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 ...
Coventry, J. +4 more
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Editorial: Advances in Solar Central Receiver Technology
Frontiers in Energy Research, 2022 Omar Behar +2 more
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Surface distributed acoustic sensing for mineral exploration [PDF]
Scientific ReportsAs a receiver array for active-source seismic studies, the use of distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) technology is well established for vertical seismic profiling.
Lea Gyger +4 more
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Molten Salts Tanks Thermal Energy Storage: Aspects to Consider during Design
Energies, 2023 Concentrating solar power plants use sensible thermal energy storage, a mature technology based on molten salts, due to the high storage efficiency (up to 99%).
Cristina Prieto +4 more
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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 +5 more
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Development of an Elevation–Fresnel Linked Mini-Heliostat Array
Energies, 2020 Heliostats are critical components of solar tower technology and different strategies have been proposed to reduce their costs; among them diminishing their size to reduce wind loads or linking nearby heliostats mechanically, to reduce the overall number
Isaías Moreno-Cruz +6 more
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Solar augmentation for process heat with central receiver technology [PDF]
AIP Conference Proceedings, 2016 Coal fired boilers are currently one of the most widespread ways to deliver process heat to industry. John Thompson Boilers (JTB) offer industrial steam supply solutions for industry and utility scale applications in Southern Africa. Transport cost add significant cost to the coal price in locations far from the coal fields in Mpumalanga, Gauteng and ...
Johannes P. Kotzé +5 more
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High-temperature latent thermal storage system for solar power: Materials, concepts, and challenges
Cleaner Engineering and Technology, 2021 Limited reserves of fossil fuels, increased world energy demand and swelling of environment pollution drive a transition towards renewable energy resources which can deliver 3E objectives (Economic, environmental and energy security).
Alok K. Ray +2 more
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Techno-economic projections for advanced small solar thermal electric power plants to years 1990-2000 [PDF]
, 1978 Advanced technologies applicable to solar thermal electric power systems in the 1990-200 time-frame are delineated for power applications that fulfill a wide spectrum of small power needs with primary emphasis on power ratings less than 10MWe ...
Chen, K. H. +6 more
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System analysis of central receiver concepts with high temperature thermal energy storages: Receiver technologies and storage cycles [PDF]
AIP Conference Proceedings, 2017 Reducing the levelized cost of electricity for solar thermal electricity (STE) plants is the most important challenge of this technology. A bottleneck at state of the art STE plants is the heat storage medium (HSM) with its temperature limits. To replace the commonly used molten salt, particles like quartz sand or corundum, enabling temperatures up to ...
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