Manuel Romero

TL;DR: In this article, the underlying principles of concentrating solar radiation and the latest technological advances and future prospects of solar thermal power and thermochemical fuel production are reviewed and discussed. But the authors focus on concentrating solar energy provides a virtually unlimited source of clean, non-polluting, high-temperature heat.

TL;DR: The technical feasibility of the CRS power plants technology can be valued as sufficiently mature after the pioneering experience at the early 1980s of several pilot plants in the 0.5-10 MW power range and subsequent improvement of key components like heliostats and solar receiver in many projects merging international collaboration during the past 15 years.

TL;DR: This review analyzes the status of this prominent energy storage technology, its major challenges, and future perspectives, covering in detail the numerous strategies proposed for the improvement of materials and thermochemical reactors.

TL;DR: In this article, a solar chemical reactor for steam-gasification of petcoke is presented, which features a continuous vortex flow of steam laden with steam particles confined to a cavity receiver and directly exposed to concentrated solar radiation.

TL;DR: In this paper, the porosity of monolithic multi-channeled silicon carbide (SiC) honeycombs employed as open volumetric receivers of concentrated solar radiation was evaluated with respect to their porous structure and thermomechanical properties before and after long-time operation.