State-of-the-art of solar thermal power plants—A review

VS Reddy, SC Kaushik, KR Ranjan, SK Tyagi - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2013 - Elsevier
The solar thermal power plant is one of the promising renewable energy options to
substitute the increasing demand of conventional energy. The cost per kW of solar power is …

A review of solar-powered Stirling engines and low temperature differential Stirling engines

B Kongtragool, S Wongwises - Renewable and Sustainable energy …, 2003 - Elsevier
This article provides a literature review on solar-powered Stirling engines and low
temperature differential Stirling engines technology. A number of research works on the …

[HTML][HTML] Hybridizing solar dish Stirling power system with single-effect desalination for sustainable electricity and freshwater co-generation: Mathematical modeling …

A Alhawsawi, ME Zayed, E Moustafa… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
At present, poly-generation sustainable systems are highly promising pathways that could
produce several beneficial energy outputs, such as electricity, heat, and freshwater, that …

Technological development in the Stirling cycle engines

DG Thombare, SK Verma - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2008 - Elsevier
The performance of Stirling engines meets the demands of the efficient use of energy and
environmental security and therefore they are the subject of much current interest. Hence …

Thermal models for analysis of performance of Stirling engine: A review

MH Ahmadi, MA Ahmadi, F Pourfayaz - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper demonstrates a detailed review of the performance of Stirling engine based on
the thermodynamic methods like Finite Time Thermodynamic analysis, Finite speed …

Thermo-economic multi-objective optimization of solar dish-Stirling engine by implementing evolutionary algorithm

MH Ahmadi, H Sayyaadi, AH Mohammadi… - Energy Conversion and …, 2013 - Elsevier
In the recent years, remarkable attention is drawn to Stirling engine due to noticeable
advantages, for instance a lot of resources such as biomass, fossil fuels and solar energy …

Application of the multi-objective optimization method for designing a powered Stirling heat engine: design with maximized power, thermal efficiency and minimized …

MH Ahmadi, H Hosseinzade, H Sayyaadi… - Renewable Energy, 2013 - Elsevier
In the recent years, numerous studies have been done on Stirling cycle and Stirling engine
which have been resulted in different output power and engine thermal efficiency analyses …

Optimal design parameters and performance optimization of thermodynamically balanced dish/Stirling concentrated solar power system using multi-objective particle …

ME Zayed, J Zhao, AH Elsheikh, W Li… - Applied Thermal …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, a theoretical model based on opto-geometric and thermodynamic analyses of
Solar Dish-Stirling System (SDSS) considering opto-geometric sizing criteria and energy …

Finite time and finite speed thermodynamic optimization for an irreversible Atkinson cycle

Y Ge, H Wu, L Chen, H Feng, Z Xie - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Combining the finite piston speed thermodynamics and finite time thermodynamics and
considering the irreversible losses caused by heat transfer, friction, finite piston speed and …

Modelling of a Stirling engine with parabolic dish for thermal to electric conversion of solar energy

G Barreto, P Canhoto - Energy Conversion and Management, 2017 - Elsevier
Stirling engines with parabolic dish for thermal to electric conversion of solar energy is one
of the most promising solutions of renewable energy technologies in order to reduce the …