Concentrating solar power

LA Weinstein, J Loomis, B Bhatia, DM Bierman… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Solar energy is a bountiful renewable energy resource: the energy in the sunlight that
reaches Earth in an hour exceeds the energy consumed by all of humanity in a year. 1 While …

Energy, exergy, exergoeconomic and exergoenvironmental analysis and optimization of quadruple combined solar, biogas, SRC and ORC cycles with methane …

R Zahedi, A Ahmadi, R Dashti - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The present work deals with a novel configuration of four cycles such as steam gas cycles
and an organic Rankine cycle and a biogas Brayton cycle and a solar Brayton cycle are …

State-of-the-art of solar thermal power plants—A review

VS Reddy, SC Kaushik, KR Ranjan, SK Tyagi - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2013 - Elsevier
The solar thermal power plant is one of the promising renewable energy options to
substitute the increasing demand of conventional energy. The cost per kW of solar power is …

Energy, exergy and economy (3E) investigation of a SOFC-GT-ORC waste heat recovery system for green power ships

Z Wang, H Chen, R **a, F Han, Y Ji, W Cai - Thermal Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ships are moving land in the vast ocean and are an indispensable means of transportation
for humanity. At present, green power systems and low-carbon fuels are the development …

Thermoeconomic assessment and multi objective optimization of a solar micro CCHP based on Organic Rankine Cycle for domestic application

FA Boyaghchi, P Heidarnejad - Energy conversion and Management, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a novel micro solar Combined Cooling, Heating and Power (CCHP)
cycle integrated with Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) for summer and winter seasons. The …

High-efficiency thermodynamic power cycles for concentrated solar power systems

MT Dunham, BD Iverson - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper provides a review of high-efficiency thermodynamic cycles and their applicability
to concentrating solar power systems, primarily focusing on high-efficiency single and …

A review of concentrated solar power hybrid technologies

S Pramanik, RV Ravikrishna - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the hybrid power generation technologies of concentrated solar power
(CSP) and other renewable and non-renewable resources such as biomass, wind …

Thermoeconomic analysis and optimization of an ammonia–water power/cooling cogeneration cycle

V Zare, SMS Mahmoudi, M Yari, M Amidpour - Energy, 2012 - Elsevier
The performance of an ammonia–water power/cooling cogeneration cycle is investigated
and optimized paying more attention on the economic point of view. Thermodynamic and …

Economic assessment of concentrated solar power technologies: A review

AW Dowling, T Zheng, VM Zavala - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper surveys economic assessments of concentrated solar power (CSP) technologies
and finds two dominant assessment methods. A majority of studies reported in the literature …

Energy and exergy analysis of a closed Brayton cycle-based combined cycle for solar power tower plants

V Zare, M Hasanzadeh - Energy conversion and management, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) technology offers an interesting potential for
future power generation and research on CSP systems of all types, particularly those with …