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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Solar tower"”.
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Experimental and theoretical investigations of a new integrated solar tower system for photocatalytic hydrogen and power production
Solar energy conversion via photocatalytic hydrogen production from water is an attractive route for the propagation of a hydrogen economy. Increasing the efficiency of such systems to meet the target of 10% is essential for industrial their adoption. A new hybridized system employing a …
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Collecting heat during the day, observing the sky at night : the use of a heliostat field near Almeria to search for cosmic gamma rays
… at ALmeria) is the result of the conversion of a solar power plant near Almeria into a Cherenkov telescope with a total mirror area of 2500 m^2 for very high energy gamma astronomy. The detector is located in a central solar tower and detects photon-induced showers with an energy threshold of 250 …
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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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Experimental investigation of a novel sonic hydrogen generator
… increase from 37.68% to 55.32% by varying the solar tower's output temperature from 800 K to 1300 K. System 2 results show an energy efficiency of 83.28% and an exergy efficiency of 58.71%. Finally, system 3 demonstrates power generation using heliostats for solar concentration with energy and …
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Nanoengineered surfaces for improvements in energy systems : application to concentrated solar and geothermal power plants
… in improving the efficiency of a concentrated solar tower power system by increasing the energy retained by the receiver surface, and for reducing the fouling on geothermal heat exchangers. The samples tested for the solar receiver application were Inconel 617, Inconel 617 with a 150 nm layer …
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Investigation of a novel high temperature solid oxide electrolyzer for solar hydrogen production
… new generation of photoelectrochemical cells for solar hydrogen production based on high temperature Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells. Therefore, a set of experiments are designed to develop and select the most promising materials and configurations. Furthermore, the study includes a design of a …
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Conceptual design of a concentrating solar power plant for a combined electricity and water supply of the city El Gouna
… of power and water in large concentrating solar power (CSP) plants with thermal storage can have significant energetic and economic benefits to supply regions with high direct irradiation and good seawater access. Due to increasing water scarcity, the Middle-East North-Africa (MENA) region …
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Hybrid solar-fossil fuel power generation
In this thesis, a literature review of hybrid solar-fossil fuel power generation is first given with an emphasis on system integration and evaluation. Hybrid systems are defined as those which use solar energy and fuel simultaneously, thus excluding the viable alternative of solar thermal plants …
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Thermodynamic Analysis and Optimization of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Brayton Cycles
… particularly in high temperature concentrated solar power (CSP) and waste heat recovery (WHR) applications. With this regard, this dissertation is intended to perform thorough thermodynamic analyses and optimization of S-CO2 Brayton cycles for both of these applications. A modeling tool has …