A review of steady-state thermal and mechanical modelling on tubular solar receivers
Tower systems are forecast to become the dominant CSP technology in the future due to the
potential to achieve high working fluid temperatures, thereby enhancing thermodynamic …
potential to achieve high working fluid temperatures, thereby enhancing thermodynamic …
Preliminary assessment of sCO2 cycles for power generation in CSP solar tower plants
This work discusses a preliminary thermodynamic assessment of three different supercritical
CO 2 (sCO 2) power cycles applied to a high temperature solar tower system, with maximum …
CO 2 (sCO 2) power cycles applied to a high temperature solar tower system, with maximum …
CO2 mixtures as innovative working fluid in power cycles applied to solar plants. Techno-economic assessment
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 …
efficiency conversion in solar tower plants and reducing the Levelized Cost of Electricity …
Comparison of sodium and KCl-MgCl2 as heat transfer fluids in CSP solar tower with sCO2 power cycles
This work assesses the performance of a solar tower power plant based on liquid sodium as
heat transfer fluid and supercritical CO 2 cycles. The adoption of liquid sodium as heat …
heat transfer fluid and supercritical CO 2 cycles. The adoption of liquid sodium as heat …
Convective heat transfer of molten salt-based nanofluid in a receiver tube with non-uniform heat flux
To tackle thermal challenges of solar receiver tubes due to the non-uniform radiation heat
flux, the heat transfer performance of molten salt-based nanofluid was numerically …
flux, the heat transfer performance of molten salt-based nanofluid was numerically …
Multi-objective optimization of the aiming strategy for the solar power tower with a cavity receiver by using the non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm
The extremely non-uniform solar flux distribution in the solar power tower plant can badly
cause some crucial problems for the solar receiver such as the local hot spot, the thermal …
cause some crucial problems for the solar receiver such as the local hot spot, the thermal …
[HTML][HTML] Reinforcement learning for heliostat aiming: Improving the performance of Solar Tower plants
Solar Tower (ST) systems use heliostats to concentrate solar radiation onto a tower-mounted
receiver. Optimizing the aiming strategy for these heliostats over the receiver remains a …
receiver. Optimizing the aiming strategy for these heliostats over the receiver remains a …
Aiming factor to flatten the flux distribution on cylindrical receivers
A Sánchez-González, MR Rodríguez-Sánchez… - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
High incident flux gradients and hot spots lead to extreme thermal stresses that may damage
and reduce the lifetime of central receivers. An aiming strategy based on a single parameter …
and reduce the lifetime of central receivers. An aiming strategy based on a single parameter …
Central receivers design in concentrated solar thermal power plants: A review
MS Mahdi, AF Khudheyer - IOP Conference Series: Materials …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Fossil fuel has been used for electric power generation for many decades, due to CO 2
emission and its effect on climatic change, besides its massive effect on human health …
emission and its effect on climatic change, besides its massive effect on human health …
Preliminary assessment of sCO2 power cycles for application to CSP Solar Tower plants
This work presents a preliminary thermodynamic assessment of three different supercritical
CO 2 (sCO 2) power cycles integrated in a high temperature solar tower system, working up …
CO 2 (sCO 2) power cycles integrated in a high temperature solar tower system, working up …