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Charge and Discharge Analyses of a PCM Storage System Integrated in a High-Temperature Solar Receiver

Energies, 2017
Solar Dish Micro Gas Turbine (MGT) systems have the potential to become interesting small-scale power plants in off-grid or mini-grid contexts for electricity or poly-generation production.
Ambra Giovannelli, Muhammad Anser Bashir
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Cyclic Olefin Copolymers as Versatile Materials for Advanced Engineering Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Cyclic olefin copolymers (COCs) are presented as highly versatile materials combining tunable synthesis, excellent optical properties, and mechanical robustness. Their potential spans microfluidics, bioengineering, and advanced electronics, while emerging self‐healing and sustainable solutions highlight future opportunities.
Giulia Fredi, Norma Mallegni, Andrea Dorigato, Mario Milazzo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Upscaling and Testing of Air-Based Rotary Solar Thermal Receivers for Concentrated Solar Power Applications

SolarPACES Conference Proceedings
Odqa Renewable Energy Technologies Ltd has successfully scaled its air-based rotary solar thermal receiver design from 10kW to 100kW.  A 10kW-scale air-based rotary solar thermal receiver was tested in Odqa’s in-house solar simulator facility in late ...
Pok-Wang Kwan, Mark Loasby, Augustin Wambarsie, Chiang Churchill Ngai, Peter T. Ireland, Joe Baddeley, Katarina Marčeta, Orla Mallon, Asli Kaya, Dave Mountain, Scott Battams, Ashley Cooper, MyeongGeun Choi, George Wilson, Kirk Ashley-Morgan, Gediz Karaca   +15 more
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Numerical study on influence of wind on thermal performance of a solid particle solar receiver

Frontiers in Energy Research, 2022
The effects of wind speed and wind attacking angle on the thermal performance of a solid particle solar receiver (SPSR) are studied by numerical simulation.
Zhenzhong Li, Bowen Wang, Liangjin Xu, Jinjia Wei, Shanshan Bu, Deqi Chen   +5 more
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Powering Nanocrystal‐Based Heat Engines With Light‐Emitting Metasurfaces That Influence Their Temperature

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Metasurfaces and other structured photonic environments can dramatically modify the absorption and/or light emission of semiconductors. However, the consequences of these changes on the temperature of the system are not well understood. The authors address this problem for colloidal nanocrystals and leverage their findings to convert light into ...
Hugo Kowalczyk, Yihao Yuan, Augustin Caillas, Amel Saidoun, Roméo Bonnet, Pascal Filloux, Emmanuel Lhuillier, Aloyse Degiron   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of Temperature and Thermal Stress for a Solar Power Tower Molten Salt Receiver under Multi-Source Uncertainties

Applied Sciences, 2022
Although uncertainties such as solar radiation and material properties are generally involved in the solar receiver design process, current studies in the solar receiver field are based on deterministic models and do not incorporate these uncertainties ...
Yan Luo, Gen Li, Zhiyuan Wang, Tao Lu
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Hybrid Solar Cell/Triboelectric Nanogenerator Based on Stable Two‐Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study highlights the integration of stable two‐dimensional covalent organic framework (COF) films as photoactive layers in hybrid nanoenergy devices. The results demonstrate their capacity to generate electricity under both sunny and rainy conditions, showcasing versatility and resilience.
Joab D. Guerrero, Susana Ramos‐Terrón, Salvador R. G. Balestra, José M. Malagón, David Aparicio, Lucia Velasco, Asterios Charisiadis, Dooshaye Moonshiram, Margarita Darder, Pilar Aranda, Bernd Wicklein, Gustavo de Miguel, Javier Pérez‐Carvajal, Eva M. García‐Frutos   +13 more
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Performance Investigation of High Temperature Application of Molten Solar Salt Nanofluid in a Direct Absorption Solar Collector

Molecules, 2019
Nanofluids have great potential in a wide range of fields including solar thermal applications, where molten salt nanofluids have shown great potential as a heat transfer fluid (HTF) for use in high temperature solar applications.
M. A. Karim, Owen Arthur, Prasad KDV Yarlagadda, Majedul Islam, Md Mahiuddin   +4 more
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Spatially Decoupling Heating and Evaporation for Convection‐Enhanced 3D Solar Evaporation With Continuous Salt Harvesting

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
An architecture‐enabled bottom‐heated 3D solar convective evaporator spatially decouples photothermal heating from evaporation, triggering natural convection that intensifies sidewall vapour removal and heat transfer. The system achieves significantly enhanced evaporation rates over 2D and conventional 3D designs while confining salt precipitation to ...
Xiaolong Ma, Yan Zhao, Yan Yan, Muhammad Amjad, Guice Yao, Hui Gao, Shudan Wei, Dongsheng Wen   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optics of solar central receiver systems: a review

Optics Express, 2016
This article reviews the state of the art in optical design, modeling and characterization of solar central receiver systems.
Lifeng, Li, Coventry, Joseph, Bader, Roman, Pye, John, Lipinski, Wojciech   +4 more
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