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High-Temperature Monitoring in Central Receiver Concentrating Solar Power Plants with Femtosecond-Laser Inscribed FBG [PDF]
Sensors, 2021 This work deals with the application of femtosecond-laser-inscribed fiber Bragg gratings (FsFBGs) for monitoring the internal high-temperature surface distribution (HTSD) in solar receivers of concentrating solar power (CSP) plants.
Roberto Rodríguez-Garrido +6 more
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Energy Procedia, 2014 In line with the global trend for improving efficiency of existing solar power plants, the CTAER has developed and built a variable geometry central receiver facility, in which the solar field rotates around the tower axis following the sun's position during the day.
Ruiz Hernández, Valeriano +6 more
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A review of sodium receiver technologies for central receiver solar power plants [PDF]
Solar Energy, 2015 Abstract This paper examines the potential of sodium receivers to increase the overall solar-to-electricity efficiency of central receiver solar power plants, also known as solar tower systems. It re-visits some of the key outcomes and conclusions from past sodium receiver experiments, in particular those at Sandia National Laboratories and ...
John Pye, Manuel Blanco, Joe Coventry
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Tuning Analysis and Optimization of a Cluster-Based Aiming Methodology for Solar Central Receivers
Frontiers in Energy Research, 2022 The challenges encountered while concentrating solar radiation from multiple heliostats into a relatively small receiver have inspired numerous aiming methodologies to distribute such concentrated radiation.
Jesús García +6 more
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Deflection and stresses in solar central receivers [PDF]
Solar Energy, 2020 The aim of the design of central solar receivers is to withstand the high non-uniform solar-heat-flux and temperature during the solar-power-plant lifetime. This high non-uniform tube temperature causes high thermal stress, producing creep and fatigue damage.
Laporte Azcué, Marta +3 more
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Energies, 2020 Attenuation of solar radiation between the receiver and the heliostat field in concentrated solar power (CSP) tower plants can reduce the overall system performance significantly.
Natalie Hanrieder +4 more
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Potential Map for the Installation of Concentrated Solar Power Towers in Chile
Energies, 2020 This study aims to build a potential map for the installation of a central receiver concentrated solar power plant in Chile under the terms of the average net present cost of electricity generation during its lifetime.
Catalina Hernández +4 more
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Energies, 2014 This paper presents the results of an extensive study of two thermal energy storage (TES) systems. The goal of the research is to make solar energy cost-competitive with other forms of electricity. A small-scale TES system was first built.
Abdelrahman El-Leathy +9 more
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Cloud Detection and Tracking Based on Object Detection with Convolutional Neural Networks
Algorithms, 2023 Due to the need to know the availability of solar resources for the solar renewable technologies in advance, this paper presents a new methodology based on computer vision and the object detection technique that uses convolutional neural networks ...
Jose Antonio Carballo +6 more
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Atmospheric Transmittance Model Validation for CSP Tower Plants
Remote Sensing, 2019 In yield analysis and plant design of concentrated solar power (CSP) tower plants, increased uncertainties are caused by the mostly unknown solar attenuation between the concentrating heliostat field and the receiver on top of the tower. This attenuation
Natalie Hanrieder +7 more
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