Day: July 20, 2025

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Published at Applied Thermal Engineering – Principles of operational optimization of CSP plants based on carbon dioxide mixtures

Abstract This research, developed in the framework of the SCARABEUS project, studies the off-design performance of transcritical power cycles running on C2-S2 mixtures in Concentrated Solar Power applications. The objective of this work is to identify optimum operational strategies that maximize net energy production when exposed to variable ambient temperature, with special focus on the …

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Published at Solar Energy – Design and performance study of the particle/supercritical CO2 fluidized bed heat exchanger system for next generation CSP plant

Abstract This paper proposes and builds the first megawatt thermal (MWth) class particle/supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) fluidized bed heat exchanger system for next generation concentrated solar power (CSP) plant. In this CSP plant, particles were chosen as the heat absorbing medium for solar collectors, and transfered heat to sCO2 through the heat exchanger, and then …

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