A comprehensive review on Dish/Stirling concentrated solar power systems: Design, optical and geometrical analyses, thermal performance assessment, and …

ME Zayed, J Zhao, AH Elsheikh, W Li, S Sadek… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, the design criteria, opt-geometrical parameters, thermal performance analysis,
thermodynamic optimization, techno-economic aspects of Solar Dish Stirling Systems …

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in the planning, operation and maintenance of concentrating solar thermal systems: A review

K Milidonis, A Eliades, V Grigoriev, MJ Blanco - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The technological advancements achieved in the field of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
have positioned this technology as a key enabling technology for revolutionizing the entire …

Technological review of the instrumentation used in aerial thermographic inspection of photovoltaic plants

S Gallardo-Saavedra, L Hernández-Callejo… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Photogrammetric studies performed with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) have recently
become more popular as they present an interesting low-cost alternative. A novel …

Parabolic trough solar collectors: A general overview of technology, industrial applications, energy market, modeling, and standards

PD Tagle-Salazar, KDP Nigam… - Green Processing and …, 2020 - degruyter.com
Many innovative technologies have been developed around the world to meet its energy
demands using renewable and nonrenewable resources. Solar energy is one of the most …

Impacts of renewable energy resources on effectiveness of grid-integrated systems: Succinct review of current challenges and potential solution strategies

J Oyekale, M Petrollese, V Tola, G Cau - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
This study is aimed at a succinct review of practical impacts of grid integration of renewable
energy systems on effectiveness of power networks, as well as often employed state-of-the …

[HTML][HTML] Solar tracker error impact on linear absorbers efficiency in parabolic trough collector–Optical and thermodynamic study

B Stanek, D Węcel, Ł Bartela, S Rulik - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The parabolic-trough solar concentrating systems are often considered element of heat
generation systems from renewable energy sources. It is important to use appropriate optical …

Green and wide acceptance angle solar concentrators

M Morales-Vidal, T Lloret, MG Ramírez, A Beléndez… - Optics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
A low-toxicity photopolymer was employed to prepare holographic solar concentrators
(HSCs). The main aim of this study is to obtain a versatile holographic element to …

Energy analysis of a particle suspension solar combined cycle power plant

Q Kang, R Dewil, J Degrève, J Baeyens… - Energy Conversion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The key to achieve an economically more attractive concentrated solar power plant is to
work at higher operating temperatures, allowing both higher power conversion efficiencies …

Improving the energy distribution uniformity of solar dish collector system under tracking error using a cavity receiver position adjustment method

YX Liu, J Yan, XY Xie, YD Peng, DZ Nie - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The tracking error of solar dish collector (SDC) system will cause extremely non-uniform
energy distribution and local high flux in circumference surface of the cavity receiver, which …

Study on the optical performance of novel dish solar concentrator formed by rotating array of plane mirrors with the same size

J Yan, Y Liu, YD Peng - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
A novel dish concentrator formed by rotating array of same square plane mirror is proposed,
which has the advantages of arrangement compact and low cost. The influence of …