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Showing 1 to 20 of 271 for “"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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Solar power forecasting using Gaussian process regression
Solar power forecasting has become an important aspect affecting crucial day-to-day activities in people's lives. Many African countries are now facing blackouts due to a shortage of energy. This has caused the urge to encourage people to use other energy sources to rise, resulting in different …
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Solar Power for Deployment in Populated Areas
The thesis presents background on solar thermal energy and addresses the structural challenges associated with the deployment of concentrating solar power fields in urban areas. Two potential structural systems and urban locales of deployment are proposed and investigated to determine whether they …
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Generation system reliability with wind and solar power
… level of renewable energy such as wind power and solar power will increase. Therefore, it is worth to test and predict the system performance when great amount of conventional generators are substituted by renewable energy. This thesis is focus on evaluating the impacts of utilizing …
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SOLAR MIRRORS CHARACTERIZATION FOR CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER TECHNOLOGY
… availability on the market of different types of solar reflectors such as: polymeric film mirrors, aluminum mirrors and thin glass mirrors, together with: the lack of available norms in this area, and a valid methodology to compare the performances of the candidate reflectors; highlights the …
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Multiscale Simulation of Thermocline Energy Storage for Concentrating Solar Power
<p>Concentrating solar power (CSP) is a renewable and demonstrated technology for large-scale power generation but requires multiple engineering advancements to achieve grid parity with conventional fossil fuels. Part of this advancement includes novel and inexpensive thermal energy systems to …
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Reliability evaluation of solar power in South Africa's power system
… utilisation of renewable energy sources such as solar photovoltaics (PV) in electric power systems is growing rapidly due to government incentives, and negative environmental impacts associated with conventional generators. Many consider solar PV as a promising alternative source of energy due to …
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Why did the solar power sector develop quickly in Japan?
The solar power sector grew quickly in Japan during the decade 1994 to 2003. During this period, annual installations increased 32-fold from 7MW in 1994 to 223MW in 2003, and annual production increased 22-fold, from 16MW in 1994 to 364MW in 2003. Over these years, the growth of Japan's solar power …
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High efficiency resonant dc/dc converter for solar power applications
… topology for a high efficiency dc/dc resonant power converter that utilizes a resistance compression network to provide simultaneous zero voltage switching and near zero current switching across a wide range of input voltage, output voltage and power level. The resistance compression network …
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A systems analysis of solar power potential in coming decades
… the different aspects of the promising area of solar energy. The conclusions of the analysis show that a portfolio of alternative energies will be necessary in the future with solar energy, in particular photovoltaic cells, filling the bulk of the energy generation.
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Investigations on Latent Thermal Energy Storage for Concentrating Solar Power
Thermal energy storage (TES) in a concentrating solar power (CSP) plant allows for continuous operation even during times when solar radiation is not available, thus providing a reliable output to the grid. Energy can be stored either as sensible heat or latent heat, of which latent heat storage is …
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Control oriented concentrating solar power (CSP) plant model and its applications
<p>Solar receivers in concentrating solar thermal power plants (CSP) undergo over 10,000 start-ups and shutdowns, and over 25,000 rapid rate of change in temperature on receivers due to cloud transients resulting in performance degradation and material fatigue in their expected lifetime of over 30 …
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Modelling High-Temperature Thermal Storage Systems for Concentrated Solar Power Plants
… (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 cost of …
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Modelling High-Temperature Thermal Storage Systems for Concentrated Solar Power Plants
… (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 cost of …
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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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Design and implementation of a solar power system in rural Haiti
… describes the design and implementation of a solar power system for a school and health center in Petit-Anse, Haiti. The end-use applications are lighting via a set of fluorescent and incandescent bulbs, and a coolbox for medical refrigeration at the health center. The power is derived from …
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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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Financial Aspects of Stand-alone Solar Power Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
… renewable energy technologies such as small hydropower and small wind home systems also have high initial costs and are limited to implementation under specific geographic conditions. The rise in popularity of solar PV systems has provided a viable option for many rural residents. Although initial …
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