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RISA Generic Algorithm for Planning the Year-Round Solar Energy Harvest/Storage to Supply Solar-Based Stable Power
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: An algorithm and modeling are developed to make precise planning of year-round solar energy (SE) collection, storage, and redistribution to meet a decided demand of electrical power fully relying on solar energy. The model ...
Modeling and Optimal Design of a Desalination System Integrated Between a Glass-Covered Solar Collection Water Chamber and a Heat Dissipating Chimney
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Solar thermal energy is trapped in a glass-covered water chamber/basin to provide the heat for evaporation of brackish water in a novel desalination system. To harvest clean water, a chimney is integrated with the water ...
Entropy-Based Optimization for Heat Transfer Enhancement in Tubes With Helical Fins
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: In this work, a tube with internal helical fins is analyzed and optimized from an entropy generation point of view. Helical fins, in addition to providing heat transfer enhancements, have the potential to level the temperature ...
Energy Storage Start up Strategies for Concentrated Solar Power Plants With a Dual Media Thermal Storage System
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: A concentrated solar power (CSP) plant typically has thermal energy storage (TES), which offers advantages of extended operation and power dispatch. Using dualmedia, TES can be costeffective because of the reduced use of ...
Thermophysical Properties Experimentally Tested for NaCl-KCl-MgCl2 Eutectic Molten Salt as a Next-Generation High-Temperature Heat Transfer Fluids in Concentrated Solar Power Systems
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: A new eutectic chloride molten salt, MgCl2-KCl-NaCl (wt% 45.98–38.91–15.11), has been recognized as one of the most promising high-temperature heat transfer fluids (HTF) for both heat transfer and thermal storage for the ...
Analysis of Heat Transfer of Molten Salts Startup Flow in Cold Pipes Avoiding Freezing in Solar and Nuclear Energy Systems
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Molten salts are employed as the heat transfer fluid to carry the thermal energy from a solar receiver or a nuclear reactor for delivering to thermal storage systems or thermal power plants for power generation. For the ...
Experimental Study of Eutectic Molten Salts NaCl/KCl/ZnCl2 Heat Transfer Inside a Smooth Tube for High-Temperature Application
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Eutectic salts NaCl-KCl-ZnCl2 and NaCl-KCl-MgCl2 are two of the chloride salt systems that are promising for being used as high-temperature heat transfer fluid (HTF) and thermal energy storage (TES) materials in a wide ...
Flow and Heat Transfer Experimental Study for 3D-Printed Solar Receiving Tubes With Helical Fins at Internal Surface
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: 3D-printing technology was applied to fabricate novel solar thermal collection tubes that have internal heat transfer enhancement fins and external surfaces with high solar absorptivity and low emissivity due to the ability ...
Experimental Test of Properties of KCl–MgCl2 Eutectic Molten Salt for Heat Transfer and Thermal Storage Fluid in Concentrated Solar Power Systems
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: The eutectic mixture of MgCl2–KCl molten salt is a high temperature heat transfer and thermal storage fluid able to be used at temperatures up to 800 °C in concentrating solar thermal power systems. The molten salt ...
Thermal and Transport Properties of NaCl–KCl–ZnCl2 Eutectic Salts for New Generation High Temperature Heat Transfer Fluids
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: Three eutectic salts from a system of halide salts NaCl–KCl–ZnCl2 were chosen for detailed study of thermal and transport properties with the objective of developing a next generation hightemperature heattransfer fluid ...