Vol. 2 (2023): SolarPACES 2023, 29th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power, Thermal, and Chemical Energy Systems

Commercial Projects

CSP Data: A Data Discovery Web Application of Commercial CSP Plants

Javier Bonilla, Richard Thonig, Jose Antonio Carballo, Johan Lilliestam, Diego César Alarcón-Padilla, Eduardo Zarza
Development, Construction, Operation and Maintenance of Shouhang Dunhuang 100 MW Molten Salt Solar Power Tower Plant

Wenbo Huang, Jun Xiao, Fuguo Liu, Zhipeng Qi
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Study On Operation Strategy Of CSP Peak-Regulating Power Station Based On Spot Trading Market In Gansu Province

Xiaobo Li, Xiaoling Mi, Dutang Yang, Yi Yang
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Advanced Materials, Manufacturing, and Components

Effect of Load Cycling on High Temperature Creep of 316L Stainless Steel

Stuart Bell, Richard Clegg, Michael Cholette, Huy Truong-Ba, Geoffrey Will, Ted Steinberg
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Thermal Properties of Cu–Al–Ge Alloy PCM for Improving Thermal Energy Storage of Current CSP

Nobuyuki Gokon, Taisei Yuzawa, Takumi Kamada, Yuma Ikeuchi, Tsuyoshi Hatamachi
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Multilayer Silicon Carbide Composite Material Technology for High-Temperature Concentrated Solar-Thermal Power Components

Jeff Halfinger, Dale Rogers, Farhad Mohammadi
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SolarPACES Task III Project: Analyze Heliostat Field: Results of Methodologies Comparison, Gaps to be Filled and Next Steps to Further Improve the Solar Central Receiver Technology

Adrián Peña-Lapuente, Marcelino Sánchez, Charles-Alexis Asselineau, Kenneth Miguel Armijo, Marc Röger, Cristóbal Villasante, Jesús Fernández, Rafael Monterreal, Antonio Ávila-Marín, John Pye, Kypros Milidonis, José Gonzalez-Aguilar, Guangdong Zhu, Steffen Ulmer, Gregor Bern
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Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emissions isplaced by Molten Salt Storage in CSP Plants Compared to Conventional Power Plants

Alexander Schmitt, Vicente Tello, Ivan Muñoz, Carlos Felbol, Catalina Hernández, María Teresa Cerda, Frank Dinter
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Investigation of Factors Affecting Corrosion Mechanisms in Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage Systems

Gaurav Vithalani, Stuart Bell, Geoffrey Will, Theodore A. Steinberg, Richard Clegg, Rezwanul Haque
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Emerging and Disruptive Concepts

Initial Performance Outlook on the Sliding Particle Receiver (SlideRec)

Hicham Barbri, Derwalt J Erasmus, Alex Boman, Luka Lackovic, Martina Neises von Puttkamer, Reiner Buck
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Novel Use of Concentrated Solar Thermal Energy for Producing Highly Thermal Activated Materials for CCUS via Mineral Carbonation of Mine Waste

Leok Lee, Woei Saw, Elliott Lewis, Graham J. Nathan, Alfonso Chinnici
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Design of Coil-Wound Once-Through Steam Generator System for Concentrating Solar Power Plants

Dario Pardillos-Pobo, Pedro-Ángel González-Gómez, María Berbey-Burgos, Domingo Santana
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Optical Benchmarking of a Novel Polar Bi-Focal Beam-Down Tower Concept

Peter Schöttl, Gregor Bern, Francisco Torres
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Power Cycles

Variation of Heliostat Wind Loads in a Radial Field Array Model

Matthew Marano, Matthew Emes, Azadeh Jafari, Maziar Arjomandi
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Transcritical Cycles With CO2-based Mixtures for CSP Applications: An Overview of the SCARABEUS Findings

Ettore Morosini, Pablo Rodriguez de Arriba, Salma I. Salah, Viktoria Illyés, Xavier Guerif, Marco Ruggiero, Gioele Di Marcoberardino, Giampaolo Manzolini
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Solar Industrial Process Heat and Thermal Desalination

Thermal Desalination Through Forward Osmosis Coupled With CO2-Mixture Power Cycles for CSP Applications

Igor Matteo Carraretto, Ettore Morosini, Riccardo Simonetti, Marco Astolfi, Marco Binotti, Giampaolo Manzolini
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CSP+MED Plant Coupled to a Seawater Pipeline from the Mining Industry in Northern Chile: A Case Study

Carlos Felbol, Catalina Hernández, Felipe Godoy, Frank Dinter
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A Solar Pyro-Metallurgical Process for Li-ion Batteries Recycling: Proof of Concept

Gilles Flamant, Soukayna Badre-Eddine, Françoise Bataille, Nicolas Coppey
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Solar Boiler for Almond Processing

Philip Gleckman, Brandon Hathaway
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A Sensitivity Analysis of the High-Temperature Solar Pretreatment of Calcite-Rich Manganese Ores

Lina Hockaday
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GIS-Driven Method for Site Feasibility Assessment of Large-Scale Solar Thermal Seawater Desalination: An Australian Case Study

Yingfei Huang, Amr Omar , David Saldivia, Robert A. Taylor, Greg Leslie
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Measurement Systems, Devices, and Procedures

Development and Testing of a Low-Concentrating Photovoltaic-Thermal Collector

Ivan P. Acosta-Pazmiño, Rafael A. García-Ramos, Carlos I. Rivera-Solorio, Miguel A. Gijón-Rivera, Chandan Pandey, Christos Markides
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Interactive CAD Layout of Reflection-Based Mirror Metrology Systems

Felicia Brimigion, Randy Brost, Braden Smith
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Variation in Reflected Beam Shape and Pointing Accuracy Over Time and Heliostat Field Position

Randy Brost, Anthony Evans, Kevin Good, Luis Garcia Maldonado, Tristan Larkin
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Terrestrial Laser Scanning for Heliostat Surface Shape Determination and Canting Errors Correction

Maitane Ferreres Eceiza, Moritz Bitterling, Thomas Schmidt, William Baltus, Antoine Perez, Emmanuel Guillot, Gregor Bern
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Notes on Measuring Concentration Ratio Distribution for a Solar Tower Using Moonlight

Minghuan Guo, Zhifeng Wang, Xiliang Zhang, Hao Wang, Ying Wu, Jian Wang
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Fast and Accurate Computation of Flux Density Formed by Solar Concentrators and Heliostats

Francois Hénault, Gilles Flamant, Cyril Caliot
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Remote Measurement of Heliostat Reflectivity with the Backward Gazing Procedure

François Hénault, Gilles Flamant, Cyril Caliot
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Effect of Operation Time on the Performance and Accuracy of the Condor Reflectometer

Mounia Karim, Christopher Sansom, Zaharaddeen Hussaini, Heather Almond, Aránzazu Fernández-García, Florian Sutter, Florian Wiesinger, Johannes Wette, Peter King
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Development of a Novel High Temperature Continuous Particle Mass Flow Measurement Device for Particle-Based CSP Applications

Hendrik Frederik Laubscher, Samuel C Hastings, Kaden Plewe, Luke P McLaughlin
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Development of Readily Available & Robust High Heat Flux Gardon Gauges

Luke McLaughlin, Hendrik F. Laubscher, Josh Nguyen, Lam Banh, Jörgen Konings
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Robust Deflectometry

Braden Smith, Randy Brost
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Operations, Maintenance, and Component Reliability

Advanced Controllers for Heat Transfer Fluid Mass Flow Rate Control in Solar Tower Receivers

Cody B. Anderson, Giancarlo Gentile, Alessandro Longhi, Francesco Casella, Michael E. Cholette, Giampaolo Manzolini
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Model Predictive Control and Service Life Monitoring for Molten Salt Solar Power Towers

Wolfgang Grote-Ramm, Felix Schönig, Peter Schwarzbözl, Maximilian Drexelius, Daniel Maldonado Quinto, Matthias Binder
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Selective Hydrogen Removal in Parabolic Trough Plants

Christian Jung, Carsten Spenke
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Comparative Assessment of the Durability of Glass and Polymer Mirrors for Concentrated Solar Thermal Technologies

Mounia Karim, Christopher Sansom, Peter King, Heather Almond, Zaharaddeen Hussaini
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Building Integrated Heliostats Practicalities of UV Light Filtering and High Temperature Optics

Alex Lehmann, Nicholas Ekins-Daukes
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Development of a DNI Forecast Tool Based on Machine Learning for the Smart Operation of a Parabolic Trough Collector System with Thermal Energy Storage Theory and Results

Johannes Christoph Sattler, Siddharth Dutta, Spiros Alexopoulos, Adnan Kawam, Cristiano Teixeira Boura, Ulf Herrmann, Ioannis Kioutsioukis
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5G as Communication Platform for Solar Tower Plants 5G for CSP

Peter Schwarzbözl, Inga Miadowicz, Daniel Maldonado Quinto, Julian Golembiewski, Pascal Jörke, Timm Faulwasser, Christian Wietfeld
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A Maintenance Policy for Central Tower Receiver Subjected to Creep-Fatigue Damage

Huy Truong-Ba, Giovanni Picotti, Michael E. Cholette, Giancarlo Gentile, Giampaolo Manzolini
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CSP Integration, Markets, and Policy

Economic Impact of CSP Plants with Storage Addressing the Energy Transition in Locations with High Electricity Demand in Chile

Catalina Hernández, Frank Dinter, Carlos Felbol, Maria Teresa Cerda
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Comparison of Parabolic Troughs and Solar Photovoltaic as Solar Field Technology in Dispatchable Solar Power Plants A Competitiveness Assessment

Pedro Horta, Tiago Eusébio, André Santos, Radia Cadi, Luis Fialho

Analysis and Simulation of CSP and Hybridized Systems

Performance and Parametric Studies of a Non-Compact Hybrid PV-CSP Power Plant Integrated by a Supercritical Rankine Cycle and an Electric Heater in Series

Rubén Barbero, Rafael Fornés, Iman Golpour, Mercedes Ibarra, Antonio Rovira
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ACWA Power’s CSP Performance Models An Online Centralized Platform for ACWA Power’s CSP Portfolio

Jose Maria Barea, Jose Barragan, Khaled Azab, Oliver Vorbrugg, Thomas Altmann
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Time-Dependent Failure Assessment of Ceramic Receivers

Bipul Barua, Pawan Chaugule, Mark C. Messner, Dileep Singh
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Hybridization of Concentrated Solar Thermal With Geothermal and Biomass Power

Bertuğ Çelebi, Shahab Rohani, Derek Baker, Ural Halaçoğlu, Burcu Ayşe Tanrıverdi
Numerical Simulation of Subfields in a Multi-Tower Concentrated Solar Field

Zaharaddeen Ali Hussaini, Chris Sansom, Peter King, Mounia Karim
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Heliostat Clustering for Aiming Point Strategies Optimization

Olaia Itoiz, Amaia Mutuberria, Marcelino Sánchez
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Augmenting a Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Plant With a Solar PV Plant

Ayesha Jacobs, Craig McGregor
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Vacuum Loss Detection of PTC in CSP Plants via Temperature-Sensors

Thomas Kraft, Gregor Bern, Shahab Rohani, Mark Schmitz, Werner Platzer
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Usage of Artificial Intelligence for Prediction of CSP Plant Parameters

Thomas Kraft, Mohammad Haziq Khan, Gregor Bern, Werner Platzer
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Analysis of CSP/PV Hybrid Power Plants in High Latitude Regions

José A. López-Álvarez, Miguel Larrañeta, Elena Pérez-Aparicio, Sara Moreno-Tejera, Manuel A. Silva-Pérez, Isidoro Lillo-Bravo
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Modeling and Evaluation of a Solar Trigeneration System With Thermal Energy Storage A Study

Zahra Mahdi, Johannes Christoph Sattler, Spiros Alexopoulos, Konstantinos Braimakis, Cristiano Teixeira Boura, Ulf Herrmann, Sotirios Karellas
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Techno-Economic Assessment of Electricity Generation From a Medium-Scale CSP-PV Hybrid Plant Using Long-Duration Storage

Craig McGregor, Johannes Pretorius, Annitta Attieh, Jaap Hoffmann
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A Dual-Mode Hybrid System Combining Solar Thermal With Pumped Thermal Energy Storage

Joshua McTigue, Zhiwen Ma
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Comparison of Aiming Point Strategy Algorithms and Their Assessment for Volumetric Solar Receivers

Elena Mellado, Olaia Itoiz, Amaia Mutuberria, Marcelino Sánchez, Justo Puerto
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Life Cycle Assessment of Solar-Driven Post-Combustion Carbon Capture Systems: The Way Forward to Slash the Energy Penalty

Nishant Modi, Dia Milani, Norhuda Abdul Manaf, Minh Tri Luu , Xiaolin Wang, Ali Abbas
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Optimization of the Design and Operation of Hybrid CSP-PV-Wind Plants

Lorenzo Pilotti, Giampaolo Manzolini, Walter Gaggioli, Antonio Guglielmo, Emanuele Martelli, Marco Binotti
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Dynamic Modeling of a Thermochemical System for Solar Fuel Production Based on an Open-Source Framework

Falko Schneider, Christian Schwager, Cristiano José Teixeira Boura, Nico Oellers, Alfonso Villegas, Ulf Herrmann
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The Simulator of China General Nuclear Power Group (CGNPC) Delingha 50 MW Parabolic Trough Solar Thermal Power Plant

Lengge Si, Ershu Xu, Hongjuan Hou
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Advanced Feedforward Controller for a Molten Salt Receiver in Star Design Based on Real-Time Flux Measurement

Jonas Schulte, Christian Schwager, Cristiano Teixeira J. Boura, Ulf Herrmann
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ACWA Power’s CSP Performance Assessment An Online Simulation Platform for ACWA Power’s CSP Plants

Oliver Vorbrugg, Khaled Azab, Juan Ramon Vaquero, Jose Barragan, Thomas Altmann
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Impact of Temperature and Optical Error on the Combined Optical and Thermal Efficiency of Solar Tower Systems for Industrial Process Heat

Alexander Zolan, Chad Augustine, Evan Westphal, Kenneth Armijo, Ye Wang, John Pye
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Solar Fuels and Chemical Commodities

Analyzing Solar Pyrolysis Process of Walnut Shells: Thermal Biomaterial Behavioral Outcomes

Arturo Aspiazu-Méndez, Aracely Cisneros-Cárdenas, Carlos A. Pérez Rábago, Aurora M Pat-Espadas, Fabio Manzini Poli, Claudio A. Estrada
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Solar Driven Syngas Production Potential in Portugal

Pedro Horta, Diogo Canavarro, Constança Camilo-Alves, Paulo Brito, Roberta Panizio
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Integration of Concentrating Solar Power With High Temperature Electrolysis for Hydrogen Production

Zhiwen Ma, Janna Martinek
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A Technical-Economic Assessment of Producing Hydrogen and Biofuels via Gasification of Biomass in Solar Hybridised Dual Fluidised Bed

Nguyet Ky Ngo, Tara Hosseini, Peter Ashman, Graham Nathan, Woei Saw
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Efficient Computation of Radiative Heat Recovery from Porous Ceramic Monoliths for Efficient Solar Thermochemical Fuel Production

Aniket S. Patankar, Xiao-Yu Wu, Wonjae Choi, Harry Tuller, Ahmed Ghoniem
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Supercritical Water Gasification of Biomass on CSP Plants: Comparison of On-Sun and Off-Sun Designs

Rafael Pérez-Álvarez, Alireza Rahbari, Armando Fontalvo, Shuang Wang, John Pye
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Integrated Solar Production of Fertilisers and Fuels

Martin Roeb, Pablo López Martínez, Nicole Neumann, David Baumstark, Lena Klaas, Dorottya Kriechbaumer, Nathalie Monnerie, Christos Agrafiotis, Christian Sattler
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Thermal Performance Assessment of a Novel Hybrid Reactor for Solar Thermochemical Processes

Atthawit Saengpradab, Jirayut Tathong, Hattakit Kongsrichay, Srirat Chuayboon, Stéphane Abanades
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Methane Assisted Chemical Looping Water Splitting Performance of Sr2FeMo0.6Ni0.4O6-δ Double Perovskite for Solar Fuels Production

Andrea Strazzolini, Francesco Orsini, Salvatore Francesco Cannone, Domenico Ferrero, Marta Boaro, Jordi Llorca, Georgios Dimitrakopoulos, Alessandro Trovarelli, Massimo Santarelli, Ahmed Ghoniem
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Allothermally Heated Reactors for Solar-Powered Implementation of Sulphur-Based Thermochemical Cycles

Vamshi Krishna Thanda, Dennis Thomey, Michael Wullenkord, Kai-Peter Eßer, Christos Agrafiotis, Dimitrios Dimitrakis, Martin Roeb, Christian Sattler
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Cobalt-Based Perovskites as Efficient Oxygen Exchange Redox Materials for Solar Thermochemical Application

Liuqing Yang, Hui Liu, Jianan Hao, Junshe Zhang, Jinjia Wei
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High-Temperature Electrolysis with Superheated Steam Provided by Volumetric-Type Steam Generator

Qiangqiang Zhang, Hongjun Wang, Xin Li
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Thermal Energy Storage Materials, Media, and Systems

Porous Monolithic Perovskite Structures for High-Temperature Thermochemical Heat Storage in Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Plants and Renewable Electrification of Industrial Processes

Christos Agrafiotis, Mathias Pein, Asmaa Eltayeb, Lena Klaas, Lamark de Oliveira, Abhishek K. Singh, Martin Roeb, Christian Sattler
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Experimental Demonstration of a Solar Powered High Temperature Latent Heat Storage Prototype Preliminary Results of an Experimental Validation Campaign

Asem Alemam, Nicolas Lopez Ferber, Tommy Malm, Valerie Eveloy, Nicolas Calvet
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Performance Evaluation of a 40-kWth Prototype Counterflow Particle-sCO2 Fluidized Bed Heat Exchanger

Winfred Arthur-Arhin, Jesse R. Fosheim, Keaton J. Brewster, Kevin J Albrecht, Dimitri A. Madden, Gregory S. Jackson
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Dynamic Modeling and Analysis of a Disruptive Thermochemical Energy Storage Suitable for Linear Focus Solar Technologies

Francisco Cabello, Javier Baigorri, Fritz Zaversky, Markus Haider, Franz Winter, Andreas Werner
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Thermal Energy Storage With Horizontal Thermocline Tank for Sludge Drying Application

Luca Imponenti, Ryan Shininger, Hank Price, Kyle Kattke
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Cascade Latent Heat Storage for Solar Cooking Applications

Shubham Jain, K. Ravi Kumar, Dibakar Rakshit, B. Premachandran, K. S. Reddy
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Volumetric Determination of Densities of Molten Salts for CSP Applications

Christian Jung, Carsten Spenke
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Enhanced Thermal Performance of Nitrate Salts Composite with Compressed Expanded Graphite for Solar Thermal Energy Storage

Narender Kumar, Prodyut R Chakraborty
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Development & Validation of a Packed Bed Thermal Energy Storage Model

Javier Martell, Luke McLaughlin, Kenneth Armijo
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Calcium Manganite Based Materials for Thermochemical Energy Storage in High Temperature Solar Thermal Plants: Materials Screening

Chrysa Pagkoura, Georgia Kastrinaki, George Karagiannakis
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Development and Investigation of Nitrate Phase Change Filler Material for Solar Process Heating Applications

N. Pradeep, K.S. Reddy
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On The Potential Use of Copper-Modified Geopolymer Incorporating Lead-Smelter Slag for Thermal Energy Storage

Nghia Tran, Tuan Nguyen, Tuan Ngo
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Comparison of Conventional and Microwave Heating

Cristóbal Valverde, Margarita M. Rodriguez-Garcia, Esther Rojas, Rocio Bayon
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Solar Collector Systems

On-Sun Alignment of a Concentrated Solar Parabolic Dish Located in Abu Dhabi, UAE

Muhammad Abdullah, Brenda Hernández Corona, Mathieu Martins, Nicolas Lopez Ferber, Nicolas Calvet
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Performance of a Prototype Heliostat Having a Twisting Mechanism to Maintain Focus Throughout the Day

Roger Angel, Nick Didato, Matt Rademacher, Yiyang Huang
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NSTTF Heliocon Wireless Closed-Loop Controls Test Bed Development

Kenneth Armijo, Haden Harper, Zachary Bernius, Claus Danielson, Ansel Blumenthal, Luis Garcia-Maldonado
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Developing Deformable Facets for Heliostats: An Increased Solar Concentration for Thermochemical Applications with Central Tower Receivers

Juan Pablo González-López, Ricardo A Pérez-Enciso, Pablo Sosa-Flores, Claudio A Estrada
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Impact of Atmospheric Turbulence on Dynamic Wind Loads on Heliostats

Azadeh Jafari, Matthew Emes, Maziar Arjomandi
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Characterization of an Induction Heating System Used as Solar Simulator Analysis of Thermal Performance, Experimental Challenges, and Enhancements

Rand Khrishi, Marta Laporte Azcué, María de los Reyes Rodriguez Sanchez
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Low-Cost Materials for Heliostats Cost Comparison of Extensive or Moderate Use of Timber, Concrete, and Polymers

Andreas Pfahl, Volkmar Dohmen
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Stochastic Assessment of Predictions and Uncertainties for Reflectance Losses Based on Experimental Data for Three Australian Sites

Giovanni Picotti, Huy Truong Ba, Cody B. Anderson, Michael E. Cholette, Theodore Steinberg, Bruce Leslie
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Heliostat Fatigue Loads Proposal for Estimation of Wind Load Collectives

Andreas Pfahl
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Design of Modular High Temperature Sodium Solar Collection Subsystems

Daniel Potter, Yen Chean Soo Too
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Sensitivity of Dust Deposition for Parabolic Trough Collector Mirrors to Different Meteorological Drivers Theory and Results

Athanasios Voukelatos, Johannes Christoph Sattler, Siddharth Dutta, Spiros Alexopoulos, Ioannis Kioutsioukis
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Receivers and Heat Transfer Media and Transport: Point Focus Systems

Testing and Validation of Innovative on-Site Solar Field Measurement Techniques to Increase Power Tower Plant Performance: The LEIA Project

Antonio Avila-Marin, Jesus Fernández-Reche, Rafael Monterreal, Jesus Ballestrin, Jose Fernando Gallego, Marina Casanova, Sonia Escorza, Amaia Mutuberria, Andreas Kämpgen, Ansgar Macke, Marc Röger, Julian Krauth, Stefan Schlau, Annette Barenbruegge, Jose Manuel Blazquez, Adriana Zurita
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Techno-Economic Analysis of Beam-Down Solar Tower Secondary Reflectors

Vishal Boga, Francisco Torres, Moritz Bitterling, Gregor Bern, Peter Schöttl, Sophie Gledhill, Mario Magaldi, Mario Cilento, Fulvio Bassetti
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Reduced-Order Modeling of Indirect Fluidized-Bed Particle Receivers with Axial Dispersion

Keaton J. Brewster, Jesse R. Fosheim, Federico Municchi, Winfred R. Arthur-Arhin, Gregory S. Jackson
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The Importance of Managing the Performance of Particle Lift and Flow Control Systems in Research CST Plants to Facilitate Commercialization

Geoffrey Drewer, Jin-Soo Kim, Daniel Potter
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Direct Thermal Comparison of New Generation SiC Solar Absorbers

Jesús Fernández-Reche, Rafael Monterreal, Antonio Ávila-Marin, Luca Ferrari, Sandro Gianella, Victor M. Candelario
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Solar Field and Receiver Model Validation of the Next-CSP MW-Scale Prototype

Benjamin Grange, Alex Le Gal, Gilles Flamant
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Managing Heat Transfer Intensity in a Fluidized Particle-in-Tube Solar Receiver

Ronny Gueguen, Samuel Mer, Adrien Toutant, Françoise Bataille, Gilles Flamant
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A Planar-Cavity Receiver Configuration for High-Temperature Solar Thermal Processes

Janna Martinek, Zhiwen Ma
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Modeling Dense Particle Flow in Multistage and Obstructed Flow Receivers Using High Fidelity Simulations

Brantley Mills, Flint Pierce, Eldwin Djajadiwinata, Rageh Saeed, Shaker Alaqel, Nader Saleh
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Flow Distribution in Molten Salt Receiver Panels at High Flux Gradients Investigating the Risk of Stagnating Flow Due to Uneven Irradiation

Christian Schwager, Jonas Schulte, Matthias Binder, Cristiano José Teixeira Boura, Ulf Herrmann
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Solar Resource Assessment

Statistical Analysis of Annual DNI Distribution and its Impact on Bankability Assessment for Concentrated Solar Power Plants Is the Annual DNI Consistent With a Weibull Distribution?

Miguel Larrañeta, Jose A López-Álvarez, Elena Pérez-Aparicio, Jose M. Delgado-Sanchez, Joaquín Alonso-Montesinos, Silva-Pérez Manuel A.
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Improving the National Solar Radiation Database (NSRDB) Using a Physics-Based Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI) Model

Yu Xie, Manajit Sengupta, Jaemo Yang, Grant Buster, Brandon Benton, Aron Habte, Yangang Liu
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Receivers and Heat Transfer Media and Transport: Linear Systems

Hydrogen Measurement & Extraction at Nevada Solar One

Greg C. Glatzmaier
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