...Hayden J. Wisniewski; Ian J. Arnold; Daewook Kim; Heng E. Zuo; Brandon D. Chalifoux Concentrated solar power (CSP) plants need to monitor the surface slope error of thousands of heliostats with sub-milliradian accuracy. Large numbers of heliostats installed in harsh environments mean...

...Lindsey Yue; Brantley Mills; Josh Christian; Clifford K. Ho Falling particle receivers are an emerging technology for use in concentrating solar power systems. In this study, quartz half-shells are investigated for use as full or partial aperture covers to reduce receiver thermal losses. Quartz...

...Fco. Javier Sorbet; Carlos Fernandez-Peruchena; Fritz Zaversky; Walid Chakroun; Sorour A. Alotaibi; Mansour Ahmed; Marcelino Sanchez; Javier García-Barberena Kuwait is a country with great potential for concentrated solar power (CSP) due to its high solar resource. The current work analyzes...

...E. O. B. Ogedengbe; J. O. Odeleye; D. R. Enarevba; A. B. Ehinmowo; O. G. Awosanya Biomass conversion processes can be energy intensive. There is a need to seek renewable sources to meet such energy demand. In this study, a partial heat of pyrolysis from a concentrated solar power (CSP)-based solar...

...Laurent Bodini; Laurent Delale; Jean-Luc Nouet; Bernard Dumercq This paper aims to present the process control laws developed for the concentrated solar power plant in Dhursar India by Areva Solar. The technology (linear Fresnel reflector (LFR), direct steam generation (DSG), once-through) used...

...Vinod Kumar Soni; R. L. Shrivastava; S. P. Untawale; Kshitij Shrivastava Concentrated solar power (CSP) is a mature and efficient technology to cater the large-scale demand of hot water. Conventional reflectors/mirrors in CSP share 50% of total system cost. High installation as well as O&M cost...

... September 16, 2013. Assoc. Editor: Rainer Tamme. 15 08 2012 01 05 2013 The overall efficiency of a concentrating solar power (CSP) plant depends on the effectiveness of thermal energy storage (TES) system (Kearney and Herrmann, 2002, “Assessment of a Molten Salt Heat Transfer Fluid...

...Jürgen Dersch; Peter Schwarzbözl; Timo Richert An existing software tool for annual performance calculation of concentrating solar power and other renewable energy plants has been extended to enable the simulation of solar tower power plants. The methodology used is shown and a demonstrative...

...Xavier Py; Nicolas Calvet; Régis Olives; Antoine Meffre; Patrick Echegut; Catherine Bessada; Emmanuel Veron; Sandra Ory Current technologies of concentrated solar power plants (CSP) are under extensive industrial development but still suffer from lack of adapted thermal energy storage (TES...

.... Gonzalez Finat , A. , and Liberali , R. , 2007 , “ Concentrating Solar Power From Research to Implementation ,” European Union Technical Report, ISBN 978-92–79–05355–9. Gil , A. , Medrano , M. , Martorell , I. , Lázaro , A. , Dolado , P. , Zalba , B. , and Cabeza , L...

... da 100 metri ,” Report ENEA-TRASTEC, Rome-Padua (in Italian). 09 03 2006 22 01 2007 design research and development solar energy concentrators steel structural engineering supports concentrated solar power trough concentrators design criteria limit state design...