Advances in the valorization of waste and by-product materials as thermal energy storage (TES) materials

CSPonD demonstrative project: Start-up process of a 25 kW prototype

Ca(NO3)2—NaNO3—KNO3 Molten Salt Mixtures for Direct Thermal Energy Storage Systems in Parabolic Trough Plants

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Characterization of Desert Sand for its Feasible use as Thermal Energy Storage Medium

Characterization of desert sand as a sensible thermal energy storage medium

Compatibility of a post-industrial ceramic with nitrate molten salts for use as filler material in a thermocline storage system

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Concentrated solar power on demand demonstration: Construction and operation of a 25 kW prototype

Corrosion effects between molten salts and thermal storage material for concentrated solar power plants

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Demonstration of EnergyNest thermal energy storage (TES) technology

Effect of sand and method of mixing on molten salt properties for an open direct absorption solar receiver/storage system

Effect of sand and moisture on molten salt properties for open direct absorption solar receiver/storage system

Energy and Exergy Analysis of a Novel Gravity-fed Solid Particle Solar Receiver

Enhanced performances of macro-encapsulated phase change materials (PCMs) by intensification of the internal effective thermal conductivity

Gravity-fed Combined Solar Receiver/Storage System Using Sand Particles as Heat Collector, Heat Transfer and Thermal Energy Storage Media

Industrial Waste Produced in the UAE, Valuable High-temperature Materials for Thermal Energy Storage Applications

Industrial waste materials and by-products as thermal energy storage (TES) materials: A review

Low-Cost Material for Sensible Heat Based Thermal Storage to be Used in Thermodynamic Solar Power Plants

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New Concentrating Solar Power Facility for Testing High Temperature Concrete Thermal Energy Storage

Numerical Investigation of a Metal-oxide Reduction Reactor for Thermochemical Energy Storage and Solar Fuel Production

Numerical Modeling and Optimization of an Entrained Particle-flow Thermochemical Solar Reactor for Metal Oxide Reduction

Optical property characterization of molten salt mixtures for thermal modeling of volumetrically absorbing solar receiver applications

Performance measurements of new silicon carbide coated reflectors for concentrated solar power applications

scholarly article published 2016

Post-Industrial Ceramics Compatibility With Heat Transfer Fluids for Low-Cost Thermal Energy Storage Applications in CSP

Preface: Proceedings of the 22nd SolarPACES 2016 International Conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE

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

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Recycled Material for Sensible Heat Based Thermal Energy Storage to be Used in Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Plants

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Reflectance degradation of a secondary concentrator by nitrate salt vapor deposition in an open volumetric receiver configuration

Techno-economic analysis of concentrated solar power plants in terms of levelized cost of electricity

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Techno-economic optimization of a scaled-up solar concentrator combined with CSPonD thermal energy storage

The Masdar Institute solar platform: A new research facility in the UAE for development of CSP components and thermal energy storage systems

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Thermal modeling of a secondary concentrator integrated with an open direct-absorption molten-salt volumetric receiver in a beam-down tower system

Thermal modelling and control of 130kw direct contact (salt/air) heat exchanger

Thermomechanical Characterization of Waste Based TESM and Assessment of Their Resistance to Thermal Cycling up to 1000 °C

Thermophysical characterization of a by-product from the steel industry to be used as a sustainable and low-cost thermal energy storage material

Validation of an optical model applied to the beam down CSP facility at the Masdar Institute Solar Platform

Waste From Metallurgic Industry: A Sustainable High-Temperature Thermal Energy Storage Material for Concentrated Solar Power