Opportunities and challenges in using particle circulation loops for concentrated solar power applications

G Flamant, B Grange, J Wheeldon, F Siros… - Progress in Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) is an electricity generation technology that
concentrates solar irradiance through heliostats onto a small area, the receiver, where a …

Review of supercritical CO2 power cycles integrated with CSP

JM Yin, QY Zheng, ZR Peng… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing demand of electricity and severer concerns to environment call for green energy
sources as well as efficient energy conversion systems. SCO2 power cycles integrated with …

Thermodynamic analysis and multi-objective optimization of a waste heat recovery system with a combined supercritical/transcritical CO2 cycle

L Qin, G Xie, Y Ma, S Li - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
This study firstly develops a novel combined cycle system consisting of a supercritical CO 2
recompression Brayton cycle and a transcritical CO 2 refrigeration cycle to recover waste …

[HTML][HTML] Thermo-economic optimization of an air driven supercritical CO2 Brayton power cycle for concentrating solar power plant with packed bed thermal energy …

S Trevisan, R Guédez, B Laumert - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
This work presents an innovative indirect supercritical CO 2–air driven concentrated solar
power plant with a packed bed thermal energy storage. High supercritical CO 2 turbine inlet …

Particle-based high-temperature thermochemical energy storage reactors

J Zhao, D Korba, A Mishra, J Klausner… - Progress in Energy and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Solar and other renewable energy driven gas-solid thermochemical energy storage (TCES)
technology is a promising solution for the next generation energy storage systems due to its …

Optimal integration of recompression supercritical CO2 Brayton cycle with main compression intercooling in solar power tower system based on exergoeconomic …

Y Ma, T Morozyuk, M Liu, J Yan, J Liu - Applied energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Despite the emerging interest in applying the supercritical CO 2 (S-CO 2) Brayton cycle to
solar power towers (SPTs), its unique characteristics necessitates a specific …

Techno-economic comparison of solar-driven SCO2 Brayton cycles using component cost models baselined with vendor data and estimates

MD Carlson, BM Middleton… - Energy …, 2017 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) Brayton power cycles have the potential to significantly
improve the economic viability of concentrating solar power (CSP) plants by increasing the …

Optimizing an advanced hybrid of solar-assisted supercritical CO2 Brayton cycle: a vital transition for low-carbon power generation industry

D Milani, MT Luu, R McNaughton, A Abbas - Energy Conversion and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Current worldwide infrastructure of electrical power generation would mostly continue to rely
on fossil-fuel but require a modest transition for the ultimate goal of decarbonizing power …

Advanced control strategies for dynamic operation of a solar-assisted recompression supercritical CO2 Brayton power cycle

MT Luu, D Milani, R McNaughton, A Abbas - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, we perform dynamic analysis and develop control strategies for a direct-
heating solar-assisted supercritical CO 2 (sCO 2) recompression Brayton cycle. Two control …

4E multi-objective optimization of cold electricity co-generation system based on supercritical CO2 Brayton cycle

Y Wang, G Xie - Energy Conversion and Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Reheat Brayton cycle has advantages of compact layout and high efficiency, and heat
recovery from cooler in Brayton cycle by ammonia absorption refrigeration cycle can achieve …