Design and calculation of a new storage tank for concentrating solar power plant

Mao, Qianjun; Liya, Zhang; Wu, Hongjun; Liu, Xiaoyan

doi:10.1016/j.enconman.2015.05.022

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“…China has abundant solar energy resources, and solar thermal utilization can play an important role in meeting the nation's energy demands and reducing CO 2 emissions [11,12]. In 1980, the Naval Research Laboratory in USA first introduced the concept of "solar fuel", and this novel concept received great interest in the following decades [13].…”

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Thermochemical performance analysis of solar driven CO2 methane reforming

Wang

Tan

Huijian

et al. 2015

Energy

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Thermochemical performance analysis of solar driven CO2 methane reforming

Wang

Tan

Huijian

et al. 2015

Energy

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“…And the unpredictability of the output of renewable energy systems demands reliable and efficient energy storage units. erefore, thermal energy storage (TES) technology plays a significant role in utilizing the renewable resources [5,6]. ere are mainly two types of TES systems of sensible storage systems and latent storage systems, and the latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) system is an effective way of storing thermal energy [7].…”

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Recent Investigations of Phase Change Materials Use in Solar Thermal Energy Storage System

Mao

Liu

2018

Advances in Materials Science and Engineering

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Solar thermal energy storage (TES) is an efficient way to solve the conflict between unsteady input energy and steady output energy in concentrating solar power plant. The latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) system is a main method of storing thermal energy using phase change materials (PCMs). Thermal properties, that is, melting points and latent heat, are the key parameters of PCMs for the TES system. In this paper, the PCMs are classified into inorganic and organic by the chemical composition, and according to the melting point, the inorganic PCMs can be divided into three contributions: low-temperature heat storage (less than 120°C), medium-temperature heat storage (120–300°C), and high-temperature heat storage (more than 300°C). The present article focuses mainly on the recent investigations on the melting point and latent heat of PCMs via DSC setup in the solar TES systems. The results can provide a good reference for the selection and utilization of PCMs in the solar TES systems.

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“…As a re sult, it is of great sig nif i cance to im prove the en ergy man age ment and en ergy-sav ing re con struc tion of the large-scale com mer cial build ings. Not only it can pro mote the uti li za tion of new en ergy, such as so lar en ergy and cold-wa ter stor age, but also pro mote this study of new en ergy sources [3][4][5][6].…”

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