J. Flesch

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the suitability of storage medium cost, storage density, cycling behavior, maturity level and suitability for sodium as heat transfer fluid for concentrating solar power.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors show several system concepts in which liquid metals can be used as heat transfer fluid, and several liquid metal pump types are investigated as well as thermal energy storage concepts.

TL;DR: In this article, a 40mWhth storage system with quartzite as filler material is numerically investigated with a one-dimensional model and the results are evaluated in terms of discharge efficiency, pumping power, storage cost and thermocline degradation during standby to assess the potential of this storage solution for future scientific investigations.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used computational fluid dynamics to analyze the conjugate heat transfer in the receiver tube of a solar thermal tower operated with a liquid metal, where a circumferentially and longitudinally nonuniform heat flux, due to solar irradiation, is applied on half the external surface while the other one is considered as insulated.

TL;DR: The SOMMER project as mentioned in this paper uses liquid metal as heat transfer fluid for a small concentrating solar power system in the 10kW thermal range (named SOMMER) with liquid metal cooled central receivers.