Solar energy is a bountiful renewable energy resource: the energy in the sunlight that
reaches Earth in an hour exceeds the energy consumed by all of humanity in a year. 1 While …

Concentrated solar energy provides a virtually unlimited source of clean, non-polluting, high-
temperature heat. This article reviews the underlying principles of concentrating solar …

The roadmap for the hydrogen uptake passes through the development of near-zero
emission and/or renewable technologies for hydrogen production. This is the rationale for …

A previously validated quasi-one-dimensional transient two-phase heat transfer model is
used to assess the effect of operational and design parameters on the performance of …

High temperature fuel production and thermal material processing driven by concentrated
solar energy has the potential to significantly reduce the fossil fuel dependence of our …

This study investigates the potential performance of volumetric absorbers as a function of
geometric and material properties, aiming to identify the best absorber design parameters …

The design, testing, and modelling of a high-temperature thermocline-type thermal energy
storage (TES) are presented. The TES concept uses air as the heat-transfer fluid and …

Gas-phase solar receivers use atmospheric or pressurised gas as their heat transfer fluid
(HTF). The ideal gas-phase receiver would provide high thermal efficiency and high HTF …

A hybrid energy system comprising a parabolic dish solar energy concentrator (Solar Dish)
and a micro gas turbine is investigated in the study. A thermodynamic model of the system is …

A two-step solar thermochemical cycle based on Co 3 O 4/CoO redox reactions integrated
into an Air Brayton cycle is considered for thermochemical heat storage. The two-step cycle …