The common design of thermal power plants is fundamentally oriented towards achieving a
high-process performance, with market demands necessitating enhanced operational …

A fundamental task in the dynamic simulation of parabolic trough power plants (PTPP) is to
understand the behavior of the system physics and control loops in the presence of weather …

In this paper, the main goal is to study the impact of nanopowder volume concentration and
ultrasonication treatment time on the stability and thermophysical properties of MgO-DW …

Solar parabolic trough collector (PTC) technology is clean and economical. However, PTC
technology suffers from relatively low optical and thermal efficiencies at high operating …

The present work focuses on the development of a detailed dynamic model of an existing
parabolic trough solar power plant (PTSPP) in Spain. This work is the first attempt to analyse …

Features of the tubular type of heat exchanger were examined experimentally in the current
study. A rig is fitted with a novel insert as a negative heat transfer increase technique. The …

The main objective of this work was the construction of a numerical model using Advanced
Process Simulation Software to represent the dynamic behaviour of a thermal storage …

Sunray thermal energy is one of the most promising and quickly growing techniques
globally. In parabolic trough air collectors (PTAC), receiver design and safety are of …

The validated dynamic model of a parabolic trough power plant (PTPP) is improved by the
combination of a new feedwater circuit (feedwater/HTF circuit) and a reference feedwater …

Several improvements in the referenced parabolic trough power plant (PTPP) model
(Andasol II) have been implemented by APROS software. The main advantage of this novel …