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Showing 1 to 20 of 63 for “"Concentrated Solar Power"”.
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Concentrated solar power on demand
This thesis describes a new concentrating solar power central receiver system with integral thermal storage. Hillside mounted heliostats direct sunlight into a volumetric absorption molten salt pool, which also functions as a single tank assisted thermocline storage system. Concentrated light …
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Modelling High-Temperature Thermal Storage Systems for Concentrated Solar Power Plants
… energy storage (TES) is an important aspect of concentrated solar power (CSP) systems addressing the mismatch between electrical demand and supply profiles and intermittency in the solar resource. The design of TES components should be optimised from a system-level perspective to minimise the …
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Modelling High-Temperature Thermal Storage Systems for Concentrated Solar Power Plants
… energy storage (TES) is an important aspect of concentrated solar power (CSP) systems addressing the mismatch between electrical demand and supply profiles and intermittency in the solar resource. The design of TES components should be optimised from a system-level perspective to minimise the …
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Integrated design of third generation concentrated solar power plants under uncertainty
… research focuses on the Gen3 (3rd generation) solar tower CSP (concentrated solar power) variant. A methodology is introduced to evaluate two different approaches to deploying this technology - one is the conventional "build large" approach and the other is a "build modular" approach. …
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Molten Salt Nanomaterials for Thermal Energy Storage and Concentrated Solar Power Applications
The thermal efficiency of concentrated solar power (CSP) system depends on the maximum operating temperature of the system which is determined by the operating temperature of the TES device. Organic materials (such as synthetic oil, fatty acid, or paraffin wax) are typically used for TES. This …
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Dynamic modeling of a steam Rankine Cycle for Concentrated Solar Power applications
Concentrated solar power (CSP) is expected to play a key role in the necessary energy transition towards more sustainability. However, this type of system is inherently subject to transient boundary conditions such as varying solar irradiation. Therefore, advanced control strategies are required to …
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A reduced order modelling methodology for external cylindrical concentrated solar power central receivers
The use of supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) power cycles for concentrated solar power (CSP) applications is becoming increasingly attractive since these cycles may offer lower capital costs and increased thermal efficiency. However, there are currently no utility-scale sCO2-CSP tower plants in …
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Improving the concentrated solar power plant through connecting the modular parabolic solar trough
Concentrating solar power (CSP) stands as a promising renewable energy technology with the ability to contribute towards global reduction of carbon emissions. A major obstacle to increased adoption of CSP plants has to do with their high initial investment cost; consequently, there is a powerful …
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NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF HEAT PIPES WITH APPLICATION IN CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER SYSTEMS
… energy storage systems as an integral part of concentrated solar power plants improve the performance of the system by mitigating the mismatch between the energy supply and the energy demand. Using a phase change material (PCM) to store energy increases the energy density, hence, reduces the …
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Modeling of Thermal Storage Silos and Heat Exchanger for Particle-Based Concentrated Solar Power
Next generation concentrated solar power (CSP) plants are envisioned to use carbon coated particles like HSP 60/40 as a highly efficient heat transfer fluid. There has been previous work on the development of subcomponent models, but these existing models are complex and computationally expensive. …
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Computational modeling of dynamic phase change materials in thermal energy storage for concentrated solar power
… advent of artificial intelligence and other high-power computing functions are among the biggest drivers of this increasing demand. The design and implementation of reliable, modernized power systems such as modular, networked microgrids is essential to meet this growing demand. Thermal energy …
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Optimized clean hydrogen production using nuclear small modular reactor and concentrated solar power as a renewable energy source
… SMR), connected to a molten-salt based Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant, producing electricity and hydrogen is investigated specifically, by modeling and simulations of a Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy System (N-RHES). Optimization of design and functional variables/parameters, as …
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A 10 kilowatt-thermal input multiple effect distillation pilot for concentrated solar power and desalination of seawater plant
… of a parametric study confirm the Brayton power cycle analysis that the use of MED-TVC thermal harvest configuration for integration into a Concentrated Solar Power - Desalination of Seawater (CSP-DSW) dual-purpose plant improves the overall performance of both systems. Furthermore, the …
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Thermofluid design and analysis of centrifugal compressors for a 50 MWe concentrated solar power supercritical CO₂ Brayton power cycle
Brayton power cycles employing supercritical CO₂ (sCO₂) as the working fluid are attracting growing interest for use in concentrated solar power (CSP) plants. The primary motivation is to enhance the efficiency of the power block and reduce overall system costs by utilising the high efficiency, …
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The impact of a 'trough' Concentrated Solar Power facility on birds and other animals in the Northern Cape, South Africa
The environmental impacts of solar power generation and particularly Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) are not well understood. There have been reports of birds injured and killed by concentrated solar radiation at power 'towers' and from collisions with mirrors at both tower and 'trough' facilities. …
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Thermofluid design and performance analysis of an air-cooled heat rejection system for a 50 MWe sCO2 concentrated solar power plant
… An emerging renewable energy technology is concentrated solar power (CSP) plants utilising supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) as a working fluid. This technology promises a more compact and efficient alternative to the current Rankine cycle based CSP plants. However, no such plant currently …
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A study of the solar energy systems and storage devices
… South African network by investing in a mix of power generation projects which include coal, nuclear and renewable energy schemes such as solar and wind. The renewable energy resources are considered a more viable option because of their many advantages such as lower greenhouse gas emissions, …
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High temperature annealing for structural optimization of silica aerogels in solar thermal applications
… monolithic silica aerogel, with its high solar transmittance and low thermal conductivity, is well-suited for solar thermal applications, particularly concentrated solar power systems. The properties of silica aerogel are directly determined by the structure of the highly porous, …
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Corrosion Behavior of Potential Structural Materials for use in Nitrate Salts Based Solar Thermal Power Plants
… fuels and lessen the impact on the environment. Concentrated solar power (CSP) plants have the ability to harness solar energy at an efficiency not yet achieved by other technologies designed to convert solar energy to electricity. The problem of intermittency in power production seen with other …
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