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Hybrid solar power plant with thermochemical energy storage: A multi-objective operational optimisation
(Elsevier, 2020-02)
Energy storage is key to decarbonising the energy sector by reducing intermittency and increasing the integration of renewable energy. Thermochemical energy storage (TCES) integrated with concentrated solar and photovoltaic ...
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Potential of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Power Cycles to Reduce the Levelised Cost of Electricity of Contemporary Concentrated Solar Power Plants
(MDPI, 2020-07)
This paper provides an assessment of the expected Levelised Cost of Electricity enabled by Concentrated Solar Power plants based on Supercritical Carbon Dioxide (sCO2) technology. A global approach is presented, relying ...
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Multi-objective optimisation and guidelines for the design of dispatchable hybrid solar power plants with thermochemical energy storage
(Elsevier, 2021-01)
The drive to net zero energy requires high renewable penetration but most renewables are either affordable or dispatchable but not both. Thermochemical energy storage integrated into concentrating solar power plants can ...
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Enhanced luminescent solar concentrator efficiency by Foster resonance energy transfer in a tunable six-dye absorber
(Wiley, 2021-06)
Luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) collect and concentrate the solar irra-diation to generate electricity through the photovoltaic effect. LSCs haveattracted attention due to their concentration factors, their ability ...
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Optimal Renovation Strategies through Life-Cycle Analysis in a Pilot Building Located in a Mild Mediterranean Climate
(MDPI, 2021-02)
The 2030 climate and energy framework includes EU-wide targets and policy objectives for the period 2021–2030 of (1) at least 55% cuts in greenhouse gas emissions (from 1990 levels); (2) at least 32% share for renewable ...
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Biomimetic flow fields for proton exchange membrane fuel cells: A review of design trends
(Elsevier, 2020)
Bipolar Plate design is one of the most active research fields in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs) development. Bipolar Plates are key components for ensuring an appropriate water management within the cell, ...
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Thermal efficiency gains enabled by using supercritical CO2 mixtures in Concentrated Solar Power applications
(2021-03-30)
Supercritical Carbon Dioxide (sCO2) power cycles have been proposed for Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) applications as a means to increase the performance and reduce the cost of state-of-the-art CSP systems. Nevertheless, ...
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Advanced Concrete Steam Accumulation Tanks for Energy Storage for Solar Thermal Electricity
(MDPI, 2021-07)
Steam accumulation is one of the most effective ways of thermal energy storage (TES) for the solar thermal energy (STE) industry. However, the steam accumulator concept is penalized by a bad relationship between the ...
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Optimization of a Steam Reforming Plant Modeled with Artificial Neural Networks
(MDPI, 2020-11)
The objective of this research is to improve the hydrogen production and total profit of a real Steam Reforming plant. Given the impossibility of tuning the real factory to optimize its operation, we propose modelling ...
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An Approach to the Operation Modes and Strategies for Integrated Hybrid Parabolic Trough and Photovoltaic Solar Systems
(MDPI, 2021)
Concentrated solar power (CSP) and photovoltaic (PV) solar systems can be hybridized, creating synergies: on one hand procuring dispatchability by storing thermal energy, and on the other hand generating electricity at ...