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High penetration of distributed renewable energy sources and electric vehicles (EVs) makes future active distribution network (ADN) highly variable. These characteristics put great challenges to traditional voltage control methods.
Yangyang Wang+3 more
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Photovoltaic system reliability [PDF]
This paper discusses the reliability of photovoltaic projects including SMUD's PV Pioneer project, various projects monitored by Ascension Technology, and the Colorado Parks project. System times-to-failure range from 1 to 16 years, and maintenance costs range from 1 to 16 cents per kilowatt-hour.
D. Collier+6 more
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Electricity-Heat-Hydrogen Modeling of Hydrogen Storage System Considering Off-Design Characteristics
With the advantages of zero carbon emission and multi-energy comprehensive utilization, hydrogen storage is the pivotal technology to help realize the goal of net-zero carbon and establish a new energy system.
Yufeng Xiong+4 more
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Photovoltaic systems perspective
This paper summarizes the elements of photovoltaic power system and clarifies the terminology currently used. The relationship of system efficiency and cost is described particularly for the Balance of Photovoltaic System (BOPS) area. The current status of the BOPS development activity is described.
Gary Jones, Paul D. Sutton
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Wind tunnel test study on the wind load variation law of a point focus solar furnace
This work studied the wind load acting on a point focus solar furnace composed of a 110 m2 heliostat and a 77 m2 concentrator through wind tunnel testing.
Mingfei He+19 more
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Photovoltaic System Design and Performance [PDF]
This editorial summarizes the collection of papers in the Special Issue entitled Photovoltaic System Design and Performance, which was published in MDPI’s Energies journal. Papers on this topic were submitted in 2017 and 2018, and a total of 21 papers were published.
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Influences of Optical Factors on the Performance of the Solar Furnace
In this paper, an optical structure design for a solar furnace is described. Based on this configuration, Monte Carlo ray tracing simulations are carried out to analyze the influences of four optical factors on the concentrated solar heat flux ...
Zhiying Cui+3 more
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Improving electricity and heat utilization can speed up China’s decarbonization process in the northwest villages on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. In this paper, we proposed an architecture with zero-carbon-emission micro-energy network (ZCE-MEN) to ...
Qiwei Jia+8 more
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Solid particle solar receivers in the next‐generation concentrated solar power plant
Solid particles are generally considered to be the most suitable heat transfer fluid (HTF) and thermal energy storage (TES) materials for the next‐generation concentrated solar power (CSP) plant.
Fuliang Nie+4 more
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Dynamically Coupled Operation of Two-Tank Indirect TES and Steam Generation System
A thermal energy storage system is a critical component in concentrating solar power plants (CSPP), owing to which concentrating solar power (CSP) has superiorities over photovoltaic and wind power. Currently, the sole thermal energy storage (TES) system
Xiaolei Li+5 more
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