SolarPACES

Heliostat Consortium delivers New Tools to ensure quality of precision mirrors and Support the #CSP Industry HelioCon's 2024 Annual Report details its advancement of a technique to improve heliostat accuracy and the launch of an Open-Source CSP Platform At the #SolarPACES2024 conference in October, HelioCon researcher Randy Brost, who leads the Optics Lab team at Sandia National Laboratories, announced the public launch of 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗖𝗦𝗣, an open-source platform that will serve as a collaborative environment where the #Concentrated #Solar #Power community can share code, data, and computer-aided design models, as well as tools for workforce education. Read more 🔽 https://lnkd.in/djvJ72q2 National Renewable Energy Laboratory U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) The Australian National University (ANU) CSIRO University of Adelaide QUT (Queensland University of Technology) Guangdong Zhu Margaret GordonJeremy Sment Craig Turchi David Haas Chad Augustine Rebecca Mitchell Matt Muller Parthiv Kurup Alex Zolan Shashank Yellapantula Kenneth Armijo Jeremy Sment Rebecca Schaller Margaret Gordon Mike Collins Michael Rae Daniel Potter Joe Coventry John Pye Michael Cholette Giovanni Picotti Maziar Arjomandi Matthew Emes

Investigations of inlet arrangement strategies and particle parameters on thermochemical performance in falling particle solar reactors https://lnkd.in/ddzjeGUc #CSP #solar #thermal #concentrated

Aussi petcare firm taps both solar technologies for industrial heat Mars petcare factory to tap sunlight for #Concentrated #Solar #Thermal heat plus leverage Victoria’s world-leading renewable grid to electrically heat thermal energy storage https://lnkd.in/du5gd9Au #CSP

Vast & GGS Energy to launch Project Bravo in the US with 𝟱𝟱𝟬 𝗠W𝗵 of #CSP to produce green methanol & SAF, sustainable aviation fuel ✈️⛽️🌞 Project Bravo will use Vast’s CSP v3.0 technology to generate heat and electricity to power a co-located refinery that will produce green methanol and/or electrically powered sustainable aviation fuel (e-SAF). https://lnkd.in/dntPHZ4a #solar #thermal #concentrated

A critical perspective and analysis of two-step thermochemical fuel production cycles https://lnkd.in/dgSdSAjk #CSP #solar #thermal #concentrated

Special issue on Heliostat technologies for Concentrating #Solar-#Thermal Power - Journal of Solar Energy Engineering The Special Issue on Heliostat Technologies for #CSP calls for papers on new, emerging applications, and/or applying heliostat technologies to enable the manufacture of new products by a collection of scholarly articles within the scope of the ASME (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers) 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘌𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. It intends to collect original theoretical and applied research from the global #Concentrated Solar Power community, which would cover topics such as heliostat design, metrology, heliostat optics, and solar field-related aspects (operation, control, maintenance, wind load, techno-economic analysis). https://lnkd.in/dsyQhMuA

Proposal of a novel solar-driven thermochemical reactor for green hydrogen production using helical flow channels https://lnkd.in/dr59Y4BT #CSP #solar #thermal #concentrated

Experiment and dynamic simulation of micro gas turbine combined with #CSP The Solar Micro Gas Turbine (SMGT) system offers a promising solution to mitigate the instability of renewable energy. This study develops an SMGT system combining micro gas turbines (MGT) with #Concentrated #Solar Power to analyze the effects of CSP integration on MGT performance. 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀 reveal that in grid-connected mode, turbine speed and efficiency are influenced by ambient temperature and power settings, with efficiency dropping as temperature and direct normal irradiance (DNI) rise. The solar receiver must optimize temperature while keeping pressure loss below 55 kPa. A higher heat capacity reduces sensitivity to ambient fluctuations but extends stabilization time. Under actual solar radiation, SMGT maintains nearly constant power with only a 0.6% fluctuation and a solar share of 36.5%. When paired with photovoltaics #PV, power fluctuation stays below 2.6%, with a solar share of 48.8%. This research offers insights for optimizing SMGT systems for peak shaving applications. https://lnkd.in/du7uS8XG #thermal

Thermodynamic and environmental comparative analysis of a dual loop ORC and Kalina as bottoming cycle of a solar Brayton sCO2 #Solar energy is increasingly viable as a #thermal source for power generation. This study compares the energy, exergy, and environmental performance of two hybrid power systems: one using a supercritical CO₂ Brayton cycle with dual-loop Rankine organic cycle (DORC) and the other with a Kalina cycle (KC). Results show the Brayton sCO₂/DORC system, using Toluene, Cyclohexane, or Acetone, performs better exergy-wise than the Brayton sCO₂/KC with Ammonia. The solar field accounts for 61.6% of system irreversibility, and the #CSP tower produces 90% of system emissions. Acetone emits 36% more than Ammonia, and aluminum, as a construction material, emits 5.26% more CO₂ than steel. The construction phase has the highest environmental impact, with 95.4% of total emissions. Findings highlight the potential for these systems in industrial applications when combined with thermo-economic optimizations. https://lnkd.in/d6_ayjVm #concentrated

Optimal Dispatch of Multi-energy Systems Containing #CSP https://lnkd.in/dxTBggxG #solar #thermal #concentrated