The Modeling and Simulation of an Elevated Temperature Particle Lift used in a Commercial-scale Solid Particle Concentrated Solar Power Plant

This paper outlines the development of the modeling and simulation of an elevated temperature particle lift intended to transport solid particles from the lower temperature storage bin to the top of the commercial-scale solid particle concentrated solar power tower. Traditional industry spreadsheet modeling is used as a starting point for the development of a complex non-linear design optimization model and a physics-based dynamic model that has the ability to simulate failures and analyze the particle response to such failures.