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 …

The excellent thermo-physical and chemical properties of CO 2 suggest its employment as a
working fluid in power sectors owing to several benefits over the steam cycle. The present …

Negative environmental impact of fossil fuel consumption highlight the role of renewable
energy sources and give them a unique opportunity to grow and improve. Among renewable …

Power cycles running on carbon dioxide at supercritical pressure and temperature were
introduced in the late ninety-sixties but, after a warm welcome to the theoretical performance …

The development technology and applications of supercritical CO 2 power cycle have
recently been gaining a lot of attention for applications to different energy industries. The …

Against the backdrop of energy conservation and emission reduction, the development of
power generation technology has always been focusing on higher efficiency with lower cost …

In the present study, several current S-CO 2 Brayton cycle layouts are reviewed, and
considered to be integrated into the existing mature molten salt solar power tower (SPT) …

Supercritical CO2 (s-CO2) operated in a closed-loop Brayton cycle offers the potential of
higher cycle efficiency versus superheated or supercritical steam cycles at temperatures …

This paper investigates the supercritical CO 2 cycles performance, from thermodynamic
consideration and within realistic industrial modeling hypotheses, for coal power plant …

Of the mechanisms to improve efficiency for solar-thermal power plants, one of the most
effective ways to improve overall efficiency is through power cycle improvements. As …