[HTML][HTML] High temperature central tower plants for concentrated solar power: 2021 overview

RP Merchán, MJ Santos, A Medina… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Potential prospects of supercritical CO2 power cycles for commercialisation: Applicability, research status, and advancement

MM Ehsan, M Awais, S Lee, S Salehin, Z Guan… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

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 …

Supercritical carbon dioxide cycles for power generation: A review

F Crespi, G Gavagnin, D Sánchez, GS Martínez - Applied energy, 2017 - Elsevier
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 …

Supercritical CO2 Brayton cycle: A state-of-the-art review

Y Liu, Y Wang, D Huang - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
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 …

Concentrating solar power

LA Weinstein, J Loomis, B Bhatia, DM Bierman… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
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 …

Comparative performance analysis of recuperative helium and supercritical CO₂ Brayton cycles for high-temperature energy systems

DVH Teja, P Muvvala, NAP Nittala, D Bandhu, MI Khan… - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
This study presents a comprehensive comparative analysis of recuperative Brayton cycles
utilizing helium (He) and supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO 2) as working fluids for high …

Massive grid-scale energy storage for next-generation concentrated solar power: A review of the potential emerging concepts

J Baigorri, F Zaversky, D Astrain - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
The cost of renewable energy has significantly decreased in recent years, which marks the
way towards a fully renewable and sustainable future. However, this energy transition is not …

Integration between supercritical CO2 Brayton cycles and molten salt solar power towers: A review and a comprehensive comparison of different cycle layouts

K Wang, YL He, HH Zhu - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
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) …

Thermodynamic analysis and optimization of a molten salt solar power tower integrated with a recompression supercritical CO2 Brayton cycle based on integrated …

K Wang, YL He - Energy conversion and management, 2017 - Elsevier
In the present study, a molten salt solar power tower (SPT) system integrated with a S-CO 2
Brayton cycle is presented. An integrated model is developed for the integrated SPT system …