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. 4 (2025): SolarPACES 2025, 31st International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power, Thermal, and Chemical Energy Systems

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Editor

Aránzazu Fernández-Garcia, CIEMAT – Plataforma Solar de Almería

Published: 2026-06-10

Conference Dates: September 23 - May 26 2025

Conference Location: Almería, Spain

Emerging and Disruptive Concepts

The ASTERIx-CAESar Demonstration Prototype Specifications and Design of a Small-scale Hybrid CAES-CSP-Desalination Plant

Fritz Zaversky, Xabier Rández, Javier Baigorri, Antonio Avila-Marin, Raúl Enrique, Patricia Palenzuela, Jonathon McGuire, Flavien Berard, Álvaro Soriano, Javier Pinedo
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Solar Industrial Process Heat and Thermal Desalination

SHIP IDAE Guide and Presentation of Feasibility Analysis Simulation Tool, Following Standardization

Egoitz San Miguel, Marco Carrascosa, Oscar Balseiro, Miguel Frasquet, Alberto Crespo, Carlos Rodriguez
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Operations, Maintenance, and Component Reliability

Predictive Maintenance of Flexible Pipe Connectors in Parabolic Trough Collectors Using Artificial Neural Networks

Irene Biermann, Benedikt Koelsch, Sonja Kallio, Rafael Antonio López Martín, Eckhard Luepfert
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Automated Supervisory Control Logic for the Generation 3 Particle Pilot Plant

Kaden Plewe, Luis Garcia Maldonado, Jeremy Sment
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Thermal Energy Storage Materials, Media, and Systems

Study of an Air-Molten Salt Heat Exchanger, a CFD and 1D Approach

Jordi Vera, Oriol Sanmarti, Santiago Torras, Carlos David Perez-Segarra
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Performance and Cost Evaluation of a Structured Thermal Energy Storage Tank

Oriol Sanmartí Perona, Jordi Vera, Santiago Torras, Carlos D. Pérez-Segarra
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Design Considerations for Fluidized-Bed Particle Heat Exchangers for Next-Generation CSP Using Finned-Wall, Narrow-Channel Fluidized Beds to Boost Overall Heat Transfer Coefficients

Ifeoluwa Ogunmola, Fuqiong Lei, Keaton J. Brewster, Jesse R. Fosheim, Gregory Jackson
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Solar Collector Systems

Joint Effects of Pitch Angle and Azimuth Angles on the Aerodynamic Probability Characteristics of Heliostat

Wen Zhang, Guohua Xing, José F. Gallego, Pengyong Miao, Haojun Xia, Junjie Tao, Zhaowen Wang
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Analysis and Simulation of CSP Systems

Reduced-Order-Model to Optimize the Thermo-Hydraulic Performance of a Cavity Receiver

Tom Todtenhaupt, Manuel Silva Pérez, Jorge Galán Vioque, Juan Valverde García
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Optical System for Sunlight Collection, Fiber Transport and Distribution

David Jafrancesco, Daniela Fontani, Paola Sansoni
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Preface 2025

Preface: SolarPACES 2025, 31st International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems

Aránzazu Fernández-García
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