Climate change along with our insatiable need for energy demand a paradigm shift towards
more rational and sustainable use of energy. To drive this transition, the deployment of …

Thermal energy storage systems are key components of concentrating solar power plants in
order to offer energy dispatchability to adapt the electricity power production to the curve …

A comprehensive review of different thermal energy storage materials for concentrated solar
power has been conducted. Fifteen candidates were selected due to their nature …

Storage of electrical energy is a key technology for a future climate‐neutral energy supply
with volatile photovoltaic and wind generation. Besides the well‐known technologies of …

The Heat transfer fluid (HTF) is a key component of solar thermal power plant because it
significantly impacts the receiver efficiency, determines the type of thermodynamic cycle and …

Concentrating solar power coupled to thermal energy storage (TES) is a vastly growing
industrial process allowing for the generation of dispatchable and green electricity. This …

Molten salt is an important medium for thermal storage, which is widely used in
concentrating solar power plants. The addition of nanomaterials becomes an effective way …

Eutectic molten salt can be used as the latent thermal energy storage (LTES) medium in
solar energy applications. In the present study, eutectic salt (50 wt% NaNO 3, 50 wt% KNO …

Solar power has prominently been showing potential as a means to sustainable,
dispatchable and affordable source of energy while attracting huge attention for scientists as …

In the present study, a shell-and-tube latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) system is
built using the eutectic molten salt as the phase change material (PCM) to make an efficient …