The design optimization of external cylindrical receivers for solar tower plants is a complex
task that involves several interrelated factors such as optical performance, thermal losses …

Renewable energy represented by solar energy has the characteristics of intermittency and
fluctuation. To ensure that the grid can operate safely and stably after the large-scale grid …

Conventional and advanced exergy analysis of a recompression supercritical CO 2 cycle
was investigated in this study. The first and second splitting levels of exergy destruction are …

Bottoming thermodynamic power cycles using supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO 2) are a
promising technology to exploit high temperature waste heat sources. CO 2 is a non …

In pursuit of efficient renewable electricity generation at a utility scale, concentrating solar
power using receiver tower and heliostat field is one of the most prominent technologies due …

The concept of the supercritical CO 2 (S-CO 2) power cycle has been widely proved to be
effective by several small scale test loops. However, more specific system layout for fossil …

In reversible solid oxide cell (rSOC)-based renewable microgrids connected to the network,
control logic optimizing the power split with the grid is needed. The benefits associated with …

This paper proposes and examines a highly integrated microgrid based on a reversible solid
oxide cell, aimed at satisfying electrical and thermal loads of a 20-unit residential complex …

Printed circuit heat exchanger (PCHE) is a promising compact heat exchanger for
supercritical CO 2 power conversion systems. Among the channel shapes of PCHE, an …

This paper compares two main technologies of solar to electrical energy conversion, namely
solar tower (ST) and photovoltaic (PV). For a fair comparison, a 100 MW same sized ST and …