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

Cover SolarPACES 2023

Editor

Wesley Stein, CSIRO, Australia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52825/solarpaces.v2i

Published: 2024-07-24

Conference Dates: October 10 - October 13 2023

Conference Location: Sydney, Australia

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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Power Cycles

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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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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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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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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Analysis and Simulation of CSP and Hybridized Systems

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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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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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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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

Integration of Concentrating Solar Power With High Temperature Electrolysis for Hydrogen Production

Zhiwen Ma, Janna Martinek
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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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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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Thermal Energy Storage Materials, Media, and Systems

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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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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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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Development and Investigation of Nitrate Phase Change Filler Material for Solar Process Heating Applications

N. Pradeep, K.S. Reddy
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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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Heliostat Fatigue Loads Proposal for Estimation of Wind Load Collectives

Andreas Pfahl
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Receivers and Heat Transfer Media and Transport: Point Focus Systems

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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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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