Latest developments, assessments and research trends for next generation of concentrated solar power plants using liquid heat transfer fluids

I Arias, J Cardemil, E Zarza, L Valenzuela… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar thermal technologies for power generation have become cost-effective, efficient,
flexible, and play a prominent role in achieving low-carbon energy systems. Concentrated …

Engineering molten MgCl2–KCl–NaCl salt for high-temperature thermal energy storage: Review on salt properties and corrosion control strategies

C Villada, W Ding, A Bonk, T Bauer - Solar Energy Materials and Solar …, 2021 - Elsevier
Conventional thermal energy storage (TES) media and heat transfer fluids (HTFs) currently
used in commercial concentrated solar power (CSP) plants are nitrate-based molten salts …

Design, thermodynamic, and economic analyses of a green hydrogen storage concept based on solid oxide electrolyzer/fuel cells and heliostat solar field

AR Razmi, AR Hanifi, M Shahbakhti - Renewable energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Green hydrogen production is facing challenges in balancing economic feasibility with
sustainability. Employing efficient hydrogen production designs and benefiting from the …

Investigation of a green energy storage system based on liquid air energy storage (LAES) and high-temperature concentrated solar power (CSP): Energy, exergy …

MH Nabat, M Soltani, AR Razmi, J Nathwani… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Liquid air energy storage, a recently introduced grid-scale energy storage technology, has
attracted attention in recent years due to its unique characteristics: geographic location …

Thermo-economic analysis and multi-objective optimization of S-CO2 Brayton cycle waste heat recovery system for an ocean-going 9000 TEU container ship

P Pan, C Yuan, Y Sun, X Yan, M Lu… - Energy Conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Supercritical CO 2 recompression Brayton cycle (S-CO 2 RBC) can be used as waste heat
recovery system in a ship because of the advantages of high efficiency, compact size and …

Supercritical carbon dioxide power cycle design and configuration optimization to minimize levelized cost of energy of molten salt power towers operating at 650 C

T Neises, C Turchi - Solar Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
This analysis investigates the design, cost, and performance of the simple, recompression,
and partial-cooling configurations of the supercritical carbon dioxide power cycle integrated …

Review of printed circuit heat exchangers and its applications in solar thermal energy

Y Ma, G Xie, K Hooman - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
As a unique kind of compact heat exchangers, Printed Circuit Heat Exchanger, PCHE, has
attracted a lot of attention owing to its merits of high heat transfer, small volume …

Evaluation of alternative eutectic salt as heat transfer fluid for solar power tower coupling a supercritical CO2 Brayton cycle from the viewpoint of system-level analysis

K Wang, MJ Li, ZD Zhang, CH Min, P Li - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Heat transfer fluids play a crucial role in solar thermal power plants. Several novel salt
formulas with higher temperature limit, such as MgCl 2-KCl, have been proposed to serve as …

CO2 mixtures as innovative working fluid in power cycles applied to solar plants. Techno-economic assessment

G Manzolini, M Binotti, D Bonalumi, C Invernizzi, P Iora - Solar Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper discusses the adoption of CO 2 mixtures for improving the thermal-to-power
efficiency conversion in solar tower plants and reducing the Levelized Cost of Electricity …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive methodology for the design of solar tower external receivers

G Gentile, G Picotti, M Binotti, ME Cholette… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
The design optimization of external cylindrical receivers for solar tower plants is a complex
task that involves several interrelated factors such as optical performance, thermal losses …