The Sun is an inexhaustible source of renewable energy, although under-utilized due to its
intermittent nature. Hydrogen fuel is another clean, storable, and renewable energy as it can …

Solar energy is a bountiful renewable energy resource: the energy in the sunlight that
reaches Earth in an hour exceeds the energy consumed by all of humanity in a year. 1 While …

This paper presents a review of thermal energy storage system design methodologies and
the factors to be considered at different hierarchical levels for concentrating solar power …

The growing interest in energy applications of molten salts is justified by several of their
properties. Their possibilities of usage as a coolant, heat transfer fluid or heat storage …

Improvements in solar-to-thermal energy conversion will accelerate the development of
efficient concentrated solar power systems. Nanofluid volumetric receivers, where …

In this article, a new model and a biomimetic pattern for heliostat field layout optimization are
introduced. The model, described and validated herein, includes a detailed calculation of …

This paper surveys economic assessments of concentrated solar power (CSP) technologies
and finds two dominant assessment methods. A majority of studies reported in the literature …

Concentrated solar power technologies are gaining more attention in the last two decades in
order to replace the conventional power technologies and reduce their environmental …

Conversion of waste biomass to value-added carbon is an environmentally benign
utilization of waste biomass to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution caused …

An experimental study on new high temperature parabolic trough collector (PTC), with
transparent receiver tube, based on gas-phase nanofluid, has been carried out for the first …