Review of the solar flux distribution in concentrated solar power: Non-uniform features, challenges, and solutions

YL He, K Wang, Y Qiu, BC Du, Q Liang, S Du - Applied Thermal …, 2019 - Elsevier
Concentrated solar flux distribution in the concentrated solar power (CSP) systems is
extremely non-uniform, which can lead to high local temperature and large temperature …

Advancements, challenges, and opportunities in the measurement of high heat flux for concentrated solar thermal systems

M Abdullah, BH Corona, M Martins, NL Ferber… - Solar Energy, 2025 - Elsevier
Concentrated solar thermal (CST) systems, capable of driving high-temperature processes
up to 2000 K, hold significant potential for chemical and industrial applications. This paper …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of a 6 kW high-flux solar simulator with an array of xenon arc lamps capable of concentrations of nearly 5000 suns

R Gill, E Bush, P Haueter… - Review of Scientific …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
A systematic methodology for characterizing a novel and newly fabricated high-flux solar
simulator is presented. The high-flux solar simulator consists of seven xenon short-arc lamps …

Experimental study of a parabolic solar concentrator

AR El Ouederni, MB Salah, F Askri… - Journal of Renewable …, 2009 - revue.cder.dz
In this present work, a parabolic solar concentrator has been experimentally studied. The
experimental devise consists of a dish of 2.2 m opening diameter. Its interior surface is …

Effects of geometrical parameters of a dish concentrator on the optical performance of a cavity receiver in a solar dish‐Stirling system

J Yan, Z Cheng, Y Peng - International journal of energy …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Dish‐Stirling concentrated solar power (DS‐CSP) system is a complex system for solar
energy‐thermal‐electric conversion. The dish concentrator and cavity receiver are optical …

Non-uniform and volumetric effect on the hydrodynamic and thermal characteristic in a unit solar absorber

P Wang, JB Li, RN Xu, PX Jiang - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Experimental and numerical analyses on the thermal and hydrodynamic performance of
volumetric solar receivers were conducted. Silicon carbide (SiC) absorbers with various …

Comparative study of different means of concentrated solar flux measurement of solar parabolic dish

S Skouri, S Bouadila, MB Salah… - Energy Conversion and …, 2013 - Elsevier
The purpose of this work is to evaluate the energy coming to the focus of a solar parabolic
concentrator SPC using four types of absorbers: flat plate, disk, water calorimeter (WC) and …

Experimental and numerical investigation on solar concentrating characteristics of a sixteen-dish concentrator

XL Xia, GL Dai, Y Shuai - International journal of hydrogen energy, 2012 - Elsevier
The concentrated solar flux distributions of a sixteen-dish concentrator (SDC) were
measured applying a thermal infrared imager in combination with water-cooled Lambert …

[PDF][PDF] 抛物碟式太阳能聚光器的聚光特性分析与设计

王云峰, 季杰, 何伟, 陈海飞 - 光学学报, 2012 - researching.cn
摘要点聚焦碟式太阳能聚光反射器, 应用光线追迹法模拟分析了存在太阳张角时,
相同开口采光面积, 不同形状的聚光器分别在相同焦距, 相同边缘角情况下的聚光特性 …

Experimental characterization on pore parameter and the irradiation absorption efficiency of a series SiC foam specimens

P Wang, JB Li, L Zhou, K Vafai - Energy Conversion and Management, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper experimentally analyzes the thermal performance of a volumetric solar receiver
with a series pore structures of silicon carbide foam. Twelve silicon carbide foam specimens …