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Investigation and proposal of a novel solar-powered trigeneration system for more environmentally friendly heating, cooling, and power generation [PDF]

Scientific Reports
The rapid depletion of fossil fuel reserves and their associated environmental impacts, including global warming, have led to an increased emphasis on waste heat recovery and renewable energy sources.
Abdullah M.A. Alsharif, Abdul Khaliq, Eslam Hussein, H. A. Refaey   +3 more
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The Variable Geometry Central Receiver System Concept. First Results and Comparison with Conventional Central Receiver Systems

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, Frasquet, M., Martínez, Fernando, Silva Pérez, Manuel Antonio, Lillo Bravo, Isidoro, Díaz Andrades, Francisco, Lobo Márquez, Gonzalo   +6 more
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Short-Term Forecasts of DNI from an Integrated Forecasting System (ECMWF) for Optimized Operational Strategies of a Central Receiver System

Energies, 2019
Short-term forecasts of direct normal irradiance (DNI) from the Integrated Forecasting System (IFS) and the global numerical weather prediction model of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) were used in the simulation of a solar
Francis M. Lopes, Ricardo Conceição, Hugo G. Silva, Thomas Fasquelle, Rui Salgado, Paulo Canhoto, Manuel Collares-Pereira   +6 more
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Volumetric receivers in Solar Thermal Power Plants with Central Receiver System technology: A review

Solar Energy, 2011
Abstract Deployment of the first generation of grid-connected plants for electricity production, based on Solar Thermal Power Plants with Central Receiver System technology using large heliostat fields and a solar receiver placed on the top of a tower, is currently being boosted by the first commercial plants in Spain, PS10, PS20, and Gemasolar ...
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Well-being Approach of the Power Systems Integrated to the Central Receiver Power Plants [PDF]

AUT Journal of Electrical Engineering, 2023
The solar power tower (central receiver power plant) as one type of concentrated solar thermal power systems can be used to generate electricity in a way similar to the thermal power plants and so, numerous large-scale central receiver power plants have ...
Amir Ghaedi, Reza Sedaghati, Mehrdad Mahmoudian   +2 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, Javier Bonilla, Jesús Fernández-Reche, Bijan Nouri, Antonio Avila-Marin, Yann Fabel, Diego-César Alarcón-Padilla   +6 more
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Numerical simulation of convective heat transfer coefficient in wire mesh absorbers with fixed porosity

Results in Engineering, 2023
Convective heat transfer is one of the main thermal mechanisms in volumetric absorbers technology. There is a lack of literature on the behaviour of convective heat transfer in dense wire meshes.
Daniel Sanchez-Señoran, Miguel A. Reyes-Belmonte, Jesus Fernandez-Reche, Antonio L. Avila-Marin   +3 more
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Experimental and numerical investigations of solar flux density distribution over flat plate receive

Journal of Thermal Engineering, 2020
The flux density distribution and the temperature of the receiver are important parameters to assess the net thermal energy of any Solar Power Concentrator.
Prakash GADHE, Shivalingappa SAPALİ, Govind KULKARNİ   +2 more
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Pre-Coding OAM Based MIMO System for Multi-User Communications

IEEE Access, 2022
Recently, orthogonal Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM) modes of electromagnetic waves have been widely applied to achieve high spectral efficiency in the radio and microwave regimes.
Ahmad Alamayreh, Nidal Qasem, Jamal S. Rahhal   +2 more
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Theoretical and experimental investigation of a novel point‐focus Fresnel collector system with a novel receiver

IET Renewable Power Generation, 2021
Here, experimental results for testing a novel solar concentrating system are presented. The novel receiver is tested on a technology that combines the two proven concepts of solar concentrating technologies (linear Fresnel reflector (LFR) and central ...
Abdelrahman El‐Leathy, Hany Al‐Ansary, Mazen Ba‐abbad, Syed Noman Danish, Yazid AlShehri, Arslan Abbas Rizvi   +5 more
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