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Energies, 2023 Evaluating the heat losses of linear Fresnel concentrator (LFC) receivers is crucial for determining plant efficiency and managing the flow rate in solar lines. This becomes particularly significant when operating in direct steam generation to manage the
Edouard Montanet +3 more
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Optical efficiency measurement of solar receiver tubes: A testbed and case studies
Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2018 Knowledge of the parabolic-trough collector (PTC) solar receiver performance is essential in solar thermal power plants using this type of collector technology because it is the component responsible for collecting the solar radiation and transferring it
Rafael López-Martín, Loreto Valenzuela
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Performance Analysis of Volumetric Solar Receiver Based on Porous Foam Ceramics
发电技术, 2019 Volumetric solar receiver is one of three main categories of solar receivers. It has great application prospect due to the simple structure, high thermal efficiency, and the air exit temperature can reach above more than 800℃. The porous material is used
Pingrui HUANG +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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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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Solar Cavity Receiver for Melting Zinc Metal
Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT: Data will be made available on request. ; Concentrating solar power technologies can be applied to reduce the cost and carbon footprint of zinc melting processes. This study aims to improve the knowledge related to small-scale solar melting using a dish concentrator. This technology can be applied to zinc production as well
Bezuidenhout, Pieter J.A. +1 more
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Energies, 2022 This paper investigates and compares several highly efficient thermodynamic cycles that are suitable for coupling with particle-in-tube fluidized-bed solar receiver technology.
Miguel Angel Reyes-Belmonte +1 more
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Nihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu, 2016 One of the merits of a solar thermal utility is that the cost of heat storage is lower than that of an electrical battery. Furthermore, a power generation system using solar thermal energy with heat storage equipment is capable of stabilizing its output.
Yoshinori NAGASE +5 more
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Applied Sciences, 2020 Heat collecting elements (HCEs) are the core components in the parabolic trough collector (PTC) system because photothermal conversion of the whole system occurs in the HCEs.
Qiliang Wang +5 more
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