One of the major uncertainties in the design of molten-salt solar receivers is the estimation of
the lifetime because solar receivers have to withstand high temperature, thermal stress and …

Shell-and-tube heat exchangers (HXs) for steam generation from molten salts in
concentrating solar power (CSP) plants experience thermal fatigue due to significant …

Abstract In the Generation-IV (Gen-IV) nuclear reactor system, the liquid metal cooled fast
reactor is regarded as a promising reactor type, especially the sodium-cooled fast reactor …

The paper analyses an integrated solar combined cycle that, as a novelty, includes a gas
turbine with partial recuperation. A conventional solar arrangement including parabolic …

A shell and tube heat exchanger (STHE) welded joint is considered for fatigue fracture
mechanism. The joint is made up of a protruding tube fabricated to a tubesheet by means of …

Solar tower plants are pushed to operate with fast start-ups and/or load changes to increase
their dispatchability and competitiveness. However, this operation mode decreases the …

The aim of this work is to investigate the level of reliability of a 100 MWe solar tower plant
operating as a load-following plant using actual operational data of combined cycle power …

The thermal stress on thick-walled components, such as tubesheets and steam drums, limits
both the temperature ramp-up rates and the temperature differences between outer and …

Structural integrity of large-scale industrial facilities is heavily influenced by their dynamical
changes, that is, by the way how their instationary transients take place. All such facilities are …

One of the concerned aspects in the design of molten salt packed-bed thermal energy
storage (TES) tank with encapsulated phase change materials (EPCMs) is to evaluate the …