The thermal energy of the sun can be used for electricity generation. Solar thermal energy
can be applied with fossil fuels or independently in order to reduce the cost of generated …

Solar thermal power plants for electricity production include, at least, two main systems: the
solar field and the power block. Regarding this last one, the particular thermodynamic cycle …

This paper investigates the supercritical CO 2 cycles performance, from thermodynamic
consideration and within realistic industrial modeling hypotheses, for coal power plant …

In this paper, we perform a comprehensive parametric study for supercritical CO 2 (sCO 2)
Brayton cycle integration with a concentrated solar thermal (CST) plant. The main focus is to …

In this paper, we propose and analyse a start-up scheme that can be used to bring a solar-
assisted recompression sCO 2 Brayton cycle from cold-start to full-load operation (ie design …

In this study, the dynamic behavior of a concentrated solar power (CSP) supercritical CO 2
cycle is studied under different seasonal conditions. The system analyzed is composed of a …

This study is focused on comparing four supercritical fluids: Ethane, Xenon, Methane and
Nitrogen, as possible alternative to supercritical Carbon Dioxide (s-CO 2) in Brayton power …

This study investigates a novel supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle with a bleeding
anabranch used in coal-fired power plants. For the proper utilization of the medium-low …

The majority of commercial parabolic-trough plants in the world operate with synthetic oil as
heat transfer fluid in the solar field. However, the synthetic oils that are available at …

Single phase FeTi intermetallic and FeTi-3.1 mass% V alloy were synthesized by vacuum
arc melting using high purity elemental constituents. The crystal structure of both, FeTi …