Proceedings from the Australian Concentrating Solar Thermal Symposium and Workshop
Some of the Proceedings are at http://www.astri.org.au/publications/ see ASTRI EVENTS
Day 1 – Monday, 2nd May 2016 – A Stable Solar Future
Transforming Australia’s Energy Networks and Industrial Processes
Opening address: ARENA supporting CST R&D and early deployment (Ivor Frischknecht, CEO) – Link to ARENA
KEYNOTE: CST after COP-21: A global perspective (Cedric Philibert, IEA) – Download slides
Concentrated Solar Radiation: More than just a power source (Christian Sattler, DLR) – Download slides
An Industrial Perspective on Business Potential of Solar Hydrogen (Ayako Matsumoto, Mitsui) – Download slides
Future markets for CST in minerals processing (Gus Nathan, The University of Adelaide) – Download slides
Solar Heat for Industrial Production Processes (Ken Guthrie, IEA-SHIP) – Download slides
Renewable Energy Options for Australian Natural Gas Users (Keith Lovegrove, ITPower) – Download slides
Changing Energy for Utilities & Industrial Energy Consumers (Jens Sondergaard, Aalborg CSP) – Download slides
Current and Future State of the National Electricity Market (NEM) (Matthew Warren, AEC) – Download slides
The Value of Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) with Thermal Energy Storage (Joe Desmond, BrightSource) – Download slides
Solar Thermal – Opportunities, Challenges and Commercial Applications (Bill Gould, SolarReserve) – Download slides
Market Opportunities for CSP Developers in Australia (Daniel Thompson, SolarReserve) – Download slides
Vast Solar -ASTRI CSP Opportunities (James Fisher, Vast Solar) – Download slides
Concentrating Solar Power (Joe Stekli, US DOE) – Download slides
The Role of Research and Importance of International Collaboration as a Benefit to Industry (Mark Mehos, NREL) – Download slides
REPRINT of CSP Program Summit 2016: Beyond LCOE: The Value of CSP with Thermal Energy Storage (Mark Mehos, NREL) – Download slides
Benefits of Research and International Collaboration for Industry (Cliff Ho, Sandia National Laboratories) – Download slides
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Day 2 – Tuesday, 3rd May – The Future of Concentrating Solar Thermal Technology
CST research and development powering Australian industry creation
A systems approach to CST technologies (Manuel Blanco, ASTRI Director) – Download slides
Session 1 CST: Collection, concentration and capture for reducing capital costs (John Pye) – Download slides
Session 2 CST: Thermal storage for increasing capacity factor and value (Wasim Saman) – Download slides
Session 3 CST: Power blocks for improving annual efficiency (Hal Gurgenci) – Download slides
Session 4 CST: Minimising annual costs through operations and maintenance (Pietro Borghesani) – Download slides
Session 5 CST: Creating new markets through solar fuels (Gus Nathan) – Download slides
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Posters
1 Poster session introduction (Coventry) – Download poster
2 Wind loads on heliostats in stow position (Emes) – Download poster
3 ASTRI Drop-in Heliostat Concept (Fairman) – Download poster
4 Design of heliostat fields in heliostat studio (Grigoriev) – Download poster
5 Development of the ASTRI heliostat (Coventry) – Download poster
6 Flux-optimised sodium receiver (Asselineau) – Download poster
7 Solar expanding-vortex particle receiver (Chinnici) – Download poster
8 Tubular sodium receiver (Logie) – Download poster
9 Wind loads on heliostats in operating position (Yu) – Download poster
10 Hydrodynamics and heat transfer analyses of novel free falling particle receiver (Kumar) – Download poster
11 High temperature sensible heat storage for sodium receivers (Mohan) – Download poster
12 High temperature thermochemical energy storage based on calcination–carbonation chemical looping reactions (Fedunik-Hofman) – Download poster
13 A multi-scale, multi-disciplinary approach to solar thermochemical metal oxide looping (Yue) – Download poster
14 Solar thermal energy storage (Jafarian) – Download poster
15 Corrosion in molten salts (Bell) – Download poster
16 Development of reliable low-cost phase change thermal storage systems for CSP (Liu) – Download poster
17 Evaluation of thermophysical properties of high temperature phase change materials for thermal energy storage (Omaraa) – Download poster
18 A cost comparison of two binary eutectics (Raud) – Download poster
19 Numerical modelling of melting process of PCMs including natural convection and turbulence (Riahi) – Download poster
20 Thermal failure of a nickel-base superalloy containing carbonate eutectic salt (Sarvghad) – Download poster
21 TES materials characterisation (Will) – Download poster
22 Exploration of Li2SO4 for high temperature thermal energy storage (Bayon) – Download poster
23 Thermal stability of eutectic Na2CO3-NaCl and Na2CO3-Li2CO3 salts (Jiang) – Download poster
24 Techno-economic analysis of supercritical carbon dioxide power blocks (Aghaeimeybodi) – Download poster
25 Systematic exploration of thermodynamic cycles for concentrated solar thermal power generation (Persky) – Download poster
26 Valuing power cycle options for CSP at the 100MWe scale (Post) – Download poster
27 CFD study on high‐pressure water-spray cleaning system for CSP mirrors (Aglani) – Download poster
28 O&M optimisation (Wang) – Download poster
29 Advancing the sabatier reaction through the use of small metal clusters supported on TiO2 nanoparticles (Alvino) – Download poster
30 Structural performance of micro- and nanostructured ceria for solar thermochemical fuel production (Gao) – Download poster
31 Performance of the liquid fuel production system via solar hybridised dual fluidised bed co-gasification of coal and biomass (Guo) – Download poster
32 Solar driven gasification of algae biomass (Rahbari) – Download poster
33 Education program project (Derakhshandeh) – Download poster