Progress in heat transfer research for high-temperature solar thermal applications
W Lipiński, E Abbasi-Shavazi, J Chen… - Applied Thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
High-temperature solar thermal energy systems make use of concentrated solar radiation to
generate electricity, produce chemical fuels, and drive energy-intensive processing of …
generate electricity, produce chemical fuels, and drive energy-intensive processing of …
A review of linear Fresnel primary optical design methodologies
AE Rungasamy, KJ Craig, JP Meyer - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Linear Fresnel collector plants represent a promising line-focusing concentrating solar
thermal technology that has not yet reached commercial maturity. This technology has many …
thermal technology that has not yet reached commercial maturity. This technology has many …
Highly efficient and durable solar thermal energy harvesting via scalable hierarchical coatings inspired by stony corals
Concentrating solar thermal (CST) is an efficient renewable energy technology with low-cost
thermal energy storage. CST relies on wide-spectrum solar thermal absorbers that must …
thermal energy storage. CST relies on wide-spectrum solar thermal absorbers that must …
[HTML][HTML] Co-optimisation of the heliostat field and receiver for concentrated solar power plants
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 …
performance of the subsystem formed by the heliostat field and the receiver, operated with …
[HTML][HTML] Small-scale concentrated solar power system with thermal energy storage: System-level modelling and techno-economic optimisation
A dynamic, techno-economic model of a small-scale, 31.5 kW e concentrated solar power
(CSP) plant with a dish collector, two-tank molten salt storage, and a sCO 2 power block is …
(CSP) plant with a dish collector, two-tank molten salt storage, and a sCO 2 power block is …
Integrated optical-thermal model and deep learning technique to estimate the performance of a conical cavity receiver coupled solar parabolic dish collector
An integrated optical-thermal model was developed by adopting ray tracing using the Monte-
Carlo algorithm and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for evaluating the performance of …
Carlo algorithm and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for evaluating the performance of …
CSP Gen3: Liquid-phase pathway to SunShot
CS Turchi, S Gage, J Martinek, S Jape, K Armijo… - 2021 - osti.gov
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) established the Concentrating Solar Power
Generation 3 (CSP Gen3) program to promote the development of advanced CSP systems …
Generation 3 (CSP Gen3) program to promote the development of advanced CSP systems …
[HTML][HTML] Techno-economic assessment of a numbering-up approach for a 100 MWe third generation sodium-salt CSP system
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 …
solar power (CSP) system using a supercritical CO 2 power block with 700° C input …
Designing a novel small-scale parabolic trough solar thermal collector with secondary reflector for uniform heat flux distribution
S Shajan, V Baiju - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents a new stepwise approach to design a medium-temperature solar
parabolic trough collector with a secondary reflector, which is the fastest growing technology …
parabolic trough collector with a secondary reflector, which is the fastest growing technology …
Temperature-based optical design, optimization and economics of solar polar-field central receiver systems with an optional compound parabolic concentrator
Energetic and economic characteristics are studied for solar central receiver systems
consisting of a polar heliostat field, a tower, a single-aperture cavity receiver, and an …
consisting of a polar heliostat field, a tower, a single-aperture cavity receiver, and an …