Lightweight Carbon Fiber Mirrors for Solar Concentrator Applications [PDF]
, 2017 Lightweight parabolic mirrors for solar concentrators have been fabricated using carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) and a nanometer scale optical surface smoothing technique.
Atwater, Harry A. +9 more
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40 W Continuous Wave Ce:Nd:YAG Solar Laser through a Fused Silica Light Guide
Energies, 2022 The solar laser power scaling potential of a side-pumped Ce:Nd:YAG solar laser through a rectangular fused silica light guide was investigated by using a 2 m diameter parabolic concentrator.
Joana Almeida +7 more
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Mathematical modelling of operation modes and performance evaluation of an innovative small-scale concentrated solar organic Rankine cycle plant [PDF]
, 2018 In this paper an innovative small-scale concentrated solar 2 kWe organic Rankine cycle plant coupled with a phase change material storage tank equipped with reversible heat pipes is investigated using a simulation analysis.
Arteconi, A, Cioccolanti, L, Tascioni, R
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Capacity optimization of concentrated solar power-photovoltaicwind power combined generation system [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2019 Due to the fluctuation and randomness of renewable resources, such as solar irradiation resource and wind resource, independent renewable power plants are not easy to generate stable and reliable power.
Pei Huanjin, Guo Su, He Yi, Wang Jiale
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Low-Concentration Solar-Power Systems Based on Organic Rankine Cycles for Distributed-Scale Applications: Overview and Further Developments [PDF]
, 2015 This paper is concerned with the emergence and development of low-to-medium-grade thermal-energy-conversion systems for distributed power generation based on thermo- dynamic vapor-phase heat-engine cycles undergone by organic working uids, namely ...
Markides, CN
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Hydrogen at the rooftop: Compact CPV-hydrogen system to convert sunlight to hydrogen [PDF]
, 2018 Despite being highest potential energy source, solar intermittency and low power density make it difficult for solar energy to compete with the conventional power plants. Highly efficient concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) system provides best technology to
Burhan, Muhammad +2 more
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Concentrated Solar Power: Actual Performance and Foreseeable Future in High Penetration Scenarios of Renewable Energies [PDF]
, 2018 Producción CientíficaAnalyses proposing a high share of concentrated solar power (CSP) in future 100% renewable energy scenarios rely on the ability of this technology, through storage and/or hybridization, to partially avoid the problems associated with
Capellán Pérez, Iñigo +1 more
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Concentrating Solar Power Technologies [PDF]
Energies, 2019 Nowadays, the evolution of solar energy use has turned into a profound issue because of the implications of many points of view, such as technical, social, economic and environmental that impose major constraints for policy-makers in optimizing solar energy alternatives.
Maria Simona Răboacă +7 more
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SolarPACES Conference Proceedings, 2023 A prototype rotary solar receiver and a solar simulator facility have been designed, built and commissioned by Odqa Renewable Energy Technologies in conjunction with The Oxford Thermofluids Institute, University of Oxford for the validation of ...
Pok-Wang Kwan +7 more
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