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Solid media thermal storage for parabolic trough power plants
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In this article, solid media sensible heat storage materials have been researched and two storage systems with a storage capacity of about 350kWh each and maximum temperatures of 390°C have been developed.About:
This article is published in Solar Energy.The article was published on 2006-10-01. It has received 253 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Thermal energy storage & Parabolic trough.read more
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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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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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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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State of the art of thermal storage for demand-side management
TL;DR: In this article, the authors demonstrate the state of the art of present applications of thermal storage for demand-side management, focusing on the characteristics of DSM and their relationship to different thermal storage systems.
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Highly conductive composites made of phase change materials and graphite for thermal storage
TL;DR: In this paper, new composites made of salts or eutectics and graphite flakes, in a melting temperature range of 200-300°C are presented in terms of stability, storage capacity and thermal conductivity.
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Advanced Thermal Energy Storage Technology for Parabolic Trough
TL;DR: In this article, a solid media sensible heat storage system is developed and tested in a parabolic trough test loop at PSA, Spain, and the results show the influence of various parameters describing the storage system.