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Research on Control System of Tower Concentrated Solar Power Plant

南方能源建设, 2020
[Introduction] In order to solve the control problem of Tower Concentrated Solar Power. [Method] Firstly based on the astronomical algorithms for calculating the position of the sun.
QIU Tao, XU Canling, WANG Wei
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Design of a Novel Heliostat for a Large-Scale Desalination System

SolarPACES Conference Proceedings
The optical design and the mechanical structure of a new heliostat is described for application in the Solar Water plc large-scale desalination plant, to be constructed in the Middle East.
Christopher Sansom, Peter King, Keith Carlisle   +2 more
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Deep Learning Method for Heliostat Instance Segmentation

SolarPACES Conference Proceedings
Heliostat instance segmentation (HST-IS) is a crucial component of the heliostat tracking system at Heliogen’s Lancaster test facility. The system estimates the mirror normal of each heliostat by performing a nonlinear optimization-based fitting ...
Benjamin Liu, Alexander Sonn, Anthony Roy, Brian Brewington   +3 more
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An Improved Deep Learning Framework for In Situ Detection of Geometric Keypoints of Heliostats in Concentrated Solar Power Plants

Technologies
In situ detection of the tracking poses of heliostats can help improve the tracking accuracies of heliostats and reduce the task loads of heliostat calibration in a large-scale concentrated solar power (CSP) plant, as the traditional methods normally ...
Fen Xu, Hongyu Miao
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Heliostat Consortium: Gap Analysis on Wind Load for Achieving a Fully Competitive Heliostat Industry

SolarPACES Conference Proceedings
The Heliostat Consortium (HelioCon) Wind Load Subtask was initiated with the aim of bringing research work pertaining to wind load measurement, characterization, and prediction taking place across several tasks, including Advanced Manufacturing ...
Matthew Emes, Shashank Yellapantula, Jeremy Sment, Kenneth Armijo, Matthew Muller, Mark Mehos, Randy Brost, Maziar Arjomandi   +7 more
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Solar Fuels Via Methane Valorization: Thermochemical Pathways, Unified Metrics, and Techno‐Economic Perspectives

ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, Volume 9, Issue 5, September 2026.
A first‐of‐its‐kind review benchmarks three solar methane valorization pathways with unified performance metrics for clean fuel production. Meeting global climate targets and sustainable energy demands requires carbon‐neutral fuels and innovative conversion pathways.
Muhammad Abdulmoez, Amjad Othman, Majid Linjawi, Amro Al‐Qutub   +3 more
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Concentrated Solar Combined With Hydrothermal Treatment to Unlock Lignin Graphitization Mechanisms

Global Challenges, Volume 10, Issue 7, July 2026.
Advanced carbon materials such as graphitic biocarbons are successfully obtained from kraft lignin. A sustainable production route is highlighted using a combination of hydrothermal carbonization and solar carbonization, leading to the production of long and well‐stacked graphene layers in the biocarbon.
Salomé Rigollet, Elsa Weiss‐Hortala, Gilles Flamant, Ange Nzihou   +3 more
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Design of A Winch-Actuated Heliostat

SolarPACES Conference Proceedings
This study addresses the challenge of reducing costs in concentrated solar power (CSP) systems by developing a novel winch-actuated heliostat design. Building upon previous cable-actuated designs, the proposed heliostat utilises steel cables attached to
Rorisang Lekholoane, Stephen Clark, Craig McGregor   +2 more
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Heat Transfer Optimization in New Polygonal Collectors Influence of Thermophysics Characteristic of Nanoparticles Using Response Surface Methodology

Engineering Reports, Volume 8, Issue 3, March 2026.
Hybrid investigation of the novel parabolic trough collector influence of turbulent nanofluid flow. 3D Optimization solutions using response surface methodology. Computational fluid dynamics simulations for performance assessments of parabolic trough solar collectors.
Samaneh Baharloui, Mohammad Mohsen Peiravi, Mofid Gorji Bandpy   +2 more
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Prediction of Solar Concentration Flux Distribution for a Heliostat Based on Lunar Concentration Image and Generative Adversarial Networks

Applied Artificial Intelligence
The predictive analysis of solar flux distribution on the receiver surface is critical in optimizing the concentration processes of concentrating solar power (CSP) plants.
Fen Xu, Jian Wang, Minghuan Guo, Zhifeng Wang   +3 more
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