[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 …

Energy, exergy, and exergoeconomic (3E) evaluation of a hybrid multigeneration system based on a solar tower

A Shakouri, S Gorjian, B Ghobadian - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
This study focuses on analyzing a multigeneration system that integrates conventional
energy systems with renewable energy sources to boost efficiency and decrease the use of …

Preliminary design and assessment of concentrated solar power plant using supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycles

S Khatoon, MH Kim - Energy Conversion and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Optimization and performance analysis of a near-zero emission SOFC hybrid system based on a supercritical CO2 cycle using solar energy

Y Zhou, X Han, D Wang, Y Sun, X Li - Energy Conversion and Management, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

Thermoeconomic investigation and multi-objective optimization of a novel efficient solar tower power plant based on supercritical Brayton cycle with inlet cooling

J Zhou, MA Ali, FM Zeki, HA Dhahad - Thermal Science and Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The solar tower power plant technology offers a promising potential for large scale power
generation, amongst various solar-based systems. To decrease the produced electricity cost …

[HTML][HTML] Thermoeconomic and optimization analyses of direct oxy-combustion supercritical carbon dioxide power cycles with dry and wet cooling

AK Sleiti, WA Al-Ammari, L Vesely, JS Kapat - Energy Conversion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Oxy-combustion supercritical CO 2 power cycles have the advantages of high-energy
efficiency and near-zero pollutant emissions. Thus, these cycles are considered as an …

Development and assessment of a solar-driven multigeneration plant with compressed hydrogen storage for multiple useful products

F Yilmaz, M Ozturk, R Selbas - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Expanding energy demands and to tackle with greenhouse gas emissions require new
research on the carbon-free energy conversion system, which are renewable energy …

[HTML][HTML] Energy and exergy analyses of novel supercritical CO2 Brayton cycles driven by direct oxy-fuel combustor

AK Sleiti, WA Al-Ammari - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
This study addresses major research gaps related to supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO 2)
power cycles including the shortcomings due to adding extra components, the high …

Design and performance analysis of compressed CO2 energy storage of a solar power tower generation system based on the S-CO2 Brayton cycle

Y Liu, Y Wang, Y Zhang, S Hu - Energy Conversion and Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Two kinds of S-CO 2 Brayton cycle tower solar thermal power generation systems using
compressed CO 2 energy storage are designed in this paper. The energy storage system …

Exergoeconomic and Thermodynamic Analyses of Solar Power Tower Based Novel Combined Helium Brayton Cycle‐Transcritical CO2 Cycle for Carbon Free Power …

Y Khan, D Singh, H Caliskan, H Hong - Global Challenges, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In the present study, a novel combined power cycle for solar power tower (SPT) system
consisting of helium Brayton cycle (HBC) and transcritical CO2 (TCO2) for waste heat …