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Strategies in tower solar power plant optimization [PDF]

Solar Energy, 2012
A method for optimizing a central receiver solar thermal electric power plant is studied. We parametrize the plant design as a function of eleven design variables and reduce the problem of finding optimal designs to the numerical problem of finding the minimum of a function of several variables.
Ramos, A., Ramos, F.
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Performance and Exergy Analysis of a Dual Receiver of a Solar Power Tower

Energies
Conventional solar power tower (SPT) systems often suffer from significant heat transfer exergy destruction due to large temperature differences between the heat source and the working fluid during the heat exchange process.
Cheng Zhang, Miaoli Li, Yaoxun Feng
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Advances in Concentrating Solar Power Tower

, 2017
The paper examines design and operating data of current concentrated solar power (CSP) solar tower (ST) plants. The study includes CSP with or without boost by combustion of natural gas (NG) and with or without thermal energy storage (TES). The study then reviews the novel trends to produce better ratio of solar field power to electric power, better ...
Albert Boretti, Stefania Castelletto, Sarim Al-Zubaidy   +2 more
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Liquid Phase Transmission Electron Microscopy: A Window into the Early Stages of Complex Material Formation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Liquid‐phase transmission electron microscopy enables direct observation of nucleation and growth processes in solution. This review is dedicated to the remembrance of Helmut Cölfen and highlights recent studies on complex materials—oxides, biominerals, organic–inorganic crystals—which were central to his research activity. It summarizes key milestones,
Charles Sidhoum, Vinavadini Ramnarain, Nathaly Ortiz Peña, Dris Ihiawakrim, Clément Sanchez, Ovidiu Ersen   +5 more
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Multimodal Soft Surgical Robots Enabled by Eco‐Degradable, Sterilizable Polymers and Transient Electronics

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A compostable PGS soft surgical robot with interchangeable modules integrates transient Mo tactile and Si thermal sensors for dual feedback. The device preserves its function after clinical‐grade sterilization, demonstrates stable actuation and cardiac tissue grasping with real‐time in vivo pulsatile monitoring, and biodegrades post‐use with soil‐safe, 
Minseong Chae, Kyung‐Sub Kim, Gyeong‐Seok Hwang, Jun‐Seok Shim, Sung‐Woo Kim, Yong‐Wu Kim, Jieun Han, Jae‐Young Bae, Jae‐Hwan Lee, Minjung Chae, Jooik Jeon, Joo‐Hyeon Park, You‐Jung Park, Ju‐Yong Lee, Sung‐Geun Choi, Min‐Ha Oh, Yong‐Joong Shin, Young‐In Ryu, Ji‐Woo Gu, Seong‐Yu Choi, Jeong‐Yun Sun, Jung Keun Hyun, Myoung‐Ryul Ok, Sang Yup Kim, Edyta Wyszkowska, Ju‐Young Kim, Kang‐Sik Lee, Seung‐Kyun Kang   +27 more
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Potential Map for the Installation of Concentrated Solar Power Towers in Chile [PDF]

Energies, 2020
This study aims to build a potential map for the installation of a central receiver concentrated solar power plant in Chile under the terms of the average net present cost of electricity generation during its lifetime. This is also called the levelized cost of electricity, which is a function of electricity production, capital costs, operational costs ...
Hernández, Catalina, Barraza, Rodrigo, Saez, Alejandro, Ibarra Mollá, Mercedes, Estay, Danilo   +4 more
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3D Printing Innovations in Polymeric Porous and Patterned Architecture

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Polymeric foams occupy a unique structural space between dense solids and open networks, where engineered void fraction governs mechanical compliance, thermal resistance, and mass transport. Additive manufacturing now enables precise spatial control over cellular architecture, unlocking designer foam structures across applications spanning crash ...
Dhanush Patil, Sri Vaishnavi Thummalapalli, Clarissa Westover, Arunachalam Ramanathan, M. Taylor Sobzcak, Roumika Patil, Qixuan Xiang, Tiantian Li, Sui Yang, Timothy E. Long, Hongyue Sun, Xianqiao Wang, Yang Liu, Kenan Song   +13 more
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CSP (Concentrated Solar Power) - Tower Solar Thermal Desalination Plant [PDF]

American Journal of Modern Energy, 2020
The main goal of this paper is that achieve 1.48 US $/m3 for LCOW (Levelized Cost of Water) and 0.016 US $/kWhth for LCOH (Levelized Cost of Heat). For this goal, the paper suggests an integrated CSP (Concentrated Solar Power)-Tower Solar thermal desalination facility with steam storage.
Huseyin Murat Cekirge, Serdar Eser Erturan, Richard Stanley Thorsen   +2 more
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Steering Oxygen Activation Pathways via Redox Dual‐Defects in 2D Hydrated WO3 for High‐Yield Singlet Oxygen Evolution

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Redox dual‐defects (Cs substitution and O vacancies) in 2D hydrated WO3 steer O2 activation toward selective singlet oxygen evolution. WO‐CO achieves 8.6–15.8 times higher 1O2 production than single‐defect or pristine catalysts, enabling efficient pollutant mineralization via a pathway‐selective photocatalytic mechanism.
Sheng‐Qi Guo, Mingqi Xiao, Fangyuan Zhang, Hui Li, Yuli Jia, Zhenfang Zhang, Liqun Ye, Bo Yang, Tianyi Ma   +8 more
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Performance enhancement of a small solar desalination still with active solar tracking, spray evaporation, and auxiliary electrical heating

Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
This study combines theoretical and experimental analysis of a solar/electric hybrid seawater desalination still with a spray-assisted evaporation device and a solar tracking system.
Min-Wen Wang, Rui-Yun Hsu, Chi-Feng Hung, Tsung-Chieh Cheng   +3 more
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