Abstract: A new volumetric (directly irradiated) solar absorber, nicknamed Porcupine , is presented. It was tested over several hundreds of hours at the Weizmann Institute’s Solar Furnace, using several ...

Abstract: A solar central receiver absorbs concentrated sunlight and transfers its energy to a working medium (gas, liquid or solid particles), either in a thermal or a thermochemical process. Various ...

Abstract: The Directly Irradiated Annular Pressurized Receiver (DIAPR) is a volumetric (directly-irradiated) windowed cavity receiver, designed for operation at a pressure of 10–30 bar, exit gas temperature ...