Solar parabolic dish collector for direct steam generation

Conventional solar parabolic dishes absorb heat to be converted to steam  through heat excha...

Tempered mirrors for durable parabolic troughs in CSP

Conventional CSP collectors use normal glass which have poor durability and reflectivity and upon...

Fluidized crystal particles for high temperature heat transfer and storage in CSP

Current CSP systems utilize molten salt as both the HTF and the thermal energy storage medium.The...

Corrosion free molten salt tanks for high temperature CSP storage

Molten salts are commonly used in a wide range of applications such as concentrated solar power p...

Ternary mixture of molten salts for CSP storage

Current molten salts used in CSP systems are binary salts which freeze at temperatures at or belo...

Modular CSP designs for operational efficiency

Current CSP plants have an integrated structure which could pose challenges in maintenance and in...

Automated tracking system for CSP plants

Solar tracking for CSP plants is critical to enhance efficiency but require manpower and associat...

Large aperture solar receivers for parabolic troughs

Aperture size of solar receivers determines the operational efficiency of CSP plants. Larger aper...

Molten salt receivers for parabolic troughs in CSP

Current receivers use thermal oil as heat transfer fluid which have challenges with fluid degrada...

High temperature solar receivers for CSP

Current receivers use thermal oil as heat transfer fluid which have challenges with fluid degrada...

Evacuated receiver systems at low pressure conditions for CSP

Non-evacuated tubes in parabolic troughs are usually employed for low temperature applications (a...

Ceramic coatings for efficient solar CSP receivers

Typical CSP configurations use a heat-transfer fluid such as water/steam or molten salt heated in...

Aluminium parabolic mirror dish for enhancing efficiency of CSP

Existing parabolic CSP systems use glass mirrors which are costly and heavy leading to operationa...

Aerodynamic design of parabolic dishes to withstand wind loads

The performance of solar parabolic dish collectors is significantly influenced by heat losses due...

Silicone-based heat transfer fluid (HTF) for trough CSP

The heat transfer fluids used in CSP technologies include air, water, molten salts, glycol based,...

CSP with dry cooling system

The conventional wet cooling method of thermal power plants is widely understood to be environmen...

Supercritical CO2 Brayton cycles for CSP

Current CSP plants utilize oil or steam to transfer solar energy to the power block. These fluids...

High-performance optical coating for receivers of tower CSP

Better receiver designs provide higher plant efficiencies, better coupling with thermal energy st...

CSP plants designed for enhanced oil recovery and refineries

Concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP) technologies can be used to generate electricity by conve...

Hybrid CSP plants with biomass plant for performance enhancement

The use of solar radiation and biomass for power generation is growing rapidly, particularly in a...

Enhanced trough CSP for enhanced oil recovery

Dozens of ageing oil fields in the Middle East, and a growing reliance on gas imports is creating...

Cost-effective storage tank for concentrated solar plants

The cost of electricity from a CSP plant depends strongly on its overall efficiency, which is a p...

Robust receivers for solar CSP

Solar power towers use sunlight reflected from a series of mirrors to a central point called a re...

Nano-tech based encapsulated phase-change particles

Nanoparticles are typically composed of 50–500 atoms and exhibit properties that are signif...

New reflector design for effective capturing

Fresnel reflectors are much cheaper than parabolic reflectors and as they are flat they allow mor...

Nitrate based thermal storage for better efficiency

Nitrate molten salts are the storage media used today in concentrated solar power plants. They ar...

CSP utilizing thermal hybridization

Hybridized CSP plants present different types and levels of synergy, depending on the hybrid ener...

Integrating CSP and desalination plants

Many developing countries face serious water and electricity shortages, which make water and ener...

Water recycling in concentrated solar power plants

For CSP plants, water consumption is undergoing increasing scrutiny particularly in dry and arid ...

Use of liquid metals in thermocline storage for CSP

Liquid metals are being researched as transfer fluids because they can attain heat above 1000°...

Anti-soiling and hydrophobic coatings on solar CSP reflectors

Reflectors are one of the most important components in a solar CSP system. Soiling of these refle...

Underground thermal energy storage for CSP

Underground thermal energy storage (UTES) involves heat or cold being stored underground. Differe...

Fixed spherical CSP concentrators that do not need tracking

Concentrated solar power (CSP) plants, whatever their configuration, have traditionally relied&nb...

Metallic-reflector-based Fresnel lens beam-down concentrator for solar fuel generation at high temperatures

Dish stirling technology has barely been commercialized within CSP, but its promise is that, with...

Automatic cleaning solutions for CSP reflectors

Due to long-term outdoor operations, mirror surfaces of heliostats are liable to accumulate dust,...