[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 …

Progress in research and technological advancements of commercial concentrated solar thermal power plants

MI Khan, F Asfand, SG Al-Ghamdi - Solar Energy, 2023‏ - Elsevier
A global transition towards more sustainable production and consumption systems is
underway. This transition process is particularly visible in energy systems, where modern …

Predicting the performance of solar dish Stirling power plant using a hybrid random vector functional link/chimp optimization model

ME Zayed, J Zhao, W Li, AH Elsheikh, M Abd Elaziz… - Solar Energy, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Hybrid artificial intelligence models have become promising tools for soft computing and
computational intelligence, as they can deal with complicated sustainable systems such as …

[HTML][HTML] Co-optimisation of the heliostat field and receiver for concentrated solar power plants

S Wang, CA Asselineau, A Fontalvo, Y Wang, W Logie… - Applied Energy, 2023‏ - Elsevier
In a concentrated solar power (CSP) tower plant, it is essential to understand the
performance of the subsystem formed by the heliostat field and the receiver, operated with …

Review on the progress of solar water heaters and their future perspectives

IR Nanda, NA Pambudi, M Aziz - Energy Technology, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
A solar water heater (SWH) converts solar radiation into thermal energy for various
purposes, and its technology has experienced numerous developments. Many studies have …

Solar collector with asymmetric compound parabolic concentrator for winter energy harvesting and summer overheating reduction: Concept and prototype device

X Chen, X Yang - Renewable Energy, 2021‏ - Elsevier
A major technical barrier of solar water heating systems for space heating and domestic
water usage is the mismatch between the seasonal availability of solar energy and demand …

Optical and thermal investigation of hyperbolic cavity receiver with secondary reflector for solar parabolic dish collector

P Mandal, A Rajan, KS Reddy - Thermal Science and Engineering …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
A hyperbolic-shaped cavity-type receiver with a second stage reflection for a 40 m 2 solar
parabolic dish concentrator (PDC) is presented in this paper, along with optical and thermal …

A comprehensive review on performance assessment of solar cavity receiver with parabolic dish collector

A Maurya, A Kumar, D Sharma - Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery …, 2022‏ - Taylor & Francis
Cavity receiver integrated with parabolic dish collector is an essential component of the
solar thermal energy conversion process for high-temperature applications, such as power …

MDBA: An accurate and efficient method for aiming heliostats

S Wang, CA Asselineau, WR Logie, J Pye, J Coventry - Solar Energy, 2021‏ - Elsevier
In a solar power tower plant, the role of the heliostat aiming strategy is to control the radiative
flux distribution at the receiver surface to avoid thermally induced damage, while minimising …

Experimental and numerical investigation of thermal performance of a new design solar parabolic dish desalination system

MA Tawfik, M El-Tohamy, AA Metwally… - Applied Thermal …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The objective of the present study is to construct a cheap, new design of small-scale solar
parabolic dish desalination system made from reused local recyclable materials without …