Concentrated solar power on demand

A concentrating solar power system is presented which uses hillside mounted heliostats to direct sunlight into a volumetric absorption molten salt receiver with integral storage. The concentrated sunlight penetrates and is absorbed by molten salt in the receiver through a depth of 4–5 m, making the...

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Main Authors: Nave, Jean-Christophe, Papanicolas, Costas N., Slocum, Alexander H, Codd, Daniel Shawn, Buongiorno, Jacopo, Forsberg, Charles W, Ghobeity, Amin, Noone, Corey James, Passerini, Stefano, Rojas, Folkers, Mitsos, Alexander, McKrell, Thomas J.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Elsevier 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/105409
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5048-4109