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Published at Renewable Energy – Modelling of radiative and convective heat transfer in an open cavity volumetric receiver for a 50-MWth beam-down integrated receiver-storage concentrating solar thermal system

Published at Renewable Energy – Modelling of radiative and convective heat transfer in an open cavity volumetric receiver for a 50-MWth beam-down integrated receiver-storage concentrating solar thermal system

Abstract: This paper concerns solar-to-thermal energy conversion processes in an open cavity volumetric receiver for a 50-MWth integrated beam-down receiver-storage concentrating solar thermal system. A multiphysical model was developed in a COMSOL Multiphysics 6.1...

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Published at Renewable Energy – A new heliostat field optimal design strategy for deformable petal hybrid layout of concentrated solar power via multi-algorithm filtering

Published at Renewable Energy – A new heliostat field optimal design strategy for deformable petal hybrid layout of concentrated solar power via multi-algorithm filtering

Abstract A new optimization method was proposed to design high-performance deformable petal heliostat fields for concentrated solar power. The petal field was divided into individual sectors, each separately designed to balance pattern orderliness and flexibility. A...

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Published at Journal of Solar Energy Engineering – Assessment of Particle Candidates for Falling Particle Receiver Applications Through Irradiance and Thermal Cycling

Published at Journal of Solar Energy Engineering – Assessment of Particle Candidates for Falling Particle Receiver Applications Through Irradiance and Thermal Cycling

Abstract Falling particle receiver (FPR) systems are a rapidly developing technology for concentrating solar power applications. Solid particles are used as both the heat transfer fluid and system thermal energy storage media. Through the direct irradiation of the...

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Published at Solar Energy Materials – Parametric analysis of empirical parameters and solar radiation uniformity on the thermal performance of porous volumetric solar receivers

Published at Solar Energy Materials – Parametric analysis of empirical parameters and solar radiation uniformity on the thermal performance of porous volumetric solar receivers

Abstract: Volume-averaging method constitutes an efficacious approach for analyzing and optimizing the overall efficiency of the porous receivers. However, the accuracy in the prediction of heat transfer process is significantly contingent upon the precise assessment...

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