Ginley, D and Aswathi, R and Atchuta, SR and Basu, B and Basu, S and Christian, JM and Dan, A and Dani, N and Das, R N and Dutta, P and Flueckiger, SM and Garimella, SV and Goswami, Y and Ho, CK and Kedare, S and Khivsara, SD and Kumar, P and Madhusoodana, CD and Mallikarjun, B and Mira-Hernández, C and Orosz, M and Ortega, JD and Parida, DR and Prasad, MS and Ramesh, K and Advaith, S and Saha, SK and Sakthivel, S and Sharma, S and Singh, P and Singh, S and Srikanth, O and Srinivasan, V and Weibel, JA and Wendelin, T (2020) Multiscale Concentrated Solar Power. [Book Chapter]
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This chapter highlights the multiscale concentrated solar power thrust, which focused on developing new low-cost manufacturable technologies for both high- and moderate-temperature thermal cycles. In the high-temperature range, the focus was on the supercritical carbon dioxide (s-CO2) Brayton cycle. Research involved developing low-cost heliostats coupled with novel bladed receivers and a novel CO2 test loop. A key focus was developing a functional testbed to evaluate and optimize the Brayton cycle as a cost-shared effort with the Indian Institute of Science. The project also investigated developing a novel helical receiver to heat the CO2. Extensive computational modeling of the thermal flow and gradients was conducted to develop the novel CO2 cycle. The program also pursued developing low-cost mirrors, absorbers, and troughs for Rankine cycle solar thermal parabolic trough technology. A new small-scale, positive-displacement organic Rankine cycle expander was developed and tested. Solution-based approaches were considered that promise low-cost manufacturing. Coupled with the heat-collection work were investigations of thermal storage approaches. Specifically, new molten salts were developed capable of much higher-temperature performance with improved thermal conductivity, and a new system was developed for low-temperature Rankine systems. © 2020, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
| Item Type: | Book Chapter |
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| Publication: | Lecture Notes in Energy |
| Series.: | Lecture Notes in Energy |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Additional Information: | The copyright for this article belongs to Springer. |
| Keywords: | Brayton cycle; Carbon dioxide; Costs; Fluids; Fused salts; Heat storage; Heat transfer; Molten materials; Rankine cycle; Solar absorbers; Solar energy; Storage (materials); Supercritical fluid extraction; Temperature; Temperature distribution, Absorber coatings; High temperature; Levelized costs; Mass flow rate; Molten salt; Organic Rankine Cycle(ORC); Parabolic trough collectors; Solar receiver; Spectrally selective absorbers; Supercritical carbon dioxides; Thermal storage; Volumetric receivers, Thermal conductivity |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Chemical Sciences > Materials Research Centre Division of Interdisciplinary Sciences > Interdisciplinary Centre for Energy Research Division of Mechanical Sciences > Mechanical Engineering |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Jun 2022 05:05 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Dec 2022 08:55 |
| URI: | https://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/64891 |
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