An entransy dissipation-based optimization principle for solar power tower plants

Dynamic thermal performance analysis of a molten-salt packed-bed thermal energy storage system using PCM capsules

(2014) Ming Wu et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

The impact of concrete structure on the thermal performance of the dual-media thermocline thermal storage tank using concrete as the solid medium

(2013) Ming Wu et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

A new modelling method and unified code with MCRT for concentrating solar collectors and its applications

(2012) Z.D. Cheng et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Numerical investigations on coupled heat transfer and synthetical performance of a pressurized volumetric receiver with MCRT–FVM method

(2012) Z.D. Cheng et al.   APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING

A global optimization method for evaporative cooling systems based on the entransy theory

(2012) Fang Yuan et al.   ENERGY

Numerical simulations of the solar transmission process for a pressurized volumetric receiver

(2012) F.Q. Cui et al.   ENERGY

An entransy dissipation-based method for global optimization of district heating networks

(2012) Yun-Chao Xu et al.   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Numerical investigations on a pressurized volumetric receiver: Solar concentrating and collecting modelling

(2012) Y.L. He et al.   RENEWABLE ENERGY

Strategies in tower solar power plant optimization

(2012) A. Ramos et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Heliostat field optimization: A new computationally efficient model and biomimetic layout

(2012) Corey J. Noone et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Energy and exergy analysis of solar power tower plants

(2011) Chao Xu et al.   APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING

Proposal of a fluid flow layout to improve the heat transfer in the active absorber surface of solar central cavity receivers

(2011) M.J. Montes et al.   APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING

An entransy dissipation-based optimization principle for building central chilled water systems

(2011) Qun Chen et al.   ENERGY

Application of entransy to optimization design of parallel thermal network of thermal control system in spacecraft

(2011) XueTao Cheng et al.   Science China-Technological Sciences

Radiative entransy flux in enclosures with non-isothermal or non-grey, opaque, diffuse surfaces and its application

(2011) XueTao Cheng et al.   Science China-Technological Sciences

A new approach to analysis and optimization of evaporative cooling system I: Theory

(2010) Qun Chen et al.   ENERGY

Heat transfer performance and exergetic optimization for solar receiver pipe

(2010) Lu Jianfeng et al.   RENEWABLE ENERGY

Constructal entransy dissipation rate minimization for umbrella-shaped assembly of cylindrical fins

(2010) QingHua Xiao et al.   Science China-Technological Sciences

Heat transfer performance of an external receiver pipe under unilateral concentrated solar radiation

(2010) Lu Jianfeng et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Heliostat field layout optimization for high-temperature solar thermochemical processing

(2010) Robert Pitz-Paal et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Thermal performance simulation of a solar cavity receiver under windy conditions

(2010) J.B. Fang et al.   SOLAR ENERGY

Thermal model and thermodynamic performance of molten salt cavity receiver

(2009) Xin Li et al.   RENEWABLE ENERGY

Generalized thermal resistance for convective heat transfer and its relation to entransy dissipation

(2008) Qun Chen et al.   CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN

Central Receiver System Solar Power Plant Using Molten Salt as Heat Transfer Fluid

(2008) J. Ignacio Ortega et al.   JOURNAL OF SOLAR ENERGY ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME