Review of the solar flux distribution in concentrated solar power: Non-uniform features, challenges, and solutions

YL He, K Wang, Y Qiu, BC Du, Q Liang, S Du - Applied Thermal …, 2019 - Elsevier
Concentrated solar flux distribution in the concentrated solar power (CSP) systems is
extremely non-uniform, which can lead to high local temperature and large temperature …

Review on solar Stirling engine: Development and performance

UR Singh, A Kumar - Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 2018 - Elsevier
Solar dish-Stirling system has proved to be the most efficient way to generate electricity
using solar energy. Due to the increasing commercialization of this technology, the need for …

Bioinspired fractal design of waste biomass‐derived solar–thermal materials for highly efficient solar evaporation

Y Geng, W Sun, P Ying, Y Zheng, J Ding… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Solar evaporation is considered a promising technology to address the issue of fresh water
scarcity. Although many efforts have been directed towards increasing the solar–thermal …

Thermal performance analysis of a parabolic trough solar collector using supercritical CO2 as heat transfer fluid under non-uniform solar flux

Y Qiu, MJ Li, YL He, WQ Tao - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
In this paper, an integrated numerical model was established to solve the complex energy
transfer in a parabolic trough collector (PTC) by combining Monte Carlo ray tracing and finite …

Heat transfer and friction of molten salt and supercritical CO2 flowing in an airfoil channel of a printed circuit heat exchanger

HY Shi, MJ Li, WQ Wang, Y Qiu, WQ Tao - International Journal of Heat and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Airfoil printed circuit heat exchanger (PCHE) is considered as one of the competitive
candidates in the 3rd generation of concentrating solar power (CSP) plant, where the molten …

Comparative study of spiral and conical cavity receivers for a solar dish collector

S Pavlovic, R Loni, E Bellos, D Vasiljević… - Energy Conversion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The objective of this work is to compare two cavity receivers for a solar dish concentrator.
The spiral and the conical cavities are investigated using a developed thermal model. The …

Experimental and numerical investigation on the optical and thermal performance of solar parabolic dish and corrugated spiral cavity receiver

S Pavlovic, AM Daabo, E Bellos, V Stefanovic… - Journal of cleaner …, 2017 - Elsevier
A low cost solar collector with a dish reflector and spiral absorber is examined in this work.
This collector is investigated experimentally and numerically with a developed thermal …

A comprehensive model for optical and thermal characterization of a linear Fresnel solar reflector with a trapezoidal cavity receiver

Y Qiu, YL He, M Wu, ZJ Zheng - Renewable Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper, a comprehensive numerical model was developed by coupling Monte Carlo
Ray Tracing (MCRT) and Finite Volume Method (FVM) for simulating the energy conversion …

Investigation of an integrated thermochemical hydrogen production and high temperature solar thermochemical energy storage and CO2 capture process

A Sami, M Mehrpooya, A Noorpoor - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Depletion of fossil fuels and their environmental impacts are significant issues of today.
While the increasing energy demands have led researchers to explore new areas …

A comprehensive model for analysis of real-time optical performance of a solar power tower with a multi-tube cavity receiver

Y Qiu, YL He, P Li, BC Du - Applied energy, 2017 - Elsevier
A comprehensive model and corresponding code named after SPTOPTIC for analysis of the
real-time optical performance of a Solar Power Tower (SPT) with a Multi-Tube Cavity …