кuznеtsоvа
National Research University «Moscow Power Engineering Institute»
Russian Federation
senior lecturer of the “Hydropower and Renewable Energy” department
Russian Federation
senior lecturer of the “Hydropower and Renewable Energy” department
R. V. Pugachev
National Research University «Moscow Power Engineering Institute»
Russian Federation
professor of the “Hydropower and Renewable Energy” department
Russian Federation
professor of the “Hydropower and Renewable Energy” department
M. E. Rosendo Chacon
National Research University «Moscow Power Engineering Institute»
Universidad Nacional Experimental Politécnica de la Fuerza Armada Nacional
Russian Federation
postgraduate student of the “Hydropower and Renewable Energy” department
Russian Federation
postgraduate student of the “Hydropower and Renewable Energy” department
A. C. Lopez Saab
National Research University «Moscow Power Engineering Institute»
Universidad Nacional Experimental Politécnica de la Fuerza Armada Nacional
Russian Federation
postgraduate student of the “Hydropower and Renewable Energy” department
Russian Federation
postgraduate student of the “Hydropower and Renewable Energy” department
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Кuznеtsоvа V.A., Pugachev R.V., Rosendo Chacon M.E., Lopez Saab A.C. USE OF SOLAR THERMAL PLANT WITH PARABOLIC TROUGH CONCENTRATORS FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY PROCESS IN VENEZUELA. Alternative Energy and Ecology (ISJAEE). 2015;(10-11):118-135. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15518/isjaee.2015.10-11.012
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