Ultra-high temperature solar power generation

Optical-thermal-mechanical characteristics of an ultra-high-temperature

1 Optical-thermal-mechanical characteristics of an ultra-high-temperature graphite receiver designed for concentrating solar power Yuanting Zhanga, Yu Qiu*,a, Qing Lia, Asegun Henry*,b a School of

High-temperature molten-salt thermal energy storage and advanced-Ultra

The latest concentrated solar power (CSP) solar tower (ST) plants with molten salt thermal energy storage (TES) use solar salts 60%NaNO 3-40%kNO 3 with temperatures of the cold and hot tanks ∼290 and ∼574°C, 10 hours of energy storage, steam Rankine power cycles of pressure and temperature to turbine ∼110 bar and ∼574°C, and an air-cooled

(PDF) An Ultra-High Temperature Stable Solar Absorber Using

An Ultra-High Temperature Stable Solar Absorber Using the ZrC-Based Cermets. November 2021; solar power (CSP) systems can overcome the problem of intermittent sunlight, but the high cost still.

Exergoenvironmental optimization and thermoeconomic

The solar collector consisting of heliostats and receivers was dynamically modeled and experimentally verified by Chen et al. [14], offering a research reference for the design, analysis, and optimization of high-temperature solar power. Two promising high-temperature solar power configurations, including SPT and SPD, were comprehensively

Conceptual design of novel He-SCO Brayton cycles for ultra-high

Conceptual design of novel He-SCO2 Brayton cycles for ultra-high-temperature concentrating solar power solar power tower is a promising one for large-scale and efficient power generation [12

Triple-objective optimization of He Brayton cycles for ultra-high

Triple-objective optimization of He Brayton cycles for ultra-high-temperature solar power tower. Author links open overlay panel Qing Li 1, Erqi E 1, Yu Qiu. Show more. Add to Mendeley. In recent years, solar thermal power has been developed as a fast-developing technology for solar power generation, with several types developed [10], [11

Optical-thermal-mechanical characteristics of an ultra-high-temperature

To capture solar energy safely at ultra-high temperature, we designed a plant-scale receiver using liquid tin as the heat transfer fluid. Coupled optical and thermal performance of a fin-like molten salt receiver for the next-generation solar power tower. Appl Energ, 272 (2020), p. 115079, 10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115079. View PDF View

Solar Thermoelectric Technologies for Power Generation

When the input water temperature is 25 °C and the hot water flow rate is 0.06 m/s, the output water temperature and the selective absorbing coating temperature under different solar radiations are shown in Fig. 4. High solar radiation responds to high output water temperature and the selective absorbing coating temperature.

Optical-thermal-mechanical characteristics of an ultra-high-temperature

To capture solar energy safely at ultra-high temperature, we designed a plant-scale receiver using liquid tin as the heat transfer fluid. Coupled optical and thermal performance of a fin-like molten salt receiver for the next-generation solar power tower. Applied Energy, Volume 272, 2020, Article 115079. Wen-Qi Wang, , Ze-Dong Cheng

Ultra-High Temperature Thermal Energy Storage, Transfer

The chapter focuses on high-temperature applications in the area of concentrating solar power generation and operation temperatures beyond 300°C. Select Chapter 2 - Thermochemically regenerative flow batteries for solar electricity generation and storage. Ultra-High Temperature Thermal Energy Storage,

Optical-thermal-stress analysis of a multiscale solar receiver for

This work proposes a multiscale solar receiver that integrates a secondary concentrator, a double-deck tungsten cavity, and a metamaterial solar absorber for ultra-high-temperature concentrating solar power, where molten tin is employed as the heat transfer fluid.A coupled numerical model is developed and validated to analyze the optical-thermal-stress

State of the art on high temperature thermal energy storage for power

The main drawback of solar power generation is the intermittent nature of available solar irradiation, which results in a mismatch between collected heat and electrical demand. Ultra High Temperature Thermal Energy Storage for Dispatchable Power Generation Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences . 10.1016/b978-0-12

Liquid-based high-temperature receiver technologies for next-generation

To reduce the levelized cost of energy for concentrating solar power (CSP), the outlet temperature of the solar receiver needs to be higher than 700 °C in the next-generation CSP. Because of extensive engineering application experience, the liquid-based receiver is an attractive receiver technology for the next-generation CSP. This review is focused on four of

6E analysis and particle swarm optimization of a novel ultra-high

The suitability of the system structure for the operating conditions directly affects solar energy conversion capability [9].Low-temperature drive heat sources are typically suitable for structural configurations that integrate thermal energy storage and Rankine cycles [10].An organic Rankine cycle (ORC) solar power system with two-stage accumulators was developed

Triple-objective optimization of He Brayton cycles for ultra-high

DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2022.116210 Corpus ID: 252321339; Triple-objective optimization of He Brayton cycles for ultra-high-temperature solar power tower @article{Li2022TripleobjectiveOO, title={Triple-objective optimization of He Brayton cycles for ultra-high-temperature solar power tower}, author={Qing Li and Erqi E and Yu Qiu},

Optical-thermal-stress analysis of a multiscale solar receiver for

Finally, the optical-thermal performance of the designed ultra-high-temperature receiver is compared with that of some existing high-temperature receivers (see Section S4 in Supplementary Material), indicating that the designed receiver can attain an efficiency exceeding 80% at the ultra-high outlet temperature of 1661.1 K, which is comparable to those of a molten

Ultra-High Efficiency Photovoltaic Cells for Large Scale Solar Power

The primary targets of our project are to drastically improve the photovoltaic conversion efficiency and to develop new energy storage and delivery technologies. Our approach to obtain an efficiency over 40% starts from the improvement of III–V multi-junction solar cells by introducing a novel material for each cell realizing an ideal combination of bandgaps and

Conceptual design of novel He-SCO2 Brayton cycles for ultra-high

In this study, to improve the power cycle performance of the ultra-high-temperature (1300 °C) concentrating solar power, four novel He-SCO 2 combined Brayton cycles are conceptually designed. After the design, firstly, parameter analysis of the cycles is conducted by developing a thermodynamic model.

Performance comparison between closed-Brayton-cycle power generation

To improve the cycle performance of ultra-high temperature (1300 °C) concentrating solar power, Li [21] proposed four new concepts of He–S–CO 2 combined Brayton cycle and analyzed corresponding theoretical performance. According to different application goals, the combined cycles could obtain the highest cycle thermal efficiency of 64.72 %

High-Temperature Solar Power Systems | SpringerLink

High-temperature solar is concentrated solar power (CSP). It uses specially designed collectors to achieve higher temperatures from solar heat that can be used for electrical power generation. In this chapter, we discuss different configurations of concentrating...

Perspectives for 700 °C ultra-supercritical power generation:

The emphasis is put on the application in next-generation high-temperature solar thermal power plants, next-generation compact nuclear reactor power plants, and coal-fired power plants to reveal

Frontiers | An Ultra-High Temperature Stable Solar Absorber

GIS-based Assessment of Photovoltaic (PV) and Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Generation Potential in West Africa. Renew. Sust. Energ. Rev. 81, 2088–2103 Hou S, Ren Z, Luo Y, Liu X, Mao J, Zhang Q and Cao F (2021) An Ultra-High Temperature Stable Solar Absorber Using the ZrC-Based Cermets. Front. Energy Res. 9:787237. doi: 10.3389/fenrg

Conceptual design of novel He-SCO2 Brayton cycles for ultra-high

DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2022.115618 Corpus ID: 248352933; Conceptual design of novel He-SCO2 Brayton cycles for ultra-high-temperature concentrating solar power @article{Li2022ConceptualDO, title={Conceptual design of novel He-SCO2 Brayton cycles for ultra-high-temperature concentrating solar power}, author={Qing Li and Erqi E and Yu Qiu and

Exergoenvironmental optimization and thermoeconomic

In this study, to improve the power cycle performance of the ultra-high-temperature (1300ºC) concentrating solar power, four novel He-SCO2 combined Brayton cycles are conceptually designed.

Chapter 1: Fundamentals of high temperature thermal energy

The chapter focuses on high temperature applications in the area of concentrating solar power (CSP) generation and operation temperatures beyond 300 °C. Keywords (5-10): heat storage, phase change material, sensible, Ultra-High Temperature Thermal Energy Storage, Transfer and Conversion, Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy, https://doi

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The peak and equilibrium of carbon dioxide emissions is a major issue that people all over the world must face in the future. Solar energy is "inexhaustible" and can steadily reduce carbon

(PDF) An overview of ultra-refractory ceramics for thermodynamic solar

An overview of ultra-refractory ceramics for thermodynamic solar energy generation at high temperature. solar power systems relies on a significant increase of the operating temperatures

Optical-thermal-stress analysis of a multiscale solar receiver for

This work proposes a multiscale solar receiver that integrates a secondary concentrator, a double-deck tungsten cavity, and a metamaterial solar absorber for ultra-high-temperature concentrating

Ultra High Temperature Thermal Energy Storage for Dispatchable Power

Request PDF | Ultra High Temperature Thermal Energy Storage for Dispatchable Power Generation | This article presents a general description of systems that store energy in the form of heat at

High-Voltage and High-Power Electricity Generation,

Space Power Satellite (SPS) is a huge spacecraft to utilize solar energy in space. Because of the huge size, immense mass and high power, there exist many technical difficulties. For a GW SPS system, the generated electric power in space will be over 2 GW, and the whole area of the solar array will be several square kilometers. The high-power electricity

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