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Development of Rotary Solar Receiver and Solar Simulator Facility for Concentrated Solar Power Applications

SolarPACES Conference Proceedings, 2023
A prototype rotary solar receiver and a solar simulator facility have been designed, built and commissioned by Odqa Renewable Energy Technologies in conjunction with The Oxford Thermofluids Institute, University of Oxford for the validation of ...
Pok-Wang Kwan, Robert Pearce, Peter T Ireland, Chiang Churchill Ngai, Orla Mallon, Ed Wood, Mark Loasby, Gediz Karaca   +7 more
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Optical cavity for improved performance of solar receivers in solar-thermal systems [PDF]

Solar Energy, 2014
United States. Dept. of Energy (“Concentrated Solar Thermoelectric Power”, a DOE SunShot CSP Grant, under award number DE-EE0005806)
Lee Weinstein, Daniel Kraemer, Kenneth McEnaney, Gang Chen   +3 more
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Review of Molten-Salt Thermocline Tank Modeling for Solar Thermal Energy Storage

, 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-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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Performance analysis of phase change material (PCM) integrated conical cavity receiver in solar parabolic dish collector

Energy Storage and Saving
The increasing global demand for sustainable energy has driven advancements in solar thermal technologies, particularly in solar parabolic dish collectors (PDCs).
Yogesh N. Nandanwar, Pramod V. Walke
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Experimental investigation of the receiver of a solar thermal dish collector with a dual layer, staggered tube arrangement, and multiscale diameter

Energy Exploration & Exploitation, 2020
A new experimental model is proposed and tested to enhance the ability of receivers of solar thermal dish collectors in absorbing solar energy. An innovative model consisting of a dual layer, staggered arrangement, and multiscale diameter tubes is ...
Ra'ad K Mohammed Al Dulaimi
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Energy performance of a solar tower power plant equipped with a three-dimensional compound parabolic concentrator

Energy Conversion and Management: X
The operation of Solar Tower Power (STP) plants requires high solar concentration for power generation. In this study, a Three-Dimensional Compound Parabolic Concentrator (3D-CPC) is used to increase the solar concentration within the receiver and ...
Kory Faye, Ababacar Thiam, El hadji I. Cissé, Mactar Faye, Vincent Sambou   +4 more
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An overview on energy and exergy analysis of solar thermal collectors with passive performance enhancers

Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2022
The evaluations of Energy and Exergy are very useful for enhancing the performance and diminishing irreversibility of the solar thermal collectors respectively.
M. Murugan, A. Saravanan, P.V. Elumalai, Pramod Kumar, C. Ahamed Saleel, Olusegun David Samuel, Muji Setiyo, Christopher C. Enweremadu, Asif Afzal   +8 more
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Annular solar receiver thermal characteristics

, 1980
Results from thermal studies performed for an annular solar receiver assembly to be used with the Sandia Laboratories 2-m, 90-deg parabolic collector trough are presented. The receiver configuration modeled consists of a 2.54-cm o.d. steel tube with a black-chrome selective surface and an enclosing concentric Pyrex glass envelope.
A. Ratzel, C. Sisson
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Thermal and mechanical stresses in bayonet tubes of solar central receivers working with molten salt and liquid sodium

Results in Engineering, 2020
One of the most promising technologies for solar thermal power are solar power towers (SPTs), in which direct solar radiation is redirected by heliostats to a receiver located on top of a tower.
Rafael Pérez-Álvarez, Antonio Acosta-Iborra, Domingo Santana   +2 more
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