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Corresponding Web Notes: Solar Thermal Power / Heat Storage ( pptx
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U.S. National Renewable
Energy Lab (NREL) Maps of Average U.S. Daily Solar Energy:
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Papers cited in lecture notes
or used in their preparation:
Overview Papers & Tutorials:
Concentrated Solar Power Projects (with linked lists by
country, project name, technology and status, U.S.
National Renewable Energy Lab - NREL (link
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copy of homepage)
2014: the Year of Concentrating Solar Power,
U.S. Department of Energy (link
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copy)
Concentrating Solar Power, Solar Energy
Industries Association - SEIA (link
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copy)
Concentrating Solar Power - Technology Brief,
International Renewable Energy Agency - IRENA, 2013 (link
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copy)
Concentrating Solar Power, Weinstein et al.,
Chemical Reviews 115, pp. 12797-12838 (2015) (link
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MIT copy)
Technology Fundamentals: Solar Thermal Power Plants,
Volker Quaschning, Renewable Energy World 6, pp. 109-113 (2003)
(link
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copy)
Solar Thermal Plants - Power and Process Heat,
Riffelmann et al., 6th International Summer School, Klagenfurt
(Österreich), July 24 - August 4, 2000 (link
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copy)
Solar Thermal CSP Technology, M. Romero &
J. Gonzalez-Aguilar, Wires - Energy and Environment 3(1), pp.
42-59 (2013) (link
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copy)
Solar Thermal Power Plants - Basics, U.S.
Energy Information Administration, 2019 (link
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copy)
Estimating the Value of Utility-Scale Solar
Technologies in California Under a 40% Renewable Portfolio
Standard, Jorgenson et al., U.S. National Renewable
Energy Lab 2014 (link
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copy)
Solar Thermal: Which Technology Is Best?, M.
Kanellos, GreenTech Media, April 2009 (link
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cached copy)
Review Talks:
Concentrated Solar Power and Thermal Storage,
Prof. Nick Jelley, Physics Dept., University of Oxford (2015) (link
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copy)
Academic Reviews (more data & detail /
fewer explanations & figures + likely to be behind a paywall):
A Review of Solar Thermal Technologies,
Thirugnanasambandam et al., Renewable and Sustainable Energy
Reviews 14, pp. 312-22 (2010) (link)
A Review of Thermal Collectors and Thermal Energy
Storage in Solar Thermal Applications, Tian et al.,
Applied Energy 104, pp. 538-53 (2013) (link)
State of the Art on High Temperature Thermal Energy
Storage for Power Generation - Part 1: Concepts, Materials and
Modellization, Gil et al., Renewable and Sustainable
Energy Reviews 14, pp. 31-55 (2010) (link)
Thermal Energy Storage Technologies and Systems for
Concentrating Solar Power Plants, Kuravi et al.,
Progress in Energy & Combustion Science, 39, pp. 285-319
(2013) (link)
Exergetic and Environmental Life Cycle Assessment
Analysis of Concentrated Solar Power Plants, Ehtiwesh
et al., Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews 56, pp.
145-55 (2016) (link)
NOVEL SOLAR THERMAL:
Solar Chimneys / Solar Updraft Towers:
Solar Updraft Tower - Wikipedia (link
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copy)
A Review of Solar Chimney Power Generation
Technology, A. Dhahri & A. Omri, Int. J .Eng.
& Adv. Tech. 2(3), pp. 1-17 (2013) (link
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copy)
Solar Chimneys Can Convert Hot Air to Energy - But Is
Funding a Mirage?, T.K. Grose, National Geographic,
April 2014 (link
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Historic and Recent Progress in Solar Chimney Power
Plant Enhancing Technologies, Al-Kayiem et al.,
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 58, pp. 1269-92
(2016) (link)
Solar Downdraft Towers:
Energy Tower (Downdraft), Wikipedia (link
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copy)
Solar Thermal Power Technologies - B.J.
Groenendaal, VLEEM Project,2002 (link
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copy)
Solar Wind Energy Tower,
SolarWindEnergyTower.com (link
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copy)
Solar Parabolic Dishes / Stirling Engines:
Solar Dish Collector used in a Solar Hot Water
System, Alternate Energy Tutorials (link
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copy)
Maricopa Solar Project, U.S. National
Renewable Energy Lab - NREL (link
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copy)
Solar Parabolic Dish Stirling Engine System Design,
Simulation, and Thermal Analysis, Hafez et al.,
Energy Conversion & Management 126, pp. 60-75 (2016) (link)
MAINSTREAM SOLAR THERMAL:
Concentration Scheme / Receiver Designs:
Solar Towers / Heliostat Mirrors:
Solar Power Tower - Wikipedia (link
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copy)
Heliostat - Wikipedia (link
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copy)
The Science behind Heliostats and Concentrated
Solar Power (CSP) Heliostats, L. Wood,
Helioscsp.com, June 2013 (link
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copy)
Concentrating Solar Power, Weinstein et
al., Chemical Reviews 115, pp. 12797-12838 (2015) (link
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MIT copy)
Concentrating Solar Power Technologies: Present
Status and Outlook, Boretti et al., Nonlinear
Engineering 8, pp. 10-31 (2019) (link
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copy)
Review of High-Temperature Central Receiver Designs
for Concentrating Solar Power, Ho & Iverson,
Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews (29), pp. 835-836
(2014) (link
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Advances in Central Receivers for Concentrating
Solar Applications, C.K. Ho, Solar Energy 152,
pp. 38-56 (2017) (link)
New Concentrating Solar Tower Is Worth Its Salt
with 24-7 Power, Scientific American, July 2016 (link
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copy)
Parabolic Mirror Troughs:
Parabolic Troughs - Wikipedia (link
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copy)
Parabolic Trough Reflector for Solar Thermal
System, Alternate Energy Tutorials (link
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copy)
Dynamic Modelling of a Parabolic Trough Solar Power
Plant, Osterholm et al., Proceedings of the 10th
International Modelica Conference, March 10-12 (2014), Lund,
Sweden (link
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Simplified Methodology for Designing Parabolic
Trough Solar Power Plants, Ricardo Vasquez
Padilla, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of South Florida
(2011) (link
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Parabolic Trough Technology, Chapter 5,
Advanced CSP Teaching Materials, Gunther et al., ENER / MENA
(link
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copy)
Concentrating Solar Power, Weinstein et
al., Chemical Reviews 115, pp. 12797-12838 (2015) (link
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MIT copy)
Review of Solar Parabolic Trough Collector
Geometrical and Thermal Analyses, Performance, and
Applications, Abdulhamed et al., Renewable and
Sustainable Energy Reviews 91, pp. 822-31 (2018) (link)
Andasol Solar Power Station (Europe's 1st
parabolic trough commercial plant) - Wikipedia (link
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copy)
Linear Fresnel Mirrors (including those employing
"Direct Molten Salt - DMS" technology):
Design and Analysis of Rooftop Linear Fresnel
Reflector Solar Concentrator, Gouthamrai et al.,
Int. J. Eng. & Innovative Tech 2(11), pp. 66-69 (2013) (link
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copy)
Analytic Optical Design of a Linear Fresnel Solar
Collector with Variable Parameters, Eddhibi et
al., J. Mat. Env. Sci. (2017) (link
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copy)
Concentrating Solar Power, Weinstein et
al., Chemical Reviews 115, pp. 12797-12838 (2015) (link
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MIT copy)
Direct Molten Salt Linear receiver CSP-concepts
with MS-TES compared with Direct Steam Generation Linear
receiver CSP - Concepts with solid bed TES,
Schneider et al., Energy Procedia (2015) (link
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Direct Molten Salt (DMS) Concentrated Solar Power
Technology, Helioscsp.com, 2016 (link
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New Direct Molten Salt Storage Technology Creates a
Significant Increase in Power Yield, The Smart
Energy Network (link
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copy)
Novatec Solar, BASF Successfully Commission Solar
Thermal Demonstration Plant in Spain, Renewable
Energy Focus (link
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copy)
New Molten Salt Solar Plant Starts Operation,
Sun and Wind Energy (link
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Concentrated Solar Energy Applications using
Fresnel lenses: A Review, Xie et al., Renewable
and Sustainable Energy Reviews 15, pp. 2588-2606 (2011) (link)
Heat Transfer Fluids - Water vs. Oil vs. Molten Salt
vs. Nanofluid:
Concentrating Solar Power, Weinstein et al.,
Chemical Reviews 115, pp. 12797-12838 (2015) (link
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MIT copy)
Heat Transfer Fluids for Concentrating Solar Power
Systems – A review, Vignarooban et al., Applied
Energy 146, pp. 383-96 (2015) (link)
Advanced Heat Transfer Fluids for Direct Molten Salt
Line-Focusing CSP Plants, Bonk et al., Progress in
Energy & Combustion Science 67, pp. 69-87 (2018) (link)
Nanofluids in Solar Collectors - Wikipedia (link
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copy)
Performance Investigation of High Temperature
Application of Molten Solar Salt Nanofluid in a Direct
Absorption Solar Collector, Karim et al., Molecules
24, p. 285 (2019) (link
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copy)
Nanofluids for Solar Collector Applications - A
Review, Nagarajan et al., Energy Procedia 61, pp.
2416-34 (2014) (link
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An Overview on Current Application of Nanofluids in
Solar Thermal Collector and its Challenges, Leong
et al., Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews 53, pp.
1092-1105 (2016) (link)
HEAT CONVERSION:
Steam Turbines:
Industrial Steam Turbines, Siemens Corp. (link
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Steam turbines for CSP plants, Siemens
Corp. (link
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Stirling Engines:
Stirling Engine - Wikipedia (link
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copy)
Single Cylinder Stirling Engine, Animated
Engines.com (link)
Solar Parabolic Dish Stirling Engine System Design,
Simulation, and Thermal Analysis, Hafez et al.,
Energy Conversion & Management 126, pp. 60-75 (2016) (link)
Thermoelectrics:
How Thermoelectric Generators Work, Alfred
Piggott, Applied Thermoelectric Solutions LLC, 24 Oct.2018 (link
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Concentrating Solar Power, Weinstein et al.,
Chemical Reviews 115, pp. 12797-12838 (2015) (link
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MIT copy)
HEAT STORAGE:
Concentrating Solar Power, Weinstein et al.,
Chemical Reviews 115, pp. 12797-12838 (2015) (link
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The Latest in Thermal Energy Storage, A.L.
Harvey, Power Magazine, July 2017 (link
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copy)
24 Hour Solar Energy: Molten Salt Makes It Possible and
Prices are Falling Fast, R. Dieterich, Inside Climate
News, January 2018 (link
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copy)
State of the Art on High Temperature Thermal Energy
Storage for Power Generation - Part 1: Concepts, Materials and
Modellization, Gil et al., Renewable and Sustainable
Energy Reviews 14, pp. 31-55 (2010) (link)
Thermal Energy Storage Technologies and Systems for
Concentrating Solar Power Plants, Kuravi et al.,
Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 39, pp. 285-319
(2013) (link)
WATER CONSUMPTION:
Concentrating Solar Power Operations & Maintenance,
R. Branke (Fraunhofer Institute), 2nd MENA CSP KIP Workshop 2018
(link
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Concentrating Solar Power and Water Issues in the US
Southwest, Bracken et al., Joint Inst. for Strategic
Energy Analysis & NREL, 2015 (link
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Concentrating Solar Power Water Needs and Alternative
Cooling Method Impacts, Mark W Lausten, U.S.
Department of Energy (link
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Water Issues of Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)
Electricity in the U.S. Southwest, N.T. Carter &
R.J. Campbell, Congressional Research Service 2009 (link
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BIRD KILLS
Why Solar-Thermal Farms are Accurately Called Wing-
Toasters – Ivahpah (sic) Offs an Estimated
3,500 Birds a Year, OutrunChange.com, June 2015 (link
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California's New Solar Power Plant is Actually a Death
Ray that's Incinerating Birds Mid-flight,
ExtremeTech.com (2014) (link
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No-fly Zone: California Solar Thermal Farm Proves Fatal
to Birds, PV Magazine (2014) (link
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Solar Plant Likely Killed 3,500 Birds in 1st Year,
KCET.org (2015) (link
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Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System Avian &
Bat Monitoring Plan, H.T. Harvey and Associates
(2015) (link
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The Impact of Free-Ranging Domestic Cats on Wildlife of
the United States, P.P. Marra, Nature Communications
(4), p. 1396 (2013) (link
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Direct Mortality of Birds from Anthropogenic Causes,
Loss et al., Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and
Systematics (46), pp.99-120 (2015) (link)
The State of the Birds 2014,
StateoftheBirds.org (link
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Copyright:
John C. Bean (WeCanFigureThisOut.org)
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