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Innovation in concentrated solar power
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A multitude of advancements have been developed during this period, as the topic of concentrated solar power is becoming more mainstream as mentioned in this paper, including reflector and collector design and materials, heat absorption and transport, power production and thermal storage.About:
This article is published in Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells.The article was published on 2011-10-01. It has received 477 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Concentrated solar power & Photovoltaic system.read more
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Optimization and techno-economic assessment of concentrated solar power (CSP) in South-Western Africa: A case study on Ghana
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the performance of two different CSP technologies, namely, solar tower (ST) and parabolic trough (PT), using the System Advisor Model (SAM) software.
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Temperature dependence of thermal conductivity of vegetable oils for use in concentrated solar power plants, measured by 3omega hot wire method
J.-F. Hoffmann,Jean-François Henry,Gilles Vaitilingom,Régis Olives,Mihai Chirtoc,D. Caron,Xavier Py +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the thermal conductivities of different vegetable oils (rapeseed, soybean, sunflower, palm, copra, cotton and jatropha) were measured in the temperature range from ambient to 230°C relative to a reference oil.
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Three-dimensional modelling and analysis of solar radiation absorption in porous volumetric receivers
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of the angle of incidence, optical thickness (porosity, pores size and height of the receiver), asymmetry factor of the phase function and wall properties on the solar radiation absorption in the porous media is studied in order to obtain the receiver efficiency as a function of these parameters.
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Concentrated Solar Power
TL;DR: In this article, concentrating solar power (CSP) is at present the major technology for producing solar electricity, and grid parity is analyzed and expected to be reached soon for locations with strong solar direct irradiation.
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Performance analysis on a high-temperature solar evacuated receiver with an inner radiation shield
TL;DR: In this paper, a novel solar evacuated receiver (NER) with an inner radiation shield can significantly decrease heat loss at higher operating temperatures when compared with the traditional evacuated receiver, and a thermodynamic model relying on the spectrum parameter model of radiation heat transfer was developed to predict the performances of evacuated receivers.
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CRC Handbook of Thermoelectrics
TL;DR: In this article, Rowe et al. proposed a method for reducing the thermal conductivity of a thermoelectric generator by reducing the carrier concentration of the generator, which was shown to improve the generator's performance.
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Solar thermal collectors and applications
TL;DR: A survey of the various types of solar thermal collectors and applications is presented in this paper, where an analysis of the environmental problems related to the use of conventional sources of energy is presented and the benefits offered by renewable energy systems are outlined.
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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 principle and sun-tracking methods for maximizing solar systems output
TL;DR: In this article, different types of sun tracking systems are reviewed and their pros and cons are discussed and the most efficient and popular sun tracking device was found to be in the form of polar-axis and azimuth/elevation types.
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Thermochemistry of ionic liquid heat-transfer fluids
TL;DR: In this paper, three ionic liquids were chosen for study based on their range of solvent properties and the solvent properties correlate with solubility of water in the ionic liquid.