Abstract Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) is an electricity generation technology that
concentrates solar irradiance through heliostats onto a small area, the receiver, where a …

This work analyses a 150 MW e multi-tower solar-only combined cycle power plant (nominal
efficiency∼ 50%) for evening peak operation. Olivine particles are used as heat transfer …

Pyrolysis has become one of the most attractive options for converting carbonaceous
biomass into bio-oil or biochar. This study explores a novel solar pyrolysis process intended …

This work investigates performances and costs of various configurations of 5 MW el solar
tower CSP plants, located in Sicily. The design of the plants aims at comparing two solar …

The influence of solar intensity and carbon reduction credits on the techno-economic
feasibility of high-temperature particle receiver technology for process heat applications has …

This work focuses on the comparison between different filler materials which can be used in
the thermal storage system of an air CSP plant. In order to carry out this analysis, a packed …

This study evaluates the thermal performance of an innovative discs receiver and models its
effect in a CSP plant. Energetic and economic results were compared with a foam receiver …

To maximize thermal efficiency, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has
proposed a light-trapping cavity-planar receiver design intended to capture energy from …

Gas turbines are used in a wide range of services for powering aircraft of all types and in
industrial plants for driving mechanical equipment such as compressors and pumps. The …

A fixed-bed regenerative heat exchanger has been developed as a system for enabling the
thermohydraulic connection to be made between a volumetric solar receiver (non …