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Demonstrating SolarPILOT’s Python API Through Heliostat Optimal Aimpoint Strategy Use Case

ASME 2021 15th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, 2021
Abstract SolarPILOT is a software package that generates solar field layouts and characterizes the optical performance of concentrating solar power (CSP) tower systems. SolarPILOT was developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) as a stand-alone desktop application but has also been incorporated into NREL’s1 System ...
William T. Hamilton, Michael J. Wagner, Alexander J. Zolan   +2 more
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Demonstratingsolarpilot’s Python Application Programmable Interface Through Heliostat Optimal Aimpoint Strategy Use Case

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, 2022
Abstractsolarpilot is a software package that generates solar field layouts and characterizes the optical performance of concentrating solar power (CSP) tower systems. solarpilot was developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) as a stand-alone desktop application but has also been incorporated into NREL’s System Advisor Model (SAM) in ...
William T. Hamilton, Michael J. Wagner, Alexander J. Zolan   +2 more
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Numerical investigation to assess the techno-economic feasibility of solar central receiver system for off-grid power in Saint Martin's Island, Bangladesh

Energy for Sustainable Development, 2021
Bangladesh is a small country, located in south-east Asia having a fast-progressing economy and exemplary development in industry, architecture and engineering sectors. With such developments, demand of power is also on the rise exponentially.
Md. Sakib Hossain, Soad Shajid, M. Karim
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Pattern-free heliostat field layout optimization using physics-based gradient

, 2020
In this paper, the alternating direction method is proposed to perform heliostat field layout optimization, which includes two new strategies: (1) pattern-free layout optimization using the proposed physics-based gradient of optical efficiencies, and (2)
Seong-Gyu Yang, Kyungeun Lee, Ikjin Lee
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Modeling and simulation of a large-scale hybrid solar gas turbine with pressurized air receiver

International Renewable Energy Congress, 2020
The design and performance of a commercial hybrid solar gas turbine are investigated in this paper. To provide a complete study, an in-house Matlab code is used to estimate the geometric design parameters of the solar receiver and the tower.
Basim Belgasim, O. Behar, M. Abdunnabi, F. Mohamed   +3 more
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Thermal losses evaluation of an external rectangular receiver in a windy environment

Solar Energy, 2019
The efficiency of a CSP plant heavily depends on the performance of the receiver. The receiver is responsible for light-heat conversion in a power generation system. With the objective of numerical evaluation of the thermal losses of an external receiver,
Mumtaz A. Qaisrani, Jia-Bin Fang, Yabin Jin, Zhenjie Wan, Nan Tu, M. Khalid, Mujib Ur Rahman, Jin-Jia Wei   +7 more
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A computer‐aided method for optimizing solar power tower – the case of Syrian desert

Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy
Solar Power Tower (SPT) technology is a promising renewable energy source. Prior studies on SPT design generally treat plant capacity as a fixed parameter within the broader set of technical variables defining the solar field and power block.
A. Hatem, Shoaib Hussain, Talib E. Butt
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Evaluation of the optical and thermal performance of a 100 kWe micro-solar tower power plant in Sub-Saharan Africa: a case of Chad

Journal of solar energy engineering
This work aims to determine the optical and thermal performance of a 100 kWe micro tower power plant equipped with a CPC. The sizing of the heliostat field and the 3D parabolic compound concentrator (CPC) was carried out.
Bernard Bayangbe, Ababacar Thiam, Kory Faye, Elhadji Ibrahima Cissé   +3 more
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Design Features of the World’s First Commercial Concentrating Solar Power Plant Using the Particle Heating Receiver Concept

ASME 2019 13th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, 2019
Particle-based power tower systems are a promising technology that can allow operation of concentrating solar power (CSP) systems at temperatures higher than what today’s commercial molten salt systems can achieve, making them suitable for use in a ...
H. Al-Ansary, A. El-Leathy, S. Jeter, M. Golob, C. Nguyen, Eldwin Djajadiwinata, Shaker Alaqel, Rageh S. Saeed, S. Abdel-Khalik, Z. Al-Suhaibani, S. Danish, Nader S. Saleh, Ahmed Al-Balawi, Fahad Al-Harthi, Salem Bashraheel, Hatim Gandayh   +15 more
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Optimization of heliostat field distribution based on improved Gray Wolf optimization algorithm

, 2021
Qi-Yue Xie, Ziqi Guo, Dai-Fei Liu, Zhi-Sheng Chen, Zhong-Li Shen, Xiao-Li Wang   +5 more
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