Porous volumetric solar receivers are one type of solar receivers that can volumetrically
absorb solar radiation and achieve efficient solar-to-thermal energy conversion. Porous …

An international effort is being made to contribute to greener electricity production. Solar
Thermal Electricity (STE) has emerged as the favourite candidate due to the advantages …

Porous volumetric receivers is a promising technology to improve the thermal performance
of a new generation of concentrated solar power (CSP) plants. In this sense, this work …

Solar-driven CO 2 reforming of methane into value-added syngas is promising to solve
global climate change and energy crisis problems simultaneously. However, there remains …

Porous structures can be favorably used in solar thermochemical reactors for the volumetric
absorption of concentrated solar radiation. In contrast to isotropic porous topologies …

In solar tower systems, metallic woven wire meshes following an inline arrangement are a
promising geometry for commercial application in open volumetric receivers (OVRs). To …

Abstract The Porous Continuum method with local thermal non-equilibrium state and the P 1
approximation is adopted to analyse the potentialities of using staggered stack wire meshes …

Gas-phase solar receivers can operate over a wider temperature range than receivers which
use conventional liquid heat transfer media. However, due to their relatively poor heat …

Convective heat transfer is one of the main thermal mechanisms in volumetric absorbers
technology. There is a lack of literature on the behaviour of convective heat transfer in dense …

Porous media structures have been proposed as an interesting solution on the design of
high-temperature volumetric heat exchangers and sensible thermal energy storage devices …