[HTML][HTML] High temperature central tower plants for concentrated solar power: 2021 overview

RP Merchán, MJ Santos, A Medina… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Among the diverse technologies for producing clean energy through concentrated solar
power, central tower plants are believed to be the most promising in the next years. In these …

[HTML][HTML] Novel hybrid CSP-biomass CHP for flexible generation: Thermo-economic analysis and profitability assessment

AM Pantaleo, SM Camporeale, A Miliozzi, V Russo… - Applied energy, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on the thermo-economic analysis of a 2.1-MWe and 960 kWt hybrid solar-
biomass combined heat and power (CHP) system composed of a 1.4-MWe Externally Fired …

On-design pre-optimization and off-design analysis of hybrid Brayton thermosolar tower power plants for different fluids and plant configurations

RP Merchán, MJ Santos, I Heras… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
A working fluid performs a Brayton cycle that is fed by a heat input from a solar power tower
and from a combustion chamber, which burns natural gas. This hybrid system is described …

Pumped heat energy storage with liquid media: Thermodynamic assessment by a Brayton-like model

D Salomone-González, J González-Ayala… - Energy Conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
A thermodynamic model for a steady state pumped heat energy storage in liquid media is
presented: it comprises a coupled Brayton-like heat pump and heat engine cycles …

4E analysis of three different configurations of a combined cycle power plant integrated with a solar power tower system

MA Javadi, NJ Najafi, MK Abhari, R Jabery… - Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract In this research, Abadan Combined cycle power plant in Iran has been studied 4E
(Energy, Exergy, Economic and Environmental), and in order to improve its performance …

A novel hybrid solar preheating gas turbine

O Behar - Energy Conversion and Management, 2018 - Elsevier
An innovative design for Solar Preheating Hybrid Gas Turbine (SPHGT) is originally
introduced in this article. In the proposed concept, solar energy collected by a HTF solar field …

Thermodynamic modelling and real-time control strategies of solar micro gas turbine system with thermochemical energy storage

J Yang, G **ao, M Ghavami, J Al-Zaili, T Yang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Distributed solar gas turbine systems with thermal energy storage are expected to overcome
the intermittence and instability of solar irradiance and produce reliable and flexible …

Thermo-economic and sensitivity analysis of a central tower hybrid Brayton solar power plant

RP Merchán, MJ Santos, J García-Ferrero… - Applied Thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
A hybrid central tower thermo-solar plant working with a gas turbine is simulated by means
of an in-house developed model and software. The model considers the integration of all …

Dynamic simulation of a solar-hybrid microturbine system with experimental validation of main parts

J Chen, G **ao, ML Ferrari, T Yang, M Ni, K Cen - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
A micro gas turbine (MGT) is a potential option for distributed energy systems driven by fuel
and solar energy. The dynamic characteristics of a solar-hybrid microturbine system are …

[HTML][HTML] Energy and exergetic performance analysis of a hybrid solar multi-stage Brayton cycle with different working fluids

F Moreno-Gamboa, C Nieto-Londoño - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
An energy and exergy model for a hybrid multi-stage Brayton cycle solar thermal plant is
presented, incorporating an arbitrary number of compression stages with intermediate …