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Concentrated Solar for Power Generation and Chemical Processing I


Description:
This session covers innovations in concentrated solar thermal technology. Solar thermal is currently experiencing a revival in the research and commercial sector. Presentations will cover fundamentals and applications of concentrated solar energy conversion processes,including analyses of optical concentrators to receivers and reactors to integrated systems.

Sponsor:
ICE 2012: Global Nuclear and Solar Energy for the 21st Century
Co-Sponsor(s):
Topical B: 2nd Annual World Congress on Sustainable Engineering (TB)


Chair:
Wojciech Lipinski
Assistant Professor
University of Minnesota
Department of Mechanical Engineering
111 Church Street. S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone Number: 612-626-0875
Email: lipinski@umn.edu

Co-chairs:
Alexander Mitsos
Assistant Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Mechanical Engineering
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
Fax Number: 1-617-258-5802
Email: mitsos@mit.edu

Alexandre F.T. Yokochi
Oregon State University
School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering
102 Gleeson Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331-2702
Fax Number: 541-737-4600
Email: alex.yokochi@orst.edu


Papers:
A Shell-and-Tube Direct Steam Generator for Concentrated Solar Power Generation
Theodore Wiesner, Texas Tech University; Rong Xu, Texas Tech University
Energy Storage Layouts for Concentrated Solar Plants – A Comparison of Process Control
Flavio Manenti, Politecnico di Milano; Zohreh Ravaghi-Ardebili, Politecnico di Milano; Giovanni Manenti, FBM Hudson Italiana SpA
Limiting Efficiencies for Solar Thermal Energy Conversion to Fuels
Dharik S. Mallapragada, Purdue University; Fabio H. Ribeiro, Purdue University; W. Nicholas Delgass, Purdue University; Rakesh Agrawal, Purdue University
Concentrated Solar Energy Combined with Thermal Storage for 24/7 Operation of a High-Temperature Thermochemical Process
Anna S. Wallerand, ETH Zürich; Zoran R. Jovanovic, ETH Zürich; Aldo Steinfeld, ETH Zürich
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