Decarbonization Avenue : Concentrated Solar Power

Innovation Insights

High temperature solar receivers for CSP

Current receivers use thermal oil as heat transfer fluid which have challenges with fluid degradation when operating at high temperatures.

Use of high temperature receivers such as particle receivers and molten salt receivers could enhance efficiency of CSP plants.

Relevant for

  • Operations & maintenance professional
  • Thermodynamics & heat sciences professional
  • HVAC engineer
  • Solar power professional

Innovation sector

  • Renewable energy sciences

Web Resources

NEXT-CSP: High Temperature concentrated solar thermal power plant with particle receiver and direct thermal storage

Source: Next-CSP

Website : Link

Innovation Category

Core sciences & engineering

Stakeholders

University researcher

Corporate researcher

Startup or entrepreneur

Solution provider

Industry

Solar energy

NREL particle receiver will enable high-temperature CSP

01-08-2014

Source: NREL

Website : Link

Innovation Category

Core sciences & engineering

Stakeholders

University researcher

Corporate researcher

Startup or entrepreneur

Solution provider

Industry

Solar energy

Particle Receiver for Concentrated Solar Power to power up commercially in Saudi Arabia

01-01-2018

Source: Saudi Electricity Company

Website : Link

Innovation Category

Core sciences & engineering

Business model

Stakeholders

Corporate researcher

Startup or entrepreneur

Solution provider

Industry

Solar energy

US DOE research on High Temperature Heat Pipe Receiver for Parabolic Trough Collectors

01-08-2016

Source: US DOE

Website : Link

Innovation Category

Core sciences & engineering

Stakeholders

University researcher

Corporate researcher

Startup or entrepreneur

Solution provider

Industry

Solar energy

New ceramic particle receiver from DLR

01-07-2019

Source: DLR Institute

Website : Link

Innovation Category

Core sciences & engineering

Stakeholders

University researcher

Corporate researcher

Startup or entrepreneur

Solution provider

Industry

Solar energy

High-temperature solar receiver and thermal loop designed by Aalborg CSP

01-07-2020

Source: Aalborg CSP

Website : Link

Innovation Category

Core sciences & engineering

Stakeholders

University researcher

Corporate researcher

Startup or entrepreneur

Solution provider

Industry

Solar energy

HelioHeat Commercializes the DLR 1000°C Solar Receiver CentRec®

01-01-2021

Source: HelioHeat

Website : Link

Innovation Category

Core sciences & engineering

Stakeholders

University researcher

Corporate researcher

Startup or entrepreneur

Solution provider

Industry

Solar energy

Domain

Renewable Energy

Sustainable materials

Type of innovation

Core sciences & engineering

Stakeholders

University researcher

Corporate researcher

Startup or entrepreneur

Solution provider

Industry

Solar energy