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Development of a mechanical mixing system of sensible heat storage equipment for a beam down solar concentrator

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, Nobuhiko MORI, Shigeki TOMOMATSU, Ryuusuke KAWAMURA, Hiroshi KANEKO, Koji MATSUBARA   +5 more
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Assessment of Performance Enhancement Potential of a High-Temperature Parabolic Trough Collector System Combining the Optimized IR-Reflectors

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, Hongxing Yang, Gang Pei, Honglun Yang, Jingyu Cao, Mingke Hu   +5 more
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High-Efficiency Power Cycles for Particle-Based Concentrating Solar Power Plants: Thermodynamic Optimization and Critical Comparison

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, Francesco Rovense   +1 more
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Review of Molten-Salt Thermocline Tank Modeling for Solar Thermal Energy Storage [PDF]

, 2013
Molten-salt thermocline tanks are a low-cost option for thermal energy storage in concentrating solar power systems. A review of previous experimental and numerical thermocline tank studies is performed to identify key issues associated with tank design ...
Yang, Z., Garimella, S V, Flueckiger, S. M.   +2 more
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Multi-objective thermodynamic optimisation of supercritical CO2 Brayton cycles integrated with solar central receivers

International Journal of Sustainable Energy, 2018
In this paper, optimisation of the supercritical CO$_{2}$ Brayton cycles integrated with a solar receiver, which provides heat input to the cycle, was performed.
Ricardo Vasquez Padilla, Yen Chean Soo Too, Regano Benito, Robbie McNaughton, Wes Stein   +4 more
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The Study of Nanostructured Solar Selective Coatings [PDF]

, 2012
In this thesis, nanostructured solar selective coatings used in solar thermal collectors are explored. The nanostructured stainless steel-aluminum nitride (SS-AlN) solar selective coating, a typical solar absorber, has been studied in terms of surface ...
Yang, Yuyi
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Effect of charging of phase change material in vertical and horizontal rectangular enclosures in a concentrated solar receiver

Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2020
The charging of phase change material (PCM) in a concentrated solar receiver is experimentally carried out in a parabolic dish collector. Rectangular PCM filled enclosures of 30 mm width in the solar receiver are investigated to study the effect of ...
Ramalingam Senthil
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Thermodynamic Analysis of a Conceptual Fixed-Bed Solar Thermochemical Cavity Receiver–Reactor Array for Water Splitting Via Ceria Redox Cycling

Frontiers in Energy Research, 2021
We propose a novel solar thermochemical receiver–reactor array concept for hydrogen production via ceria redox cycling. The receiver–reactor array can improve the solar-to-fuel efficiency by realizing the heat recuperation, reduction, and oxidation ...
Song Yang, Song Yang, Lifeng Li, Bo Wang, Sha Li, Jun Wang, Peter Lund, Peter Lund, Wojciech Lipiński   +8 more
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Multi-Scale Modelling of a Solar Reactor for the High-Temperature Step of a Sulphur-Iodine-Based Water Splitting Cycle [PDF]

, 2011
The 3-step sulphur-iodine-based thermochemical cycle for splitting water is considered. The high temperature step of the closed-material cycle consists of evaporation, decomposition, and reduction of sulphuric acid to SO2 using concentrated solar process
Roeb, Martin, Sophia Haussener, Martin Roeb, Thomey, Dennis, Steinfeld, Aldo, Dennis Thomey, Aldo Steinfeld, Haussener, Sophia   +7 more
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A review of solar collectors and thermal energy storage in solar thermal applications [PDF]

, 2013
Thermal applications are drawing increasing attention in the solar energy research field, due to their high performance in energy storage density and energy conversion efficiency. In these applications, solar collectors and thermal energy storage systems
Zhao, Changying, Tian, Yuan, Tian, Y. (Yuan), Zhao, C.Y.   +3 more
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