Porous Carbon Nanofoam Derived From Pitch as Solar Receiver for Efficient Solar Steam Generation [PDF]
Global Challenges, 2020 Photothermal‐material‐assisted solar‐steam generation has recently attracted intensive attention due to its superior evaporation rate with high energy conversion efficiency for desalination.
Lihua Chen +6 more
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Transient Simulation Of A Solar-Hybrid Tower Power Plant With Open Volumetric Receiver At The Location Barstow [PDF]
, 2013 In this work the transient simulations of four hybrid solar tower power plant concepts with open-volumetric receiver technology for a location in Barstow-Daggett, USA, are presented.
Alexopoulos, Spiros +11 more
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Thermal Modelling and Simulation of Parabolic Trough Receiver Tubes [PDF]
, 2010 Receiver tubes (or heat collecting elements — HCE) are a key component of parabolic trough solar thermal power plants. They are mounted in the focal line of the collectors, absorb the concentrated solar irradiance and transfer the absorbed energy to the ...
Jan Fabian Feldhoff +5 more
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CFD Simulation of Airflow in a New Receiver Concept for Solar Tower [PDF]
, 2023 : Open cavity solar receivers play an important role in concentrated solar power (CSP) systems and hold great promise, particularly in scenarios where their ability to absorb high fluxes at very high temperatures yields beneficial results.
Schwarzbözl, Peter +3 more
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High Temperature Materials and Processes, 2014 Thermal Energy Storage (TES) is the key for a stable electricity production in future Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants. This work presents a study on the thermal protection of the central receiver of CSP plant using a tower which is subject to ...
Verdier D., Falcoz Q., Ferrière A.
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Deflection and stresses in solar central receivers [PDF]
Solar Energy, 2020 The aim of the design of central solar receivers is to withstand the high non-uniform solar-heat-flux and temperature during the solar-power-plant lifetime. This high non-uniform tube temperature causes high thermal stress, producing creep and fatigue damage.
Laporte Azcué, Marta +3 more
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Dense suspension of solid particles as a new heat transfer fluid for concentrated solar thermal plants: on-sun proof of concept [PDF]
, 2013 This paper demonstrates the capacity of dense suspensions of solid particles to transfer concentrated solar power from a tubular receiver to an energy conversion process by acting as a heat transfer fluid.
Sans, Jean-Louis +7 more
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Manual tracking for solar parabolic concentrator – For the case of solar injera baking, Ethiopia
Heliyon, 2023 The efficiency of renewable energy equipment is highly reliant on the mechanism for properly capturing the resource and the equipment's performance. For any solar-powered device tracking mechanism is critical; it must be able to follow the pattern of the
Arkbom Hailu Asfaw
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Energy Reports, 2022 A coupled computational fluid dynamics and discrete particle method numerical model is developed to provide a systematic analysis of buoyant convective particle-laden air flow and heat losses from a solar cavity receiver with free-falling particles.
Sahan Trushad Wickramasooriya Kuruneru +3 more
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Modeling of a solar receiver–reactor for sulfur-based thermochemical cycles for hydrogen generation [PDF]
, 2011 Sulfur based thermochemical cycles for hydrogen generation from water have one reaction step in common which is the decomposition of sulfuric acid as one of the most energy consuming steps.
Roeb, Martin +3 more
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