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Concentrating Solar Power Gen3 Demonstration Roadmap Open
Today's power-tower concentrating solar power (CSP) technology exists in large part as a result of Department of Energy (DOE) and utility industry funding of demonstration systems in the 1980s and 1990s. Today's most advanced towers are in…
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Solar power technology for electricity generation: A critical review Open
Negative environmental impact of fossil fuel consumption highlight the role of renewable energy sources and give them a unique opportunity to grow and improve. Among renewable energy sources solar energy attract more attention and many stu…
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Review of technology: Thermochemical energy storage for concentrated solar power plants Open
To be able to extend the operation of a solar power plant (CSP) up to 15 h, thermal energy storage (TES) is necessary. But TES also provides more versatility to the plant and makes its reliance during operation hours more dependable. On th…
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Phase Change Materials (PCM) for Solar Energy Usages and Storage: An Overview Open
Solar energy is a renewable energy source that can be utilized for different applications in today’s world. The effective use of solar energy requires a storage medium that can facilitate the storage of excess energy, and then supply this …
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Progress in Research and Development of Molten Chloride Salt Technology for Next Generation Concentrated Solar Power Plants Open
Concentrated solar power (CSP) plants with thermal energy storage (TES) system are emerging as one kind of the most promising power plants in the future renewable energy system, since they can supply dispatchable and low-cost electricity w…
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Recent advances in sustainable drying of agricultural produce: A review Open
Quests for sustainability, food security and need to decouple food prices from fluctuating prices of finite fossil fuels are the drivers to sustainable processing and storage of agricultural products. Farming predominantly takes place in r…
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Concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies: Status and analysis Open
Concentrated solar power (CSP) technology is a promising renewable energy technology worldwide. However, many challenges facing this technology nowadays. These challenges are mentioned in this review study. For the first time, this work su…
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A review of high-temperature selective absorbing coatings for solar thermal applications Open
Solar selective absorbing coatings directly harvest solar energy in the form of heat. The higher temperatures are required to drive higher power-cycle efficiencies in favor of lower costs of energy. According to different dielectrics, high…
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Molten Salts for Sensible Thermal Energy Storage: A Review and an Energy Performance Analysis Open
A comprehensive review of different thermal energy storage materials for concentrated solar power has been conducted. Fifteen candidates were selected due to their nature, thermophysical properties, and economic impact. Three key energy pe…
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Power cycles integration in concentrated solar power plants with energy storage based on calcium looping Open
Efficient, low-cost and environmentally friendly storage of thermal energy stands as a main challenge for large scale deployment of solar energy. This work explores the integration into concentrated solar power plants of the calcium loopin…
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Progress in research and technological advancements of thermal energy storage systems for concentrated solar power Open
A global transition towards more sustainable production and consumption systems has led to an increasing share of renewables in the energy market. Renewables, majorly solar PV and wind power are accounted for around 10 % of the global powe…
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Solar thermal hybrids for combustion power plant: A growing opportunity Open
The development of technologies to hybridise concentrating solar thermal energy (CST) and combustion technologies, is driven by the potential to provide both cost-effective CO2 mitigation and firm supply. Hybridisation, which involves comb…
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A novel supercritical CO2 recompression Brayton power cycle for power tower concentrating solar plants Open
Power tower concentrating solar plants with thermal energy storage will play a key role in the transition to a low carbon scenario, thanks to be a dispatchable renewable energy system. The ternary MgCl2/KCl/NaCl salt appears as one of the …
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Carbonation of Limestone Derived CaO for Thermochemical Energy Storage: From Kinetics to Process Integration in Concentrating Solar Plants Open
Thermochemical energy storage (TCES) is considered as a promising technology to accomplish high energy storage efficiency in concentrating solar power (CSP) plants. Among the various possibilities, the calcium-looping (CaL) process, based …
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The Potential Role of Concentrating Solar Power within the Context of DOE's 2030 Solar Cost Targets Open
To continue the momentum for cost reduction in solar technologies, DOE recently established 2030 cost targets for that would make solar one of the lowest-cost sources of new electricity in the United States. The potential impacts of achiev…
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Investigation of Inorganic Phase Change Material for a Semi-Transparent Photovoltaic (STPV) Module Open
The semi-transparent photovoltaic (STPV) module is an emerging technology to harness the solar energy in the building. Nowadays, buildings are turning from energy consumers to energy producers due to the integration of the STPV module on t…
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On the Path to SunShot. Advancing Concentrating Solar Power Technology, Performance, and Dispatchability Open
This report examines the remaining challenges to achieving the competitive concentrating solar power (CSP) costs and large-scale deployment envisioned under the U.S. Department of Energy's SunShot Initiative. Although CSP costs continue to…
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Potential of Renewable Energy Resources with an Emphasis on Solar Power in Iraq: An Outlook Open
This study presents an outlook on the renewable energies in Iraq, and the potential for deploying concentrated solar power technologies to support power generation in Iraq. Solar energy has not been sufficiently utilized at present in Iraq…
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A review of the use of nanofluids as heat-transfer fluids in parabolic-trough collectors Open
Due to their enhanced thermophysical properties, nanofluids have great potential for improving heat-transfer efficiency. Nanofluids are employed in various thermal applications in the automotive industry, heat exchangers, solar power gener…
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Long-term performance results of concrete-based modular thermal energy storage system Open
The performance of a 2 × 500 kWhth thermal energy storage (TES) technology has been tested at the Masdar Institute Solar Platform (MISP) at temperatures up to 380 °C over a period of more than 20 months. The TES is based on a novel, modula…
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Novel hybrid CSP-biomass CHP for flexible generation: Thermo-economic analysis and profitability assessment Open
This paper focuses on the thermo-economic analysis of a 2.1-MWe and 960 kWt hybrid solar-biomass \ncombined heat and power (CHP) system composed of a 1.4-MWe Externally Fired Gas-Turbine (EFGT) \nand a 0.7-MWe bottoming Organic Rankine Cyc…
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Concentrating Solar Power Best Practices Study Open
The primary objective of this Concentrating Solar Power Best Practices Study is to publish best practices and lessons learned from the engineering, construction, commissioning, operations, and maintenance of existing concentrating solar po…
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Impact of political and economic barriers for concentrating solar power in Sub-Saharan Africa Open
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) needs additional affordable and reliable electricity to fuel its social and economic development. Ideally, all of this new supply is carbon-neutral. The potentials for renewables in SSA suffice for any conceivable …
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Concentrating solar power tower technology: present status and outlook Open
The paper examines design and operating data of current concentrated solar power (CSP) solar tower (ST) plants. The study includes CSP with or without boost by combustion of natural gas (NG), and with or without thermal energy storage (TES…
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Design and off-design performance comparison of supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycles for particle-based high temperature concentrating solar power plants Open
Concentrated solar power (CSP) plants using dense particle suspension as heat transfer fluid and particles as the storage medium are considered as a promising solution to provide the high temperature required for the supercritical carbon d…
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Performance Analysis and Optimization of a Parabolic Trough Solar Power Plant in the Middle East Region Open
The Middle East is one among the areas of the world that receive high amounts of direct solar radiation. As such, the region holds a promising potential to leverage clean energy. Owing to rapid urbanization, energy demands in the region ar…
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Review of Reactors with Potential Use in Thermochemical Energy Storage in Concentrated Solar Power Plants Open
The aim of this study is to perform a review of the state-of-the-art of the reactors available in the literature, which are used for solid–gas reactions or thermal decomposition processes around 1000 °C that could be further implemented fo…
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Research Advancement and Potential Prospects of Thermal Energy Storage in Concentrated Solar Power Application Open
Researchers and power plant engineers have all taken an interest in Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) of its capacity to generate large amounts of energy while overcoming the sporadic nature of solar energy. Using CSP as a renewable energy s…
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CSP Systems Analysis - Final Project Report Open
The CSP Systems Analysis project was a three-year effort supporting the Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Subprogram within the Solar Energy Technologies Office of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The goal of the CSP Systems Analysis pro…
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Parabolic trough solar collectors: A sustainable and efficient energy source Open
Fossil fuels are a finite resource that is becoming increasingly expensive. Solar energy is a renewable resource that has the potential to provide a lifetime supply of energy. Parabolic trough solar collectors are a type of solar thermal c…