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Published at Energies – Hybrid System of Photovoltaic and Solar Thermal Technologies for Industrial Process Heat

Abstract: Process heating is the activity with the most energy consumption in the industrial sector. Solar heating (SH) systems are a promising alternative to provide renewable thermal energy to industrial processes. However, factors such as high investment costs and area limitations in industrial facilities hinder their utilization; therefore, hybrid systems that combine two different solar …

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Published at Energy – Integrated design of solar concentrator and thermochemical reactor guided by optimal solar radiation distribution

Abstract:The improvement of solar thermochemical reactor performance is crucial in solar energy utilization technology. This study presents an integrated design method for solar thermochemical concentrator-reactor to enhance performance and safety guided by the ideal optimized solar radiation distribution. The ideal solar radiation distribution in the reactor is obtained by gradient optimization algorithm and the enhancement …

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Thermochemical energy storage to deliver Gen3 solar months later

Solar even under grey skies 365 days a year: Compared to the cost of the Gen3 CSP plant itself, adding the thermochemical storage and the hydrogen production reactor barely increased plant costs, but added significantly more value by greatly expanding storage duration. Typically, simplicity equals low costs. But the creators of a multi-technology thermochemical energy …

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