Review of the solar flux distribution in concentrated solar power: Non-uniform features, challenges, and solutions

YL He, K Wang, Y Qiu, BC Du, Q Liang, S Du - Applied Thermal …, 2019 - Elsevier
Concentrated solar flux distribution in the concentrated solar power (CSP) systems is
extremely non-uniform, which can lead to high local temperature and large temperature …

[HTML][HTML] Progress in dynamic simulation of thermal power plants

F Alobaid, N Mertens, R Starkloff, T Lanz… - Progress in energy and …, 2017 - Elsevier
While the conventional design of thermal power plants is mainly focused on high process
efficiency, market requirements increasingly target operating flexibility due to the continuing …

[图书][B] Solar engineering of thermal processes, photovoltaics and wind

JA Duffie, WA Beckman, N Blair - 2020 - books.google.com
The bible of solar engineering that translates solar energy theory to practice, revised and
updated The updated Fifth Edition of Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes, Photovoltaics …

A review of solar thermal technologies

M Thirugnanasambandam, S Iniyan, R Goic - Renewable and sustainable …, 2010 - Elsevier
The use of solar energy in recent years has reached a remarkable edge. The continuous
research for an alternative power source due to the perceived scarcity of fuel fossils is its …

[图书][B] Principles of solar engineering

DY Goswami - 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
Principles of Solar Engineering, Fourth Edition addresses the need for solar resource
assessment and highlights improvements and advancements involving photovoltaics and …

Thermal performance analysis of a parabolic trough solar collector using supercritical CO2 as heat transfer fluid under non-uniform solar flux

Y Qiu, MJ Li, YL He, WQ Tao - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
In this paper, an integrated numerical model was established to solve the complex energy
transfer in a parabolic trough collector (PTC) by combining Monte Carlo ray tracing and finite …

Control of solar energy systems

EF Camacho, M Berenguel - IFAC proceedings volumes, 2012 - Elsevier
This work deals with the main control problems found in solar power systems and the
solutions proposed in literature. The paper first describes the main solar power …

Solar multiple optimization for a solar-only thermal power plant, using oil as heat transfer fluid in the parabolic trough collectors

MJ Montes, A Abánades, JM Martínez-Val, M Valdés - Solar energy, 2009 - Elsevier
Usual size of parabolic trough solar thermal plants being built at present is approximately
50MWe. Most of these plants do not have a thermal storage system for maintaining the …

Heat transfer analysis of parabolic trough solar receiver

RV Padilla, G Demirkaya, DY Goswami, E Stefanakos… - Applied energy, 2011 - Elsevier
Solar Parabolic Trough Collectors (PTCs) are currently used for the production of electricity
and applications with relatively higher temperatures. A heat transfer fluid circulates through …

A novel parabolic trough solar collector model–Validation with experimental data and comparison to Engineering Equation Solver (EES)

O Behar, A Khellaf, K Mohammedi - Energy Conversion and Management, 2015 - Elsevier
In the present work, a novel parabolic trough solar collector model has been developed and
validated. The validation has been carried out through a comparison with results of previous …