Latest developments, assessments and research trends for next generation of concentrated solar power plants using liquid heat transfer fluids

I Arias, J Cardemil, E Zarza, L Valenzuela… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar thermal technologies for power generation have become cost-effective, efficient,
flexible, and play a prominent role in achieving low-carbon energy systems. Concentrated …

[HTML][HTML] Co-optimisation of the heliostat field and receiver for concentrated solar power plants

S Wang, CA Asselineau, A Fontalvo, Y Wang, W Logie… - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In a concentrated solar power (CSP) tower plant, it is essential to understand the
performance of the subsystem formed by the heliostat field and the receiver, operated with …

[HTML][HTML] Techno-economic assessment of a numbering-up approach for a 100 MWe third generation sodium-salt CSP system

CA Asselineau, A Fontalvo, S Wang, F Venn, J Pye… - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
This work presents the design and techno-economic analysis of a 100 MW e concentrated
solar power (CSP) system using a supercritical CO 2 power block with 700° C input …

A two-step procedure for the selection of innovative high temperature heat transfer fluids in solar tower power plants

G Manzolini, G Lucca, M Binotti, G Lozza - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
This work compares with a two-step procedure the performance of different Heat Transfer
Fluids (HTF) for high temperature receiver applications (up to 715° C) in advanced Solar …

Design of the LIMELIGHT Test Rig for Component Testing for High-Temperature Thermal Energy Storage with Liquid Metals

K Niedermeier, M Lux, A Purwitasari, A Weisenburger… - Processes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Thermal energy storage systems for high temperatures> 600° C are currently mainly based
on solid storage materials that are thermally charged and discharged by a gaseous heat …

Long-Term Thermal Cycling Test and Heat-Charging Kinetics of Fe-Substituted Mn2O3 for Next-Generation Concentrated Solar Power Using Thermochemical …

N Gokon, K Hayashi, H Sawaguri, F Ohashi - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
We studied the performance in terms of the long-term cyclic thermal storage and heat-
charging kinetics of Fe-substituted manganese oxide for use in thermochemical energy …

Design and optimisation of a heliostat field and a sodium receiver for next-generation CSP plants

S Wang - 2022 - search.proquest.com
The heliostat field and receiver subsystems are crucial in a concentrated solar power (CSP)
plant, where solar irradiance is converted into thermal power. It is essential to optimise the …

Exergy analysis of the impact of a heat exchanger on performance of an integrated sodium-salt CSP plant

M Zheng, S Guccione, A Fontalvo… - AIP Conference …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
High-temperature receivers are critical for third-generation (Gen3) Concentrating Solar
Power (CSP) technology to achieve high system efficiencies, and play the role of converting …