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Conventional and Emerging CSP Technologies and Design Modifications: Research Status and Recent Advancements

International Journal of Thermofluids, 2023
Ever-increasing impact of burning carbon fuels puts a worldwide trend to shift to renewable energy resources to contribute to a sustainable environment, energy and economy.
Md. Ibthisum Alam, Mashrur Muntasir Nuhash, Ananta Zihad, Taher Hasan Nakib, M Monjurul Ehsan   +4 more
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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, Zhen ZHOU, Gaosheng WEI, Xiaoze DU   +3 more
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Novel Receiver-Enhanced Solar Vapor Generation: Review and Perspectives

Energies, 2018
Efficient solar vapor/steam generation is important for various applications ranging from power generation, cooling, desalination systems to compact and portable devices like drinking water purification and sterilization units.
Aikifa Raza, Jin-You Lu, Safa Alzaim, Hongxia Li, TieJun Zhang   +4 more
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Solar Thermal Power: Appraisal of Solar Power Towers

MATEC Web of Conferences, 2018
This study delves into several engineering procedures related to solar power tower plants. These installations come with central receiver system technologies and high-temperature power cycles.
Shatnawi Hashem, Lim Chin Wai, Ismail Firas Basim   +2 more
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Conjugate simulation of solar honeycomb receiver for high temperature heat absorption at constant incident heat flux

Journal of Thermal Science and Technology, 2020
Conjugate radiation-convection-conduction simulation was conducted for a solar volumetric receiver of silicon carbide honeycomb for high temperature heat absorption at 1,000°C and higher. Simulation was made for three cases of channel cell size: 0.6mm; 1.
Kota KAWASAKI, Mitsuho NAKAKURA, Koji MATSUBARA   +2 more
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Performance evaluation of compound parabolic solar collector using different nanofluids: An experimental study

Frontiers in Energy Research, 2022
The article reports an experimental study on a non-tracking compound parabolic collector (CPC) with nanofluid and hybrid nanofluids (NFs). An experimental setup was fabricated having a concentration ratio of 4.17, 0.828 m2 collector area, 24° of half ...
Muhammad Farhan, Muhammad Ihsan Shahid, Furqan Jamil, Muhammad Usman, M. A. Mujtaba, Muhammad Wajid Saleem, Syed Nasir Shah, Shahid Saghir, Abdulfatah Abdu Yusuf, Mohamed Mousa, A.S. El-Shafay, A.S. El-Shafay   +11 more
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The ASTERIx-CAESar Demonstration Prototype

SolarPACES Conference Proceedings
The ASTERIx-CAESar project investigates a novel hybrid CSP-CAES concept and implements a small-scale prototype at CIEMAT-PSA in the south of Spain. This document gives a complete overview of the prototype and its components, including the volumetric ...
Fritz Zaversky, Xabier Rández, Javier Baigorri, Antonio Avila-Marin, Raúl Enrique, Patricia Palenzuela, Jonathon McGuire, Flavien Berard, Álvaro Soriano, Javier Pinedo   +9 more
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A Real-Time Capable Simulation of Open Volumetric Receiver Surface Temperatures With Spatially High Resolution

SolarPACES Conference Proceedings
The performance of open volumetric receivers can profit from advanced control of the heliostat aim points and the air mass flow. Advanced control techniques like model predictive control and state observer are based on dynamic system models.
Kevin Iding, David Zanger, Daniel Maldonado Quinto, Robert Pitz-Paal   +3 more
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Experimental study on sulfur trioxide decomposition in a volumetric solar receiver-reactor

International Journal of Energy Research, 2008
Process conditions for the direct solar decomposition of sulfur trioxide have been investigated and optimised by using a receiver-reactor in a solar furnace. This decomposition reaction is a key step to couple concentrated solar radiation or solar high temperature heat into promising sulfur based thermochemical cycles for solar production of hydrogen ...
Noglik, Adam, Roeb, Martin, Sattler, Christian, Pitz-Paal, Robert   +3 more
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Investigation the Integration of Heliostat Solar Receiver to Gas and Combined Cycles by Energy, Exergy, and Economic Point of Views

Applied Sciences, 2020
Due to the high amount of natural gas resources in Iran, the gas cycle as one of the main important power production system is used to produce electricity.
S. M. Alizadeh, Arezoo Ghazanfari, M. A. Ehyaei, Abolfazal Ahmadi, D. H. Jamali, Navid Nedaei, Afshin Davarpanah   +6 more
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