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Heat transfer fluids for concentrating solar power systems – A review
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In this paper, the current status of heat transfer fluid, which is one of the critical components for storing and transferring thermal energy in concentrating solar power systems, is reviewed in detail, particularly regarding the melting temperature, thermal stability limit and corrosion issues.About:
This article is published in Applied Energy.The article was published on 2015-05-15. It has received 626 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Heat transfer & Nanofluids in solar collectors.read more
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Review on concentrating solar power plants and new developments in high temperature thermal energy storage technologies
Ming Liu,N.H. Steven Tay,Stuart Bell,Martin Belusko,Rhys Jacob,Geoffrey Will,Wasim Saman,Frank Bruno +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a comprehensive summary of concentrating solar power (CSP) plants both in operation and under construction, covering the available technologies for the receiver, thermal storage, power block and heat transfer fluid.
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Concentrating Solar Power.
Lee A. Weinstein,James Loomis,James Loomis,Bikram Bhatia,David M. Bierman,Evelyn N. Wang,Gang Chen +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-Energy) gave DE-AR0000471 and DE-ARM0000181 for the first time, respectively.
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A comprehensive review of state-of-the-art concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies: current status and research trends
TL;DR: It is found that direct steam generation (DSG) is a promising innovation which is reviewed in this study and provides a most up-to-date overview of the CSP technologies implemented across the globe.
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Concentrating Solar Power Gen3 Demonstration Roadmap
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Review of commercial thermal energy storage in concentrated solar power plants: Steam vs. molten salts
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a review of the current commercial thermal energy storage systems used in solar thermal power plants: steam accumulators and molten salts, and assess the economic value of the TES system by the Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE) calculation, an economic performance metric commonly used in power generation in order to compare cost of electricity among different power generation sources.
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State of the art on high temperature thermal energy storage for power generation. Part 1—Concepts, materials and modellization
Antoni Gil,Marc Medrano,Ingrid Martorell,Ana Lázaro,Pablo Dolado,Belén Zalba,Luisa F. Cabeza +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the different storage concepts are reviewed and classified, and modellization of such systems is reviewed, and all materials considered in literature or plants are listed. But only a few plants in the world have tested high temperature thermal energy storage systems.
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A review of solar collectors and thermal energy storage in solar thermal applications
Yuan Tian,Changying Zhao +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a review of solar collectors and thermal energy storage systems, including both non-concentrating collectors and concentrating collectors, in terms of optical optimisation, heat loss reduction, heat recuperation enhancement and different sun-tracking mechanisms.
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Thermal energy storage technologies and systems for concentrating solar power plants
TL;DR: In this article, a review of thermal energy storage system design methodologies and the factors to be considered at different hierarchical levels for concentrating solar power (CSP) plants is presented.
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Concentrated solar power plants: Review and design methodology
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a methodology to predict hourly beam (direct) irradiation from available monthly averages, based upon combined previous literature findings and available meteorological data, and illustrate predictions for different selected STC locations.
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State of the art on high-temperature thermal energy storage for power generation. Part 2—Case studies
TL;DR: In this article, real experiences with active storage systems and passive storage systems are compiled, giving detailed information of advantages and disadvantages of each one and a summary of different technologies and materials used in solar power plants with thermal storage systems existing in the world.
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