Preliminary Optical, Thermal and Structural Design of a 100 kWth CSPonD Beam-down On-sun Demonstration Plant

An innovative concept in which a single-tank molten salt thermal energy storage arrangement also acts as a volumetric receiver is being developed in connection with the CSPonD[superscript 2] (Concentrated Solar Power on Demand Demonstration) project. The tank is located at the focal point of a beam-...

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Main Authors: Grange, Benjamin, Kumar, Vikas, Armstrong, Peter R., Codd, Daniel S., Calvet, Nicolas, Gil Pujol, Antoni, Slocum, Alexander H
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Format: Article
Published: Elsevier BV 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/120121
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