SolarPACES Conference Proceedings

About the Conference Proceedings Series

The SolarPACES Conference Proceedings cover the proceedings of the international SolarPACES conferences taking place annually.

Current Conference Proceedings Volume

Vol. 3 (2024): SolarPACES 2024, 30th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power, Thermal, and Chemical Energy Systems

Cover SolarPACES2024

Editor

Luca Turchetti, ENEA, Italy

Published: 2025-08-27

Conference Dates: October 8 - October 11 2024

Conference Location: Rome, Italy

Advanced Materials, Manufacturing, and Components

Selection of Glass Alternative Materials for Manufacturing Heliostat Reflective Facets An Analytical Approach

Jean Schnaar-Campbell, Craig McGregor, Johann Bredell
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Commercial Projects

Review of the Operational Phase of the South African Concentrated Solar Power Projects Overall Performance to Date

Jacobus van Zyl, Prinavin Perumal, Alberto Cuellar
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Emerging and Disruptive Concepts

Upscaling and Testing of Air-Based Rotary Solar Thermal Receivers for Concentrated Solar Power Applications

Pok-Wang Kwan, Mark Loasby, Augustin Wambarsie, Chiang Churchill Ngai, Peter T. Ireland, Joe Baddeley, Katarina Marčeta, Orla Mallon, Asli Kaya, Dave Mountain, Scott Battams, Ashley Cooper, MyeongGeun Choi, George Wilson, Kirk Ashley-Morgan, Gediz Karaca
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Preface 2024

Preface: SolarPACES 2024, 30th International Con-ference on Concentrating Solar Power, Thermal, and Chemical Energy Systems

Luca Turchetti
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Analysis and Simulation of CSP and Hybridized Systems

Design and Operation of Hybrid CSP-PV-Wind Plants Operating on the Italian Day-Ahead Electricity Market and on the Ancillary Services Market

Lorenzo Pilotti, Giampaolo Manzolini, Walter Gaggioli, Antonio Guglielmo, Emanuele Martelli, Marco Binotti
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Hedging Risk in Techno-Economic Assessment for CSP Plants Through Synthesis of One-Minute Irradiance Series

Armando Castillejo-Cuberos, Ignacio Arias, José Cardemil, Rodrigo Escobar
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Techno-Economic Analysis of a Solar Calciner for CO2 Emissions Reduction in the Chilean Cement Industry

Juan Sebastian Zuleta Marin, Gregor Bern, Frank Dinter, Werner Platzer
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Design Data for Alloy 282 High Temperature Concentrating Solar Power Components

Bipul Barua, Mark C. Messner, Michael D. McMurtrey
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Model Sensitivity Analysis of Lifetime Predictions for Generation 3 Particle-sCO2 Heat Exchangers

Christopher Bowen, Matthew Sandlin
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Simulation of a Hybrid Concentrated Solar and Biomass-Fuelled Trigeneration System for Residential Applications

Luca Cioccolanti, Greta Lombardi, Luca Del Zotto, Pietro Elia Campana
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Comparative Techno-Economic Analysis of Different Parabolic Trough CSP Plants for the Italian Market

Walter Gaggioli, Marco D'Auria, Valeria Russo, Simona De Iuliis, Luca Turchetti, Jürgen Dersch, Michael Wittmann, Tobias Hirsch, Jana Stengler
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Techno-Economic Analysis on Optimum Size of a Heliostat for High-Temperature Applications

Ahmed Gamil, Alexander Zolan, Chad Augustine, Guangdong Zhu, Kenneth Armijo
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Application of Molten Salt Electrical Heaters to Increase the Flexibility of CSP Plants’ Power Block

Eylül Gedik, Johannes Werner, Manfred Wirsum
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Multi-Flow Falling Particle Receiver Modeling

Ahmed Mohamed, Gowtham Mohan, Peter Vorobieff, Nathan Schroeder
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Assessment of Self-Dispatch Strategy in a Concentrating Solar Power System: Impact Analysis on the Chilean Spot Electricity Market

Francisco Moraga, Carlos Felbol, Maria Teresa Cerda, Frank Dinter
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CSP Integration, Markets, and Policy

From Global to Local: Learning from Worldwide CSP Successes to Drive Chile’s Solar Power Industry Forward

Carlos Felbol, Francisco Moraga, María Teresa Cerda, Frank Dinter
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Designing an Integrated CSP-SOE System for Hydrogen Production

Abdullah Ayed Alrwili, Khalifa Aliyu Ibrahim, Peter King, Ahmed Ali Aldubayyan, Yousef Lafi A Alshammari, Zhenhua Luo
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Materials Comparison for Reducing Heliostats Production Costs

Javier Martell, Kenneth Armijo, Dimitri Madden
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Demonstration of a Proof-of-Concept Integrated Skip Hoist-Thermal Energy Storage System

Nader Saleh, Shaker Alaqel , Eldwin Djajadiwinata , Rageh Saeed , Hany Al-Ansary , Zeyad Al-Suhaibani , Abdelrahman El-Leathy, Syed Danish, Sheldon Jeter
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Current Progress of Activities at EU-SOLARIS ERIC: The European Research Infrastructure Consortium for CSP Technologies

Ricardo Sánchez, Julián Blanco, Emmanuel Guillot, Gilles Flamant, Manuel Blanco, Daniel Benitez, Marios Georgiou, Nestor Fylaktos, Joao Cardoso, Diogo Canavarro, José Martín, Diego Martinez
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CST4ALL - Support to the Activities of the Concentrated Solar Thermal Technology Area of the SET Plan

Yelda Erden Topal, Hande Eryılmaz, Derek Baker, Konstantinos Genikomsakis, Peter Heller, Daniel Benitez, Julian Blanco Galves, Ricardo Sanchez, Luca Turchetti, Simona De Iuliis, Alperen Gunay
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Power Cycles

Effect of Compressor Inlet Swirl on Solar Gas Turbine Performance

Matthew Meas, Johan van der Spuy, Andrew Gill
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Measurement Systems, Devices, and Procedures

Opto-Electronic Sensor for HTF Early Leak Detection Based on Infrared Absorption

David Izquierdo, Maria Heras, Cristina Pelayo, Adrián Peña, Marcelino Sánchez
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Optical Fiber as Solar Radiation Collector for Radiometric Measurements SolarPACES

Manuel Jerez, Alejandro Carballar, Joaquín Granado
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Advanced Drone-Based Alignment Measurements for Parabolic Trough Collectors Optical Inspection of Solar Field Installation

Andreas Kämpgen, David Helten, Klaus Pottler, Marc Röger
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Operations, Maintenance, and Component Reliability

Maintenance Optimization of Parabolic Trough Power Plants Through a Lifetime Simulation Model Validated With Five-Years of Operational Data

Sayra Gomez Garcia, Shahab Rohani, Nicholas Chandler, Peter Schöttl, Thomas Kraft, Gregor Bern
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Receivers and Heat Transfer Media and Transport: Point Focus Systems

Numerical Prediction of the Initial Heating of Granular Material Treatment Using a Solar Rotary Kiln

Alessandro Gallo, Elisa Alonso Romero, María Isabel Roldán Serrano
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Development of a Small Punch Test to Evaluate Liquid Metal Embrittlement Susceptibility of 316L Stainless Steel in Liquid Sodium

Stuart Bell, Gaurav Vithalani, Richard Clegg, Geoffrey Will, Theodore Steinberg, Rezwanul Haque
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Performance Improvement of Parabolic Trough Collector With Thermal Oil-Based Metal-Oxide Nanofluids

Levent Güner, Onur Taylan , A. Alperen Günay
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Optimizing Solar Thermal and Electrical Output Through a Hybrid Fresnel Lens and TEG System

Khalifa Aliyu Ibrahim, Zaharaddeen Ali Hussaini, Fergus Crawley, Mounia Karim, Zhenhua Luo, Abdullah Ayed Alrwili, Christopher Sansom, Jonathan Siviter
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Techno-Economic Optimization of Falling Particle Receivers for Solar Tower Plants

Filip Sobic, Giancarlo Gentile, Marco Binotti, Andrea Giostri, Giampaolo Manzolini
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Solar Industrial Process Heat and Thermal Desalination

Numerical Modelling of a Solar Thermochemical Heat Transformer for Industrial Heating Applications

Ramin Roushenas, Marco Ballatore, Artem Sybir, Aldo Cosquillo, Marc Linder, Abhishek K. Singh
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A Techno-Economic Comparison of CST and Conventional Cooking Technologies in West Africa

Zaharaddeen Ali Hussaini, Mounia Karim, Khalifa Aliyu Ibrahim, Zhenhua Luo, Christopher Sansom, Tugba Gurler, Johnson Okeniyi, David Akraka, Saifullah Ali
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Solar Heat for Commodity Production: Mapping and Comparison With Fossil Fuel and PV

Gkiokchan Moumin, Riccardo Cuneo, Nicole Carina Neumann
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Hybrid Concentrated Solar Thermal and Wind Resistive Heating Systems as Key for Competitive Low Emission Industrial Process Heat Generation

Marco Colombi, Paolo Colbertaldo, Matteo Carmelo Romano, Marco Binotti
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Acceptance of a Solar Field Composed of Small-Size PTC Applying to Standard ISO 24194

Fabienne Sallaberry, Alberto García de Jalón, Roberto Astiz, Egoitz San Miguel Carrancio
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Factor Estimation for Accounting Dynamic Start-Up Effects in Solar Heat Plants Using Quasi-Static Modeling

Magdalena Barnetche, Tim Kotzab, Tobias Hirsch, Robert Pitz-Paal
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Design of an Air-Fed PTC Solar Field Integrated With a Rock Bed-Based Thermal Energy Storage System

Antonio Cristaudo, Francesco Nicoletti, Francesco Rovense, Walter Gaggioli, Vittorio Ferraro, Natale Arcuri
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Precalciner Geometry Optimization Considering H2O and CO2 Heat Transfer Fluid for Cement Production

Javier Martell, Brantley Mills, Nathan Schroeder
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Assessment of Small-Scale Parabolic Trough Collectors for Integration in Industrial Process Heat

Francesco Rovense, Walter Gaggioli, Fabio Grisoni, Marco Rottoli, Maurizio De Lucia, Leonardo Nibbi, Michele Salvestroni, Filippo Cottone
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Evaluating the Potential of Solar Heat Production for the Food and Beverage Industry in Cyprus From 2024 to 2035

Juan Pablo Santana, Antonio Arto Delgado, Abel Climente García, Ivan Acosta-Pazmiño, João Gomes
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Solar Resource Assessment

Optimization of Hybrid Renewable Energy System Incorporating Heliostats with Thermal Energy Storage, PV and Battery Storage for Enhanced Energy Flexibility and Reliability

Maklewa Agoundedemba, Chang Ki Kim, Hyun-Goo Kim, Raphael Nyenge, Nicholas Musila
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Solar Fuels and Chemical Commodities

High Concentration Optical System for Solar Fuel Production via Cerium Oxide Thermochemical Cycle

Alejandro González Silvestre, Gioele di Marcoberardino, Marco Binotti
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Modeling of an High-Concentration Solar Reactor for Dry Methane Reforming

Jean-Francois, Emeric Désilets, Nicolas Brissette, Nadi Braidy, Luc Frechette, Mathieu Picard
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Volumetric Absorption of Direct and Indirect Radiation in Porous Redox Structures for Solar Fuel Production

Louis Thomas, Stefan Brendelberger, Robin Tim Broeske, Martin Roeb, Christian Sattler
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Thermal Energy Storage Materials, Media, and Systems

Increasing the Collaboration on Thermal Energy Storage Systems in SolarPACES TCP Current Activities in the TES Working Group

Esther Rojas Bravo, Rocío Bayón, Darío Alfani, Chuncheng Zang, Camila Barreneche, Ángel G. Fernández, Francisco J. Pérez-Trujillo
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TES Model for Hybrid Energy System Analysis

Frikkie Botha, Willem le Roux
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Progress and Prospects of TES for Central Receiver-Based CSP Plants

Brenda Hernandez Corona, Matteo Chiesa, Nicolas Lopez Ferber, Ahmad Mayyas, Nicolas Calvet
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Characterization of a Novel Coating Process to Darken Sand Particles

Leonel Mario Cerutti Cristaldo, Minerva Díaz Heras, Juan Carlos Pérez Flores, Jesús Canales Vázquez, José Antonio Almendros Ibáñez
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A Simplified Numerical Model to Study the Thermal Behavior of a Cascade LHTES System

Daniele Nicolini, Adio Miliozzi
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Design Features and Material Selection Methodology of High-Temperature Particle-Based Thermal Energy Storage Bin

Nader Saleh, Shaker Alaqel, Rageh Saeed, Eldwin Djajadiwinata, Hany Al-Ansary, Abdelrahman El-Leathy, Syed Danish, Zeyad Al-Suhaibani, Sheldon Jeter
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Solar Collector Systems

Automated Heliostat Installation Pile Driving and Efficient Material Flow for Reduced Heliostat Field Cost

Lars Grobelny, Andreas Pfahl
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Receivers and Heat Transfer Media and Transport: Linear Systems

Experimental Investigation of Heat Losses in Hydrogen-Doped Parabolic Trough Receivers

Loreto Valenzuela, Rafael López-Martín, Carmen M. Amador-Cortés, Christoph Hilgert
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AI in Concentrating Solar Technology

Real-Time Image Enhanced Data-Driven Digital Twin (Real-TImE 3DT) for Flux Density Measurements A Novel Non-Disruptive Universal Approach

Sergio Díaz Alonso, Christian Raeder, Kai Wieghardt, Bernhard Hoffschmidt
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