Linear Fresnel collector plants represent a promising line-focusing concentrating solar
thermal technology that has not yet reached commercial maturity. This technology has many …

Direct steam generation in parabolic trough or linear Fresnel collectors represents one
interesting technological option for concentrating solar electricity production. Today's state of …

Solar thermal plants are among the most promising technologies to replace fossil fuel
stationary applications, and within solar thermal technologies, parabolic troughs are …

The accurate estimation of a concentrated solar power plant production is an important issue
because of the fluctuations in meteorological parameters like solar radiation, ambient …

The increasing need for energy, the limitation of fossil fuels, and the environmental and
economic aspects of the conventional energy system have caused a lot of research and …

This work evaluated the integration of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) with a sugarcane
bagasse cogeneration plant located in Campo Grande (Brazil). The plant is equipped with …

In this paper, a new optical optimization model for linear Fresnel reflector concentrators
(LFRCs) was developed, based on the population-based particle swarm optimization (PSO) …

This work describes and evaluates a new nonlinear dynamic model, and a new generalized
predictive control scheme for a collector field of direct steam generation parabolic troughs in …

The study analyzes an innovative concentrating solar thermal system aimed at the direct
production of hot air for industrial applications. Air is heated inside linear Fresnel collectors …

In recent years, linear Fresnel (LF) collector systems have been developed as a technical
alternative to parabolic trough (PT) collector systems. While in the past, LF systems focused …