TY  - CHAP
A1  - Sauerborn, Markus
A1  - Arshadi, S.
A1  - Rohrmoser, R.
T1  - Influence of clouds and aerosols to the haze of the sunshape
T2  - 30th ISES Biennial Solar World Congress 2011 : Kassel, Germany, 28 August - 2 September 2011. Vol. 5
Y1  - 2012
SP  - 3887
EP  - 3894
PB  - Curran
CY  - Red Hook, NY
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard
A1  - Telle, R.
A1  - Sauerborn, Markus
A1  - Wagner, M.
T1  - Optical measurement system for high temperature absorbers
T2  - SolarPACES 2011 : concentrating solar power and chemical energy systems : 20 - 23 September, 2011, Granada, Spain
Y1  - 2011
CY  - Granada
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José
A1  - Eckstein, J.
A1  - Felinks, J.
A1  - Göttsche, Joachim
A1  - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard
A1  - Schmitz, S.
T1  - 3-D CFD simulation of an air-sand heat exchanger
T2  - SolarPACES 2011 : concentrating solar power and chemical energy systems : 20 - 23 September, 2011, Granada, Spain
Y1  - 2011
CY  - Granada
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Baumann, Torsten
A1  - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José
A1  - Göttsche, Joachim
A1  - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard
A1  - Schmitz, Stefan
A1  - Zunft, Stefan
T1  - Air-sand heat exchanger: materials and flow properties
T2  - SolarPACES 2011 : concentrating solar power and chemical energy systems : 20 - 23 September, 2011, Granada, Spain
Y1  - 2011
CY  - Granada
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Achenbach, Timm
A1  - Göttsche, Joachim
A1  - Kaufhold, O.
A1  - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard
T1  - Development of an edge module for open volumetric receiver for the use of the radiation at the receiver boundary region
T2  - SolarPACES 2011 : concentrating solar power and chemical energy systems : 20 - 23 September, 2011, Granada, Spain
Y1  - 2011
CY  - Granada
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Achenbach, Timm
A1  - Geimer, K.
A1  - Göttsche, Joachim
A1  - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard
A1  - Lynen, A.
A1  - Bauer, J.
T1  - Simulation and flow measurements of volumetric high temperature absorbers for solar tower power plants
T2  - SolarPACES 2011 : concentrating solar power and chemical energy systems : 20 - 23 September, 2011, Granada, Spain
Y1  - 2011
CY  - Granada
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Hirsch, Tobias
A1  - Ahlbrink, Nils
A1  - Pitz-Paal, Robert
A1  - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José
A1  - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard
A1  - Gall, Jan
A1  - Abel, Dirk
A1  - Nolte, Vera
A1  - Wirsum, Manfred
A1  - Andersson, Joel
A1  - Diehl, Moritz
T1  - Dynamic simulation of a solar tower system with open volumetric receiver - a review on the ViCERP project
T2  - SolarPACES 2011 : concentrating solar power and chemical energy systems : 20 - 23 September, 2011, Granada, Spain
Y1  - 2011
CY  - Granada
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Fricke, Barbara
A1  - Ziolko, C.
A1  - Anthrakidis, Anette
A1  - Alexopoulos, Spiros
A1  - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard
A1  - Dillig, M.
A1  - Giese, F.
T1  - InnoSol - life cycle analysis of solar power tower plants
T2  - SolarPACES 2011 : concentrating solar power and chemical energy systems : 20 - 23 September, 2011, Granada, Spain
Y1  - 2011
CY  - Granada
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Göttsche, Joachim
A1  - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard
A1  - Alexopoulos, Spiros
A1  - Funke, J.
A1  - Schwarzbözl, P.
T1  - First Simulation Results for the Hybridization of Small Solar Power Tower Plants
JF  - EuroSun 2008 : 1st International Conference on Solar Heating, Cooling and Buildings, 2008-10-07 - 2008-10-10, Lissabon (Portugal). Vol. 1
Y1  - 2008
SN  - 978-1-61782-228-5
N1  - Kurzfassung unter http://elib.dlr.de/56357/
SP  - 1299
EP  - 1306
PB  - Sociedade Portuguesa De Energia Solar (SPES)
CY  - Lisbon
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Göttsche, Joachim
A1  - Schwarzer, Klemens
A1  - Röther, S.
A1  - Jellinghaus, Sabine
T1  - Efficient daylighting, heating and shading with rooflight heliostats
JF  - Conference Internationale Energie Solaire et Batiment
Y1  - 2009
SP  - 243
EP  - 248
PB  - EPFL
CY  - Lausanne
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Göttsche, Joachim
A1  - Gabrysch, K.
A1  - Schiller, H.
A1  - Kauert, B.
A1  - Schwarzer, Klemens
T1  - Energetic Effects of demand – controlled ventilation retrofitting in a biochemical laboratory building
JF  - AIVC publications [Elektronische Ressource] / Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre
Y1  - 2004
N1  - AIVC Conference <25, Prague, 2004>
SP  - 50
PB  - INIVE EEIG
CY  - Brussels
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Göttsche, Joachim
T1  - Eldorado summer schools
JF  - Progress in solar energy education. 3 (1994)
Y1  - 1994
SN  - 1018-5607
SP  - 31
EP  - 33
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Göttsche, Joachim
A1  - Gabrysch, K.
A1  - Delahaye, A.
A1  - Schwarzer, Klemens
T1  - Solar-Campus Juelich - Energy performance and indoor climate
JF  - AIVC 23rd conference - EPIC 2002 AIVC (in conjunction with 3rd European Conference on Energy Performance and Indoor Climate in Buildings) - 23-26 October 2002 - Lyon - France - vol 2
Y1  - 2002
SP  - 381
EP  - 386
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Göttsche, Joachim
A1  - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard
A1  - Schmitz, Stefan
A1  - Sauerborn, Markus
T1  - Solar Concentrating Systems Using Small Mirror Arrays / Göttsche, Joachim ; Hoffschmidt, Bernhard ; Schmitz, Stefan ; Sauerborn, Markus ; Buck, Reiner ; Teufel, Edgar ; Badstübner, Karin ; Ifland, David ; Rebholz, Christian
JF  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Energy Sustainability - 2008 : : presented ... August 10 - 14, 2008, Jacksonville, Florida, USA / sponsored by Advanced Energy Systems Division, ASME; Solar Energy Division, ASME
Y1  - 2009
SN  - 9780791843208
N1  - International Conference on Energy Sustainability ; (2 : ; 2008.08.10-14 : ; Jacksonville, Fla.) ; ES ; (2 : ; 2008.08.10-14 : ; Jacksonville, Fla.)
SP  - 1
EP  - 5
PB  - ASME
CY  - New York, NY
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Göttsche, Joachim
A1  - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard
A1  - Schmitz, Stefan
A1  - Sauerborn, Markus
T1  - Solar Concentrating Systems Using Small Mirror Arrays
JF  - Journal of solar energy engineering
Y1  - 2010
SN  - 0199-6231
VL  - Vol. 132
IS  - Iss. 1
SP  - 4 S.
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Göttsche, Joachim
A1  - Hove, T.
T1  - Mapping global, diffuse and beam solar radiation over Zimbabwe / T. Hove ; J. Göttsche
JF  - Renewable energy. 18 (1999), H. 4
Y1  - 1999
SN  - 1879-0682
SP  - 535
EP  - 556
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Göttsche, Joachim
A1  - Reilly, S.
A1  - Wittwer, Volker
T1  - Advanced window systems and building energy performance / S. Reilly ; J. Göttsche ; V. Wittwer
JF  - Solar World Congress, 1991 : proceedings of the biennial congress of the International Solar Energy Society, Denver, Colorado, USA, 19-23 August 1991 / ed. by M. E. Arden ...
Y1  - 1991
SN  - 0-08-041690-X
SP  - 3211
EP  - 3216
PB  - Pergamon Press
CY  - Oxford [u.a.]
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Göttsche, Joachim
A1  - Goetzberger, Adolf
A1  - Dengler, J.
A1  - Rommel, M. (u.a.)
T1  - A new transparently insulated, bifacially irradiated solar flat-plate collector / A. Goetzberger ; J. Dengler ; M. Rommel ; J. Göttsche ; V. Wittwer
JF  - Solar energy. 49 (1992), H. 5
Y1  - 1992
SN  - 0038-092X
SP  - 403
EP  - 411
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Göttsche, Joachim
A1  - Hinsch, Andreas
A1  - Wittwer, Volker
T1  - Electrochromic mixed WO3-TiO2 thin films produced by sputtering and the sol-gel technique : a comparison / J. Göttsche ; A. Hinsch ; V. Wittwer
JF  - Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 31 (1993), H. 3
Y1  - 1993
SN  - 0927-0248
SP  - 415
EP  - 428
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hennecke, Klaus
A1  - Schwarzbözl, Peter
A1  - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard
A1  - Göttsche, Joachim
A1  - Koll, G.
A1  - Beuter, M.
A1  - Hartz, T.
T1  - The solar power tower Jülich – a solar thermal power plant for test and demonstration of air receiver
JF  - Solar energy and human settlement : Elektronische Ressource : proceedings of ISES world congress 2007 ; (Vol. I - Vol. V) / [ISES Solar World Congress. ISES, International Solar Energy Society]. D. Yogi Goswami ; Yuwen Zhao
Y1  - 2007
SN  - 978-7-302-16146-2
N1  - Solar World Congress <2007, Beijing> ; International Solar Energy Society
SP  - 1749
EP  - 1753
PB  - Tsinghua Univ. Press
CY  - Beijing
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Agrafiotis, Christos C.
A1  - Mavroidis, Ilias
A1  - Konstandopoulos, Athansios G.
A1  - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard
A1  - Stobbe, Per
A1  - Romero, Manuel
A1  - Fernandez-Quero, Valerio
T1  - Evaluation of porous silicon carbide monolithic honeycombs as volumetric receivers/collectors of concentrated solar radiation
JF  - Solar energy materials and solar cells
Y1  - 2007
SN  - 1879-3398 (E-Journal); 0927-0248 (Print)
VL  - Vol. 91
IS  - Iss. 6
SP  - 474
EP  - 488
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Fend, Thomas
A1  - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard
A1  - Reutter, Oliver
A1  - Sauerhering, Jörg
A1  - Pitz-Paal, Robert
T1  - Gas flow in hot porous materials: the solar air receiver and spin-off applications
T2  - Proceedings of the 4th Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels - 2006 : presented at 4th Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, June 19 - 21, 2006, Limerick, Ireland
Y1  - 2006
SN  - 0-7918-4760-8
SP  - 507
EP  - 514
PB  - ASME
CY  - New York, NY
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard
A1  - Schwarzer, Klemens
A1  - Späte, Frank
A1  - Kötter, Jens
A1  - Ebert, Miriam
A1  - Sierck, Olaf
T1  - Development of a small modular parabolic trough collector
T2  - 13th International Symposium Concentrated Solar Power and Chemical Energy Technologies : SolarPaces : June 20 - 23, 2006, Seville, Spain
Y1  - 2006
SN  - 8478345191
PB  - SolarPaces
CY  - [o.O.]
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Beckmöller, S.
A1  - Wolters, J.
A1  - Breitbach, Gerd
A1  - Penkalla, H. J.
A1  - Schubert, F.
T1  - Microstructural dependent constitutive equation for inelastic analysis of internally cooled IN 738 LC turbine blades
T2  - Materials for advanced power engineering 1994 : proceedings of a conference held in Liege, Belgium, 3 - 6 Oct. 1994
Y1  - 1995
SN  - 0792330749
SP  - 829
EP  - 839
PB  - Kluwer
CY  - Dordrecht
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Anthrakidis, Anette
A1  - Rusack, Markus
A1  - Schwarzer, Klemens
T1  - Low effort measurement method of PTC-efficiency
T2  - SolarPACES 2010 : the CSP conference: electricity, fuels and clean water from concentrated solar energy ; 21 to 24 September 2010, Perpignan, France
Y1  - 2010
SP  - 48
EP  - 49
PB  - Soc. OSC
CY  - Saint Maur
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Ziolko, C.
A1  - Schmitz, M.
A1  - Sattler, Johannes, Christoph
A1  - Khedim, Ahmed
A1  - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard
T1  - AlSol - the open volumetric receiver technology moves to Africa
T2  - SolarPACES 2010 : the CSP Conference: electricity, fuels and clean water from concentrated solar energy ; 21 to 24 September 2010, Perpignan, France
Y1  - 2010
SP  - 93
EP  - 94
PB  - Soc. OSC
CY  - Saint Maur
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Fricke, Barbara
A1  - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard
T1  - Ecobalance of a solar thermal tower power plant with volumetric receiver
T2  - SolarPACES 2010 : the CSP Conference: electricity, fuels and clean water from concentrated solar energy ; 21 to 24 September 2010, Perpignan, France
Y1  - 2010
SP  - 87
EP  - 88
PB  - Soc. OSC
CY  - Saint Maur
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Baumann, T.
A1  - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José
A1  - Göttsche, Joachim
A1  - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard
A1  - O'Connell, B.
A1  - Schmitz, S.
A1  - Zunft, S.
T1  - Air/Sand heat exchanger design and materials for solar thermal power plant applications
T2  - SolarPACES 2010 : the CSP Conference: electricity, fuels and clean water from concentrated solar energy ; 21 to 24 September 2010, Perpignan, France
Y1  - 2010
SP  - 146
EP  - 147
PB  - Soc. OSC
CY  - Saint Maur
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Alexopoulos, Spiros
A1  - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard
A1  - Rau, Christoph
A1  - Schmitz, M.
A1  - Schwarzbözl, P.
A1  - Pomp, Stefan
T1  - Simulation results for a hybridized operation of a gas turbine or a burner for a small solar tower power plant
T2  - SolarPACES 2010 : the CSP Conference: electricity, fuels and clean water from concentrated solar energy ; 21 to 24 September 2010, Perpignan, France
Y1  - 2010
SP  - 82
EP  - 83
PB  - Soc. OSC
CY  - Saint Maur
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Buck, R.
A1  - Wurmhöringer, K.
A1  - Lehle, R.
A1  - Pfahl, A.
A1  - Göttsche, Joachim
A1  - Meyr, T.
T1  - Development of a 30m2 heliostat with hydraulic drive
T2  - SolarPACES 2010 : the CSP Conference: electricity, fuels and clean water from concentrated solar energy ; 21 to 24 September 2010, Perpignan, France
Y1  - 2010
SP  - 74
EP  - 75
PB  - Soc. OSC
CY  - Saint Maur
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Schwarzbözl, Peter
A1  - Pomp, Stefan
A1  - Koll, Gerrit
A1  - Hennecke, Klaus
A1  - Hartz, Thomas
A1  - Schmitz, Mark
A1  - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard
T1  - The solar tower Jülich - first operational experiences and test results
T2  - SolarPACES 2010 : the CSP Conference: electricity, fuels and clean water from concentrated solar energy ; 21 to 24 September 2010, Perpignan, France
Y1  - 2010
SP  - 8
EP  - 9
PB  - Soc. OSC
CY  - Saint Maur
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Pomp, Stefan
A1  - Schwarzbözl, Peter
A1  - Koll, Gerrit
A1  - Hennecke, Klaus
A1  - Schmitz, Mark
A1  - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard
T1  - Advanced concept for a solar thermal power plant with open volumetric air receiver
T2  - SolarPACES 2010 : the CSP Conference: electricity, fuels and clean water from concentrated solar energy ; 21 to 24 September 2010, Perpignan, France
Y1  - 2010
SP  - 97
EP  - 98
PB  - Soc. OSC
CY  - Saint Maur
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Reisgen, Uwe
A1  - Schleser, Markus
A1  - Abdurakhmanov, Aydemir
A1  - Turichin, Gleb
A1  - Valdaitseva, Elena
A1  - Bach, Friedrich-Wilhelm
A1  - Hassel, Thomas
A1  - Beniyashi, Alexander
T1  - Investigation of factors influencing the formation of weld defects in non-vacuum electron beam welding
JF  - The Paton welding journal
N2  - The influence of welding condition parameters and properties of material on formation of defects, such as humping and undercuts, in non-vacuum electron beam welding was investigated. The influence of separate welding parameters on the quality of welds was determined.
Y1  - 2012
SN  - 0957-798X
VL  - 2012
IS  - 2
SP  - 11
EP  - 18
PB  - Paton Publishing House
CY  - Kiev
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kronhardt, Valentina
A1  - Alexopoulos, Spiros
A1  - Reißel, Martin
A1  - Sattler, Johannes, Christoph
A1  - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard
A1  - Hänel, Matthias
A1  - Doerbeck, Till
T1  - High-temperature thermal storage system for solar tower power plants with open-volumetric air receiver simulation and energy balancing of a discretized model
JF  - Energy procedia
N2  - This paper describes the modeling of a high-temperature storage system for an existing solar tower power plant with open volumetric receiver technology, which uses air as heat transfer medium (HTF). The storage system model has been developed in the simulation environment Matlab/Simulink®. The storage type under investigation is a packed bed thermal energy storage system which has the characteristics of a regenerator. Thermal energy can be stored and discharged as required via the HTF air. The air mass flow distribution is controlled by valves, and the mass flow by two blowers. The thermal storage operation strategy has a direct and significant impact on the energetic and economic efficiency of the solar tower power plants.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.03.094
SN  - 1876-6102 (E-Journal) ; 1876-6102 (Print)
VL  - 49
SP  - 870
EP  - 877
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Rau, Christoph
A1  - Alexopoulos, Spiros
A1  - Breitbach, Gerd
A1  - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard
A1  - Latzke, Markus
A1  - Sattler, Johannes, Christoph
T1  - Transient simulation of a solar-hybrid tower power plant with open volumetric receiver at the location Barstow
JF  - Energy procedia : proceedings of the SolarPACES 2013 International Conference
N2  - In this work the transient simulations of four hybrid solar tower power plant concepts with open-volumetric receiver technology for a location in Barstow-Daggett, USA, are presented. The open-volumetric receiver uses ambient air as heat transfer fluid and the hybridization is realized with a gas turbine. The Rankine cycle is heated by solar-heated air and/or by the gas turbine's flue gases. The plant can be operated in solar-only, hybrid parallel or combined cycle-only mode as well as in any intermediate load levels where the solar portion can vary between 0 to 100%.

The simulated plant is based on the configuration of a solar-hybrid power tower project, which is in planning for a site in Northern Algeria. The meteorological data for Barstow-Daggett was taken from the software meteonorm. The solar power tower simulation tool has been developed in the simulation environment MATLAB/Simulink and is validated.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.03.157
SN  - 1876-6102
VL  - 49
SP  - 1481
EP  - 1490
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Achenbach, Timm
A1  - Geimer, Konstantin
A1  - Lynen, Arthur
A1  - Göttsche, Joachim
A1  - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard
T1  - Simulation of thermo-mechanical processes in open volumetric absorber modules
T2  - SolarPaces 2012 : concentrating solar power and chemical energy systems : Sept. 11 - 14 2012, Marrakech, Marokko
Y1  - 2012
SP  - 1
EP  - 8
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Achenbach, Timm
A1  - Bosch, Timo
A1  - Breitbach, Gerd
A1  - Göttsche, Joachim
A1  - Sauerborn, Markus
T1  - Theoretical and experimental investigations regarding open volumetric receivers of CRS
T2  - Energy procedia : proceedings of the SolarPACES 2013 International Conference
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1876-6102
VL  - Vol. 49
SP  - 1259
EP  - 1268
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Alexopoulos, Spiros
T1  - Biomass technology and bio-fuels: Heating/cooling and power
T2  - Renewable energy systems : theory, innovations, and intelligent applications / eds.: Socrates Kaplanis and Eleni Kaplani
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 9781624177415
SP  - 501
EP  - 523
PB  - Nova Science Publ.
CY  - Hauppauge, NY
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Vieira da Silva, Maria Eugenia
A1  - Schwarzer, Klemens
A1  - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard
A1  - Pinheiro Rodrigues, Frederico
A1  - Schwarzer, Tarik
A1  - Costa Rocha, Paulo Alexandre
T1  - Mass transfer correlation for evaporation–condensation thermal process in the range of 70 °C–95 °C
JF  - Renewable energy
Y1  - 2013
SN  - 1879-0682 (E-Journal); 0960-1481 (Print)
VL  - Vol. 53
SP  - 174
EP  - 179
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Kronhardt, Valentina
A1  - Alexopoulos, Spiros
A1  - Reißel, Martin
A1  - Latzke, Markus
A1  - Rendon, C.
A1  - Sattler, Johannes, Christoph
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
T1  - Simulation of operational management for the Solar Thermal Test and Demonstration Power Plant Jülich using optimized control strategies of the storage system
T2  - Energy procedia
Y1  - 2015
SN  - 1876-6102
SP  - 1
EP  - 6
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Alexopoulos, Spiros
T1  - Simulation model for the transient process behaviour of solar aluminium recycling in a rotary kiln
JF  - Applied Thermal Engineering
Y1  - 2015
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.01.007
SN  - 1359-4311
N1  - Autor im Original: Spiridon O. Alexopoulos
VL  - 78
SP  - 387
EP  - 396
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Janotte, N.
A1  - Feckler, G.
A1  - Kötter, Jens
A1  - Decker, Stefan
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
A1  - Schmitz, Mark
A1  - Lüpfert, E.
T1  - Dynamic performance evaluation of the HelioTrough® collector demonstration loop : towards a new benchmark in parabolic trough qualification
T2  - SolarPACES International Conference 2013, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 17 - 20 September 2013 : [proceedings]. - Pt. 1. - (Energy procedia ; 49)
Y1  - 2014
SN  - 978-1-63266-904-9
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.03.012
SN  - 1876-6102
N1  - Nebent.: Power and Chemical Energy Systems concentrating solar power
SP  - 109
EP  - 117
PB  - Curran
CY  - Red Hook, NY
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
A1  - Vorbrugg, O.
A1  - Nava, P.
T1  - Construction and Commissioning Process of the Andasol Solar Field
T2  - SolarPACES 2009 : electricity, fuels and clean water powered by the sun ; 15 - 18 September 2009, Berlin, Germany ; the 15th SolarPACES conference ; proceedings
Y1  - 2009
SN  - 978-3-00-028755-8
PB  - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- u. Raumfahrt
CY  - Stuttgart
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
A1  - Kearney, David W.
T1  - Survey of Thermal Energy Storage for Parabolic Trough Power Plants
JF  - Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
Y1  - 2002
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1467601
SN  - 1528-8986 (Online)
SN  - 0199-6231 (Print)
VL  - 124
IS  - 2
SP  - 145
EP  - 152
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
A1  - Kelly, Bruce
A1  - Price, Henry
T1  - Two Tank Molten Salt Storage for Parabolic Trough Solar Power Plants
JF  - Energy : the international journal
Y1  - 2002
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0360-5442(03)00193-2
SN  - 0360-5442
N1  - SolarPACES 2002, Zürich, Switzerland, 4–6 September 2002
VL  - 29
IS  - 5-6 (Special Issue SolarPaces)
SP  - 883
EP  - 893
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kearney, David W.
A1  - Kelly, Bruce
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
A1  - Cable, R.
A1  - Pacheco, J.
A1  - Mahoney, R.
A1  - Price, Henry
A1  - Blake, D.
A1  - Nava, P.
A1  - Potrovitza, N.
T1  - Engineering Aspects of a Molten Salt Heat Transfer Fluid in a Trough Solar Field
JF  - Energy : the international journal
Y1  - 2002
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0360-5442(03)00191-9
SN  - 0360-5442
N1  - SolarPACES 2002, Zürich, Switzerland, 4–6 September 2002
VL  - 29
IS  - 5-6 (Special Issue SolarPaces)
SP  - 861
EP  - 870
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dersch, Jürgen
A1  - Geyer, Michael
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
A1  - Jones, Scott A.
A1  - Kelly, Bruce
A1  - Kistner, Rainer
A1  - Ortmanns, Winfried
A1  - Pitz-Paal, Robert
A1  - Price, Henry
T1  - Trough integration into power plants—a study on the performance and economy of integrated solar combined cycle systems
JF  - Energy : the international journal
Y1  - 2004
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0360-5442(03)00199-3
SN  - 0360-5442
N1  - SolarPACES 2002, Zürich, Switzerland, 4–6 September 2002
VL  - 29
IS  - 5-6 (Special Issue SolarPaces)
SP  - 947
EP  - 959
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Kelly, Bruce
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
A1  - Hale, M.-J.
T1  - Optimization Studies for Integrated Solar Combined Cycle Systems
T2  - Solar engineering 2001 : proceedings of the International Solar Energy Conference ; presented at the 2001 International Solar Energy Conference, a part of Forum 2001 - Solar energy: the power to choose, April 21 - 25, 2001, Washington, D.C.
Y1  - 2001
SN  - 0-7918-1670-2
N1  - International Solar Energy Conference <Washington, D.C.>
SP  - 393
EP  - 398
PB  - ASME
CY  - New York, NY
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
A1  - Lippke, F.
T1  - The influence of transients on the design of DSG solar fields
JF  - Journal de Physique IV : proceedings
Y1  - 1999
SN  - 2-86883-402-7
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:1999377
SN  - 1764-7177 (Online)
SN  - 1155-4339 (Print)
VL  - 9
IS  - PR3
SP  - 489
EP  - 494
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Hahne, E.
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
A1  - Rheinländer, J.
ED  - Girot, Michel
T1  - The Effect of Tilt on Flow Pattern of Water/Steam Flow Through Heated Tubes
T2  - Experimental heat transfer, fluid mechanics and thermodynamics 1997 : proceedings of the 4th World Conference on Experimental Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Brussels, June 2 - 6, 1997. - Vol. 2
Y1  - 1997
SN  - 88-467-0014-7
SP  - 925
EP  - 934
PB  - Ed. ETS
CY  - Pisa
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
A1  - Rheinländer, J.
A1  - Lippke, F.
ED  - Becker, Manfred
T1  - Solar Fields for Direct Steam Generation in Parabolic Trough Collectors
T2  - Components, tools, facilities and measurement techniques. - (Solar thermal concentrating technologies : proceedings of the 8th international symposium, October, 6 - 11, 1996, Köln, Germany ; Vol. 2)
Y1  - 1997
SN  - 3-7880-7616-X
SP  - 815
EP  - 834
PB  - Müller
CY  - Heidelberg
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
A1  - Worringer, S.
A1  - Graeter, F.
A1  - Nava, P.
ED  - Romero, Manuel
T1  - Three Years of Operation Experience of the SKAL-ET Collector Loop at SEGS V
T2  - 13th International Symposium Concentrated Solar Power and Chemical Energy Technologies, June 20 - 23, 2006, Seville, Spain
Y1  - 2006
SN  - 84-7834-519-1
PB  - SolarPACES [u.a.]
CY  - [s.l.]
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
A1  - Graeter, F.
A1  - Nava, P.
ED  - Ramos, C.
T1  - Performance of the SKAL-ET Collector Loop at KJC Operating Company
T2  - 12th International Symposium Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, October 6-8, 2004, Oaxaca Mexico ; SolarPACES International Symposium, 12
Y1  - 2004
SN  - 968-6114-18-1
PB  - Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas
CY  - [s.l.]
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Lüpfert, E.
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
A1  - Price, Henry
A1  - Zarza, E.
A1  - Kistener, R.
ED  - Ramos, C.
T1  - Towards Standard Performance Analysis for Parabolic Trough Collector Fields
T2  - 12th International Symposium Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, October 6-8, 2004, Oaxaca Mexico ; SolarPACES International Symposium, 12
Y1  - 2004
SN  - 968-6114-18-1
PB  - Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas
CY  - [s.l.]
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Aringhoff, R.
A1  - Geyer, Michael
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
A1  - Kistner, Rainer
A1  - Nava, P.
A1  - Osuna, R.
ED  - Steinfeld, Aldo
T1  - AndaSol : 50MW Solar Plants with 9 Hour Storage for Southern Spain
T2  - Proceedings of the 11th SolarPACES International Symposium on Concentrated Solar Power and Chemical Energy Technologies : September 4 - 6, 2002, Zurich, Switzerland / Paul Scherrer Institut, PSI; ETH, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
Y1  - 2002
SN  - 3-9521409-3-7
SP  - 37
EP  - 42
PB  - Paul Scherrer Inst.
CY  - Villingen
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Dersch, Jürgen
A1  - Geyer, Michael
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
A1  - Jones, Scott A.
A1  - Kelly, Bruce
A1  - Kistner, Rainer
A1  - Ortmanns, Winfried
A1  - Pitz-Paal, Robert
A1  - Price, Henry
ED  - Steinfeld, Aldo
T1  - Trough integration into power plants : a study on the performance and economy of integrated solar combined cycle systems
T2  - Proceedings of the 11th SolarPACES International Symposium on Concentrated Solar Power and Chemical Energy Technologies : September 4 - 6, 2002, Zurich, Switzerland / Paul Scherrer Institut, PSI; ETH, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
Y1  - 2002
SN  - 3-9521409-3-7
SP  - 661
EP  - 671
PB  - Paul Scherrer Inst.
CY  - Villingen
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Latzke, Markus
A1  - Alexopoulos, Spiros
A1  - Kronhardt, Valentina
A1  - Rendón, Carlos
A1  - Sattler, Johannes, Christoph
T1  - Comparison of Potential Sites in China for Erecting a Hybrid Solar Tower Power Plant with Air Receiver
T2  - Energy Procedia
Y1  - 2015
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2015.03.142
SN  - 1876-6102
N1  - International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, SolarPACES 2014, Beijing, China
SP  - 1327
EP  - 1334
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kluczka, Sven
A1  - Eckstein, Julian
A1  - Alexopoulos, Spiros
A1  - Vaeßen, Christiane
A1  - Roeb, Martin
T1  - Process simulation for solar steam and dry reforming
JF  - Energy procedia : Proceedings of the SolarPACES 2013 International Conference
N2  - In co-operation with the German Aerospace Center, the Solar-Institut Jülich has been analyzing the different technologies that are available for methanol production from CO2 using solar energy. The aim of the project is to extract CO2 from industrial exhaust gases or directly from the atmosphere to recycle it by use of solar energy. Part of the study was the modeling and simulating of a methane reformer for the production of synthesis gas, which can be operated by solar or hybrid heat sources. The reformer has been simplified in such a way that the model is accurate and enables fast calculations. The developed pseudo-homogeneous one- dimensional model can be regarded as a kind of counter-current heat exchanger and is able to incorporate a steam reforming reaction as well as a dry reforming reaction.
Y1  - 2014
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.03.092
SN  - 1876-6102 (E-Journal)
VL  - 49
SP  - 850
EP  - 859
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
A1  - Kelly, Bruce
A1  - Price, Henry
ED  - Steinfeld, Aldo
T1  - Two Tank Molten Salt Storage for Parabolic Trough Solar Power Plants
T2  - Proceedings of the 11th SolarPACES International Symposium on Concentrated Solar Power and Chemical Energy Technologies : September 4 - 6, 2002, Zurich, Switzerland / Paul Scherrer Institut, PSI; ETH, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
Y1  - 2002
SN  - 3-9521409-3-7
SP  - 517
EP  - 524
PB  - Paul Scherrer Inst.
CY  - Villingen
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Dersch, Jürgen
A1  - Geyer, Michael
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
A1  - Jones, Scott A.
A1  - Kelly, Bruce
A1  - Kistner, Rainer
A1  - Ortmanns, Winfried
A1  - Pitz-Paal, Robert
A1  - Price, Henry
ED  - Pearson, J. Boise
T1  - Solar Trough Integration Into Combined Cycle Systems
T2  - Solar engineering 2002 : proceedings of the International Solar Energy Conference ; presented at the 2002 International Solar Energy Conference, a part of Solar 2002 - Sunrise on the Reliable Energy Economy, June 15 - 20, 2002, Reno, Nevada
Y1  - 2002
SN  - 0-7918-1689-3
U6  - https://doi.org/doi:10.1115/SED2002-1072
SP  - 351
EP  - 359
PB  - ASME
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Puppe, Michael
A1  - Giuliano, Stefano
A1  - Frantz, Cathy
A1  - Uhlig, Ralf
A1  - Schumacher, Ralph
A1  - Ibraheem, Wagdi
A1  - Schmalz, Stefan
A1  - Waldmann, Barbara
A1  - Guder, Christoph
A1  - Peter, Dennis
A1  - Schwager, Christian
A1  - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José
A1  - Alexopoulos, Spiros
A1  - Spiegel, Michael
A1  - Wortmann, Jürgen
A1  - Hinrichs, Matthias
A1  - Engelhard, Manfred
A1  - Aust, Michael
T1  - Techno-economic optimization of molten salt solar tower plants
JF  - AIP Conference Proceedings art.no. 040033
N2  - In this paper the results of a techno-economic analysis of improved and optimized molten salt solar tower plants (MSSTP plants) are presented. The potential improvements that were analyzed include different receiver designs, different designs of the HTF-system and plant control, increased molten salt temperatures (up to 640°C) and multi-tower systems. Detailed technological and economic models of the solar field, solar receiver and high temperature fluid system (HTF-system) were developed and used to find potential improvements compared to a reference plant based on Solar Two technology and up-to-date cost estimations. The annual yield model calculates the annual outputs and the LCOE of all variants. An improved external tubular receiver and improved HTF-system achieves a significant decrease of LCOE compared to the reference. This is caused by lower receiver cost as well as improvements of the HTF-system and plant operation strategy, significantly reducing the plant own consumption. A novel star receiver shows potential for further cost decrease. The cavity receiver concepts result in higher LCOE due to their high investment cost, despite achieving higher efficiencies. Increased molten salt temperatures seem possible with an adapted, closed loop HTF-system and achieve comparable results to the original improved system (with 565°C) under the given boundary conditions. In this analysis all multi tower systems show lower economic viability compared to single tower systems, caused by high additional cost for piping connections and higher cost of the receivers.
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Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5067069
VL  - 2033
IS  - Issue 1
PB  - AIP Publishing
CY  - Melville, NY
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Frantz, Cathy
A1  - Binder, Matthias
A1  - Busch, Konrad
A1  - Ebert, Miriam
A1  - Heinrich, Andreas
A1  - Kaczmarkiewicz, Nadine
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T1  - Basic Engineering of a High Performance Molten Salt Tower Receiver System
T2  - AIP Conference Proceedings
N2  - The production of dispatchable renewable energy will be one of the most important key factors of the future energy supply. Concentrated solar power (CSP) plants operated with molten salt as heat transfer and storage media are one opportunity to meet this challenge. Due to the high concentration factor of the solar tower technology the maximum process temperature can be further increased which ultimately decreases the levelized costs of electricity of the technology (LCOE). The development of an improved tubular molten salt receiver for the next generation of molten salt solar tower plants is the aim of this work. The receiver is designed for a receiver outlet temperature up to 600 °C. Together with a complete molten salt system, the receiver will be integrated into the Multi-Focus-Tower (MFT) in Jülich (Germany). The paper describes the basic engineering of the receiver, the molten salt tower system and a laboratory corrosion setup.
Y1  - 2020
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0085895
N1  - SOLARPACES 2020: 26th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, 28 September – 2 October 2020, Freiburg, Germany
SP  - 1
EP  - 10
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Blanke, Tobias
A1  - Hagenkamp, Markus
A1  - Döring, Bernd
A1  - Göttsche, Joachim
A1  - Reger, Vitali
A1  - Kuhnhenne, Markus
T1  - Net-exergetic, hydraulic and thermal optimization of coaxial heat exchangers using fixed flow conditions instead of fixed flow rates
JF  - Geothermal Energy
N2  - Previous studies optimized the dimensions of coaxial heat exchangers using constant mass fow rates as a boundary condition. They show a thermal optimal circular ring width of nearly zero. Hydraulically optimal is an inner to outer pipe radius ratio of 0.65 for turbulent and 0.68 for laminar fow types. In contrast, in this study, fow conditions in the circular ring are kept constant (a set of fxed Reynolds numbers) during optimization. This approach ensures fxed fow conditions and prevents inappropriately high or low mass fow rates. The optimization is carried out for three objectives: Maximum energy gain, minimum hydraulic efort and eventually optimum net-exergy balance. The optimization changes the inner pipe radius and mass fow rate but not the Reynolds number of the circular ring. The thermal calculations base on Hellström’s borehole resistance and the hydraulic optimization on individually calculated linear loss of head coefcients. Increasing the inner pipe radius results in decreased hydraulic losses in the inner pipe but increased losses in the circular ring. The net-exergy diference is a key performance indicator and combines thermal and hydraulic calculations. It is the difference between thermal exergy fux and hydraulic efort. The Reynolds number in the circular ring is instead of the mass fow rate constant during all optimizations. The result from a thermal perspective is an optimal width of the circular ring of nearly zero. The hydraulically optimal inner pipe radius is 54% of the outer pipe radius for laminar fow and 60% for turbulent fow scenarios. Net-exergetic optimization shows a predominant infuence of hydraulic losses, especially for small temperature gains. The exact result depends on the earth’s thermal properties and the fow type. Conclusively, coaxial geothermal probes’ design should focus on the hydraulic optimum and take the thermal optimum as a secondary criterion due to the dominating hydraulics.
Y1  - 2021
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40517-021-00201-3
SN  - 2195-9706
N1  - Corresponding author: Tobias Blanke
VL  - 9
IS  - Article number: 19
PB  - Springer
CY  - Berlin
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Göttsche, Joachim
A1  - Korn, Michael
A1  - Amato, Alexandre
T1  - The Passivhaus concept for the Arabian Peninsula – An energetic-economical evaluation considering the thermal comfort
T2  - QScience Proceedings: Vol 2015
N2  - The Passivhaus building standard is a concept developed for the realization of energy-efficient and economical buildings with a simultaneous high utilization comfort under European climate conditions. Major elements of the Passivhaus concept are a high thermal insulation of the external walls, the use of heat and/or solar shading glazing as well as an airtight building envelope in combination with energy-efficient technical building installations and heating or cooling generators, such as an efficient energy-recovery in the building air-conditioning. The objective of this research project is the inquiry to determine the parameters or constraints under which the Passivhaus concept can be implemented under the arid climate conditions in the Arabian Peninsula to achieve an energy-efficient and economical building with high utilization comfort. In cooperation between the Qatar Green Building Council (QGBC), Barwa Real Estate (BRE) and Kahramaa the first Passivhaus was constructed in Qatar and on the Arabian Peninsula in 2013. The Solar-Institut Jülich of Aachen University of Applied Science supports the Qatar Green Building Council with a dynamic building and equipment simulation of the Passivhaus and the neighbouring reference building. This includes simulation studies with different component configurations for the building envelope and different control strategies for heating or cooling systems as well as the air conditioning of buildings to find an energetic-economical optimum. Part of these analyses is the evaluation of the energy efficiency of the used energy recovery system in the Passivhaus air-conditioning and identification of possible energy-saving effects by the use of a bypass function integrated in the heat exchanger. In this way it is expected that on an annual basis the complete electricity demand of the building can be covered by the roof-integrated PV generator.
Y1  - 2015
U6  - https://doi.org/10.5339/qproc.2015.qgbc.38
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Qatar Green Building Conference 2015 - The Vision, 38.
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kearney, D.
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
A1  - Nava, P.
A1  - Kelly, B.
A1  - Mahoney, R.
A1  - Pacheco, J.
A1  - Cable, R.
A1  - Potrovitza, N.
A1  - Blake, D.
A1  - Price, H.
T1  - Assessment of a Molten Salt Heat Transfer Fluid in a Parabolic Trough Solar Field
JF  - Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
Y1  - 2003
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1565087
SN  - 1528-8986
VL  - 125
IS  - 2
SP  - 170
EP  - 176
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Anthrakidis, Anette
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
A1  - Schorn, Christian
A1  - Schwarzer, Klemens
A1  - Wedding, Philipp
A1  - Weis, Fabian
T1  - Development and Testing of a Novel Method for the Determination of the Efficiency of Concentrating Solar Thermal Collectors
T2  - Conference Proceedings Solar World Congress 2015, Daegu, Korea, 08 – 12 November 2015
Y1  - 2015
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José
A1  - Niederwestberg, Stefan
A1  - McLeod, Jacqueline
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
A1  - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard
T1  - Development of heat exchanger for high temperature energy storage with bulk materials
T2  - AIP Conference Proceedings
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4949106
VL  - 1734
IS  - 1
SP  - 050008-1
EP  - 050008-7
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Sauerborn, Markus
A1  - Liebenstund, Lena
A1  - Raue, Markus
A1  - Mang, Thomas
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
A1  - Dueing, Andreas
T1  - Analytic method for material aging and quality analyzing to forecast long time stability of plastic micro heliostat components
T2  - AIP Conference Proceedings
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4984388
VL  - 1850
IS  - 1
SP  - 030045-1
EP  - 030045-8
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
A1  - Kearney, D.
A1  - Röger, M.
A1  - Prahl, C.
T1  - System performance measurements
T2  - The Performance of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Systems : Modelling, Measurement and Assessment
N2  - This chapter introduces performance and acceptance testing and describes state-of-the-art tools, methods, and instruments to assess the plant performance or realize plant acceptance testing. The status of the development of standards for performance assessment is given.
KW  - Performance measurement
KW  - Acceptance tests
KW  - Plant efficiency
Y1  - 2017
SN  - 978-0-08-100448-7
U6  - https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-100447-0.00005-5
SP  - 115
EP  - 165
PB  - Woodhead Publishing
CY  - Duxford
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Rendon, Carlos
A1  - Dieckmann, Simon
A1  - Weidle, Mathias
A1  - Dersch, Jürgen
A1  - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José
A1  - Polklas, Thomas
A1  - Kuschel, Marcus
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
T1  - Retrofitting of existing parabolic trough collector power plants with molten salt tower systems
T2  - AIP Conference Proceedings
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5067030
VL  - 2033
IS  - 1
SP  - 030014-1
EP  - 030014-8
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Breitbach, Gerd
A1  - Alexopoulos, Spiros
A1  - May, Martin
A1  - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
T1  - Analysis of volumetric solar radiation absorbers made of wire meshes
T2  - AIP Conference Proceedings
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5117521
SN  - 0094243X
VL  - 2126
SP  - 030009-1
EP  - 030009-6
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Mahdi, Zahra
A1  - Rendón, Carlos
A1  - Schwager, Christian
A1  - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
T1  - Novel concept for indirect solar-heated methane reforming
T2  - AIP Conference Proceedings
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5117694
SN  - 0094-243X
VL  - 2126
SP  - 180014-1
EP  - 180014-7
PB  - AIP Publishing
CY  - Melville, NY
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - May, Martin
A1  - Breitbach, Gerd
A1  - Alexopoulos, Spiros
A1  - Latzke, Markus
A1  - Bäumer, Klaus
A1  - Uhlig, Ralf
A1  - Söhn, Matthias
A1  - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
T1  - Experimental facility for investigations of wire mesh absorbers for pressurized gases
T2  - AIP Conference Proceedings
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5117547
SN  - 0094243X
VL  - 2126
SP  - 030035-1
EP  - 030035-9
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Sattler, Johannes, Christoph
A1  - Alexopoulos, Spiros
A1  - Caminos, Ricardo Alexander Chico
A1  - Mitchell, John C.
A1  - Ruiz, Victor C.
A1  - Kalogirou, Soteris
A1  - Ktistis, Panayiotis K.
A1  - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
T1  - Dynamic simulation model of a parabolic trough collector system with concrete thermal energy storage for process steam generation
T2  - AIP Conference Proceedings
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5117663
SN  - 0094243X
VL  - 2126
SP  - 150007-1
EP  - 150007-8
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wolisz, Henryk
A1  - Schütz, Thomas
A1  - Blanke, Tobias
A1  - Hagenkamp, Markus
A1  - Kohrn, Markus
A1  - Wesseling, Mark
A1  - Müller, Dirk
T1  - Cost optimal sizing of smart buildings' energy system components considering changing end-consumer electricity markets
JF  - Energy
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2017.06.025
VL  - 137
SP  - 715
EP  - 728
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Blanke, Tobias
A1  - Dring, Bernd
A1  - Vontein, Marius
A1  - Kuhnhenne, Markus
T1  - Climate Change Mitigation Potentials of Vertical Building Integrated Photovoltaic
T2  - 8th International Workshop on Integration of Solar Power into Power Systems : 16-17 October 2018, Stockholm, Sweden
Y1  - 2018
SP  - 1
EP  - 7
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Kreyer, Jörg
A1  - Müller, Marvin
A1  - Esch, Thomas
T1  - A Map-Based Model for the Determination of Fuel Consumption for Internal Combustion Engines as a Function of Flight Altitude
N2  - In addition to very high safety and reliability requirements, the design of internal combustion engines (ICE) in aviation focuses on economic efficiency. The objective must be to design the aircraft powertrain optimized for a specific flight mission with respect to fuel consumption and specific engine power. Against this background, expert tools provide valuable decision-making assistance for the customer. In this paper, a mathematical calculation model for the fuel consumption of aircraft ICE is presented. This model enables the derivation of fuel consumption maps for different engine configurations. Depending on the flight conditions and based on these maps, the current and the integrated fuel consumption for freely definable flight emissions is calculated. For that purpose, an interpolation method is used, that has been optimized for accuracy and calculation time. The mission boundary conditions flight altitude and power requirement of the ICE form the basis for this calculation. The mathematical fuel consumption model is embedded in a parent program. This parent program presents the simulated fuel consumption by means of an example flight mission for a representative airplane. The focus of the work is therefore on reproducing exact consumption data for flight operations. By use of the empirical approaches according to Gagg-Farrar [1] the power and fuel consumption as a function of the flight altitude are determined. To substantiate this approaches, a 1-D ICE model based on the multi-physical simulation tool GT-Suite® has been created. This 1-D engine model offers the possibility to analyze the filling and gas change processes, the internal combustion as well as heat and friction losses for an ICE under altitude environmental conditions. Performance measurements on a dynamometer at sea level for a naturally aspirated ICE with a displacement of 1211 ccm used in an aviation aircraft has been done to validate the 1-D ICE model. To check the plausibility of the empirical approaches with respect to the fuel consumption and performance adjustment for the flight altitude an analysis of the ICE efficiency chain of the 1-D engine model is done. In addition, a comparison of literature and manufacturer data with the simulation results is presented.
Y1  - 2020
U6  - https://doi.org/10.25967/490162
N1  - 68. Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress 30.09.-02.10.2019, Darmstadt
PB  - DGLR
CY  - Bonn
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hagenkamp, Markus
A1  - Blanke, Tobias
A1  - Döring, Bernd
T1  - Thermoelectric building temperature control: a potential assessment
JF  - International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering
N2  - This study focuses on thermoelectric elements (TEE) as an alternative for room temperature control. TEE are semi-conductor devices that can provide heating and cooling via a heat pump effect without direct noise emissions and no refrigerant use. An efficiency evaluation of the optimal operating mode is carried out for different numbers of TEE, ambient temperatures, and heating loads. The influence of an additional heat recovery unit on system efficiency and an unevenly distributed heating demand are examined. The results show that TEE can provide heat at a coefficient of performance (COP) greater than one especially for small heating demands and high ambient temperatures. The efficiency increases with the number of elements in the system and is subject to economies of scale. The best COP exceeds six at optimal operating conditions. An additional heat recovery unit proves beneficial for low ambient temperatures and systems with few TEE. It makes COPs above one possible at ambient temperatures below 0 ∘C. The effect increases efficiency by maximal 0.81 (from 1.90 to 2.71) at ambient temperature 5 K below room temperature and heating demand Q˙h=100W but is subject to diseconomies of scale. Thermoelectric technology is a valuable option for electricity-based heat supply and can provide cooling and ventilation functions. A careful system design as well as an additional heat recovery unit significantly benefits the performance. This makes TEE superior to direct current heating systems and competitive to heat pumps for small scale applications with focus on avoiding noise and harmful refrigerants.
Y1  - 2021
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s40095-021-00424-x
N1  - Corresponding author: Markus Hagenkamp
VL  - 13
SP  - 241
EP  - 254
PB  - Springer
CY  - Berlin
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard
A1  - Alexopoulos, Spiros
A1  - Göttsche, Joachim
A1  - Sauerborn, Markus
A1  - Kaufhold, O.
T1  - High Concentration Solar Collectors
T2  - Comprehensive Renewable Energy (Second Edition) / Volume 3: Solar Thermal Systems: Components and Applications
N2  - Solar thermal concentrated power is an emerging technology that provides clean electricity for the growing energy market. To the solar thermal concentrated power plant systems belong the parabolic trough, the Fresnel collector, the solar dish, and the central receiver system.

For high-concentration solar collector systems, optical and thermal analysis is essential. There exist a number of measurement techniques and systems for the optical and thermal characterization of the efficiency of solar thermal concentrated systems.

For each system, structure, components, and specific characteristics types are described. The chapter presents additionally an outline for the calculation of system performance and operation and maintenance topics. One main focus is set to the models of components and their construction details as well as different types on the market. In the later part of this article, different criteria for the choice of technology are analyzed in detail.
KW  - Central receiver system
KW  - Concentrated solar collector
KW  - Solar dish
KW  - Solar concentration
Y1  - 2022
SN  - 978-0-12-819734-9
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819727-1.00058-3
SP  - 198
EP  - 245
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Schwager, Christian
A1  - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José
A1  - Flesch, Robert
A1  - Alexopoulos, Spiros
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
T1  - Improved efficiency prediction of a molten salt receiver based on dynamic cloud passage simulation
T2  - AIP Conference Proceedings
Y1  - 2019
SN  - 978-0-7354-1866-0
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5117566
VL  - 2126
IS  - 1
SP  - 030054-1
EP  - 030054-8
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Gorzalka, Philip
A1  - Dahlke, Dennis
A1  - Göttsche, Joachim
A1  - Israel, Martin
A1  - Patel, Dhruvkumar
A1  - Prahl, Christoph
A1  - Schmiedt, Jacob Estevam
A1  - Frommholz, Dirk
A1  - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard
A1  - Linkiewicz, Magdalena
T1  - Building Tomograph–From Remote Sensing Data of Existing Buildings to Building Energy Simulation Input
T2  - EBC, Annex 71, Fifth expert meeting, October 17-19, 2018, Innsbruck, Austria
Y1  - 2018
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Sattler, Johannes, Christoph
A1  - Röger, Marc
A1  - Schwarzbözl, Peter
A1  - Buck, Reiner
A1  - Macke, Ansgar
A1  - Raeder, Christian
A1  - Göttsche, Joachim
T1  - Review of heliostat calibration and tracking control methods
JF  - Solar Energy
N2  - Large scale central receiver systems typically deploy between thousands to more than a hundred thousand heliostats. During solar operation, each heliostat is aligned individually in such a way that the overall surface normal bisects the angle between the sun’s position and the aim point coordinate on the receiver. Due to various tracking error sources, achieving accurate alignment ≤1 mrad for all the heliostats with respect to the aim points on the receiver without a calibration system can be regarded as unrealistic. Therefore, a calibration system is necessary not only to improve the aiming accuracy for achieving desired flux distributions but also to reduce or eliminate spillage. An overview of current larger-scale central receiver systems (CRS), tracking error sources and the basic requirements of an ideal calibration system is presented. Leading up to the main topic, a description of general and specific terms on the topics heliostat calibration and tracking control clarifies the terminology used in this work. Various figures illustrate the signal flows along various typical components as well as the corresponding monitoring or measuring devices that indicate or measure along the signal (or effect) chain. The numerous calibration systems are described in detail and classified in groups. Two tables allow the juxtaposition of the calibration methods for a better comparison. In an assessment, the advantages and disadvantages of individual calibration methods are presented.
Y1  - 2020
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2020.06.030
VL  - 207
SP  - 110
EP  - 132
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - El Moussaoui, Noureddine
A1  - Talbi, Sofian
A1  - Atmane, Ilyas
A1  - Kassmi, Khalil
A1  - Schwarzer, Klemens
A1  - Chayeb, Hamid
A1  - Bachiri, Najib
T1  - Feasibility of a new design of a Parabolic Trough Solar Thermal Cooker (PSTC)
JF  - Solar Energy
N2  - In this article, we describe the structure, the functioning, and the tests of parabolic trough solar thermal cooker (PSTC). This oven is designed to meet the needs of rural residents, including Urban, which requires stable cooking temperatures above 200 °C. The cooking by this cooker is based on the concentration of the sun's rays on a glass vacuum tube and heating of the oil circulate in a big tube, located inside the glass tube. Through two small tubes, associated with large tube, the heated oil, rise and heats the pot of cooking pot containing the food to be cooked (capacity of 5 kg). This cooker is designed in Germany and extensively tested in Morocco for use by the inhabitants who use wood from forests.

During a sunny day, having a maximum solar radiation around 720 W/m2 and temperature ambient around 26 °C, maximum temperatures recorded of the small tube, the large tube and the center of the pot are respectively: 370 °C, 270 °C and 260 °C. The cooking process with food at high (fries, ..), we show that the cooking oil temperature rises to 200 °C, after 1 h of heating, the cooking is done at a temperature of 120 °C for 20 min. These temperatures are practically stable following variations and decreases in the intensity of irradiance during the day. The comparison of these results with those of the literature shows an improvement of 30–50 % on the maximum value of the temperature with a heat storage that could reach 60 min of autonomy. All the results obtained show the good functioning of the PSTC and the feasibility of cooking food at high temperature (>200 °C).
Y1  - 2020
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2020.03.079
SN  - 0038-092X
VL  - 201
IS  - Vol. 201 (May 2020)
SP  - 866
EP  - 871
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Damm, Marc André
A1  - Sauerborn, Markus
A1  - Fend, Thomas
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
T1  - Optimisation of a urea selective catalytic reduction system with a coated ceramic mixing element
JF  - Journal of ceramic science and technology
Y1  - 2017
SN  - 2190-9385 (Print)
U6  - https://doi.org/10.4416/JCST2016-00056
SN  - 2190-9385 (Online)
VL  - 8
IS  - 1
SP  - 19
EP  - 24
PB  - Göller
CY  - Baden-Baden
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Alexopoulos, Spiros
A1  - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard
T1  - Advances in solar tower technology
JF  - Wiley interdisciplinary reviews : Energy and Environment : WIREs
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1002/wene.217
SN  - 2041-840X
VL  - 6
IS  - 1
SP  - 1
EP  - 19
PB  - Wiley
CY  - Weinheim
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Sattler, Johannes, Christoph
A1  - Caminos, Ricardo Alexander Chico
A1  - Ürlings, Nicolas
A1  - Dutta, Siddharth
A1  - Ruiz, Victor
A1  - Kalogirou, Soteris
A1  - Ktistis, Panayiotis
A1  - Agathokleous, Rafaela
A1  - Jung, Christian
A1  - Alexopoulos, Spiros
A1  - Atti, Vikrama Nagababu
A1  - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
T1  - Operational experience and behaviour of a parabolic trough collector system with concrete thermal energy storage for process steam generation in Cyprus
T2  - AIP Conference Proceedings
N2  - As part of the transnational research project EDITOR, a parabolic trough collector system (PTC) with concrete thermal energy storage (C-TES) was installed and commissioned in Limassol, Cyprus. The system is located on the premises of the beverage manufacturer KEAN Soft Drinks Ltd. and its function is to supply process steam for the factory's pasteurisation process [1]. Depending on the factory's seasonally varying capacity for beverage production, the solar system delivers between 5 and 25 % of the total steam demand. In combination with the C-TES, the solar plant can supply process steam on demand before sunrise or after sunset. Furthermore, the C-TES compensates the PTC during the day in fluctuating weather conditions. The parabolic trough collector as well as the control and oil handling unit is designed and manufactured by Protarget AG, Germany. The C-TES is designed and produced by CADE Soluciones de Ingeniería, S.L., Spain. In the focus of this paper is the description of the operational experience with the PTC, C-TES and boiler during the commissioning and operation phase. Additionally, innovative optimisation measures are presented.
Y1  - 2020
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0029278
N1  - SOLARPACES 2019: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, 1–4 October 2019, Daegu, South Korea
IS  - 2303
SP  - 140004-1
EP  - 140004-10
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Rendon, Carlos
A1  - Schwager, Christian
A1  - Ghiasi, Mona
A1  - Schmitz, Pascal
A1  - Bohang, Fakhri
A1  - Caminos, Ricardo Alexander Chico
A1  - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
T1  - Modeling and upscaling of a pilot bayonettube reactor for indirect solar mixed methane reforming
T2  - AIP Conference Proceedings
N2  - A 16.77 kW thermal power bayonet-tube reactor for the mixed reforming of methane using solar energy has been designed and modeled. A test bench for the experimental tests has been installed at the Synlight facility in Juelich, Germany and has just been commissioned. This paper presents the solar-heated reactor design for a combined steam and dry reforming as well as a scaled-up process simulation of a solar reforming plant for methanol production. Solar power towers are capable of providing large amounts of heat to drive high-endothermic reactions, and their integration with thermochemical processes shows a promising future. In the designed bayonet-tube reactor, the conventional burner arrangement for the combustion of natural gas has been substituted by a continuous 930 °C hot air stream, provided by means of a solar heated air receiver, a ceramic thermal storage and an auxiliary firing system. Inside the solar-heated reactor, the heat is transferred by means of convective mechanism mainly; instead of radiation mechanism as typically prevailing in fossil-based industrial reforming processes. A scaled-up solar reforming plant of 50.5 MWth was designed and simulated in Dymola® and AspenPlus®. In comparison to a fossil-based industrial reforming process of the same thermal capacity, a solar reforming plant with thermal storage promises a reduction up to 57 % of annual natural gas consumption in regions with annual DNI-value of 2349 kWh/m2. The benchmark solar reforming plant contributes to a CO2 avoidance of approx. 79 kilotons per year. This facility can produce a nominal output of 734.4 t of synthesis gas and out of this 530 t of methanol a day.
Y1  - 2020
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0029974
N1  - SOLARPACES 2019: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, 1–4 October 2019, Daegu, South Korea
IS  - 2303
SP  - 170012-1
EP  - 170012-9
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Göttsche, Joachim
A1  - Alexopoulos, Spiros
A1  - Dümmler, Andreas
A1  - Maddineni, S. K.
T1  - Multi-Mirror Array Calculations With Optical Error
N2  - The optical performance of a 2-axis solar concentrator was simulated with the COMSOL Multiphysics® software. The concentrator consists of a mirror array, which was created using the application builder. The mirror facets are preconfigured to form a focal point. During tracking all mirrors are moved simultaneously in a coupled mode by 2 motors in two axes, in order to keep the system in focus with the moving sun. Optical errors on each reflecting surface were implemented in combination with the solar angular cone of ± 4.65 mrad. As a result, the intercept factor of solar radiation that is available to the receiver was calculated as a function of the transversal and longitudinal angles of incidence. In addition, the intensity distribution on the receiver plane was calculated as a function of the incidence angles.
KW  - solar process heat
KW  - concentrating collector
KW  - raytracing
KW  - point-focussing system
Y1  - 2019
SP  - 1
EP  - 6
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Gorzalka, Philip
A1  - Schmiedt, Jacob Estevam
A1  - Schorn, Christian
T1  - Automated Generation of an Energy Simulation Model for an Existing Building from UAV Imagery
JF  - Buildings
N2  - An approach to automatically generate a dynamic energy simulation model in Modelica for a single existing building is presented. It aims at collecting data about the status quo in the preparation of energy retrofits with low effort and costs. The proposed method starts from a polygon model of the outer building envelope obtained from photogrammetrically generated point clouds. The open-source tools TEASER and AixLib are used for data enrichment and model generation. A case study was conducted on a single-family house. The resulting model can accurately reproduce the internal air temperatures during synthetical heating up and cooling down. Modelled and measured whole building heat transfer coefficients (HTC) agree within a 12% range. A sensitivity analysis emphasises the importance of accurate window characterisations and justifies the use of a very simplified interior geometry. Uncertainties arising from the use of archetype U-values are estimated by comparing different typologies, with best- and worst-case estimates showing differences in pre-retrofit heat demand of about ±20% to the average; however, as the assumptions made are permitted by some national standards, the method is already close to practical applicability and opens up a path to quickly estimate possible financial and energy savings after refurbishment.
KW  - Modelica
KW  - heat transfer coefficient
KW  - heat demand
KW  - building energy modelling
KW  - building energy simulation
Y1  - 2021
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11090380
SN  - 2075-5309
N1  - This article belongs to the Special Issue "Application of Computer Technology in Buildings"
VL  - 11
IS  - 9
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Peere, Wouter
A1  - Blanke, Tobias
ED  - Vernon, Chris
T1  - GHEtool: An open-source tool for borefield sizing in Python
JF  - Journal of Open Source Software
N2  - GHEtool is a Python package that contains all the functionalities needed to deal with borefield design. It is developed for both researchers and practitioners. The core of this package is the automated sizing of borefield under different conditions. The sizing of a borefield is typically slow due to the high complexity of the mathematical background. Because this tool has a lot of precalculated data, GHEtool can size a borefield in the order of tenths of milliseconds. This sizing typically takes the order of minutes. Therefore, this tool is suited for being implemented in typical workflows where iterations are required. 

GHEtool also comes with a graphical user interface (GUI). This GUI is prebuilt as an exe-file because this provides access to all the functionalities without coding. A setup to install the GUI at the user-defined place is also implemented and available at: https://www.mech.kuleuven.be/en/tme/research/thermal_systems/tools/ghetool.
KW  - geothermal
KW  - energy
KW  - borefields
KW  - sizing
Y1  - 2022
U6  - https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.04406
SN  - 2475-9066
VL  - 7
IS  - 76
SP  - 1
EP  - 4, 4406
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Blanke, Tobias
A1  - Schmidt, Katharina S.
A1  - Göttsche, Joachim
A1  - Döring, Bernd
A1  - Frisch, Jérôme
A1  - van Treeck, Christoph
ED  - Weidlich, Anke
ED  - Neumann, Dirk
ED  - Gust, Gunther
ED  - Staudt, Philipp
ED  - Schäfer, Mirko
T1  - Time series aggregation for energy system design: review and extension of modelling seasonal storages
T2  - Energy Informatics
N2  - Using optimization to design a renewable energy system has become a computationally demanding task as the high temporal fluctuations of demand and supply arise within the considered time series. The aggregation of typical operation periods has become a popular method to reduce effort. These operation periods are modelled independently and cannot interact in most cases. Consequently, seasonal storage is not reproducible. This inability can lead to a significant error, especially for energy systems with a high share of fluctuating renewable energy. The previous paper, “Time series aggregation for energy system design: Modeling seasonal storage”, has developed a seasonal storage model to address this issue. Simultaneously, the paper “Optimal design of multi-energy systems with seasonal storage” has developed a different approach. This paper aims to review these models and extend the first model. The extension is a mathematical reformulation to decrease the number of variables and constraints. Furthermore, it aims to reduce the calculation time while achieving the same results.
KW  - Energy system
KW  - Renewable energy
KW  - Mixed integer linear programming (MILP)
KW  - Typical periods
KW  - Time-series aggregation
Y1  - 2022
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1186/s42162-022-00208-5
SN  - 2520-8942
N1  - 11th DACH+ Conference on Energy Informatics, 15-16 September 2022, Freiburg, Germany
VL  - 5
IS  - 1, Article number: 17
PB  - Springer Nature
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Groß, Rolf Fritz
A1  - Hecken, M.
A1  - Renz, Ulrich
ED  - Dittler, A.
ED  - Hemmer, G.
ED  - Kasper, G.
T1  - Hot gas filtration with ceramic filter candles: experimental and numerical investigations on fluid flow during element cleaning
T2  - High temperature gas cleaning. Vol. 2
N2  - Ceramic hot gas filters are widely used in combined cycles based on pressurised fluidised beds. They fulfil most of the demands with respect to cleaning efficiency and long time durability, but their operation regarding the consumption of pulse gas and energy still has to be optimised. Experimental investigations were carried out to measure the flow field, the pressure and the gas temperature inside the filter candle during pulse jet cleaning. These results are compared with the results of a numerical procedure based on a solution of the two - dimensional conservation equations for momentum and energy. The observed difficulties handling different flow regimes like highly turbulent flow as well as Darcy flow simultaneously are discussed.
KW  - 20 fossil-fueled power plants
KW  - hot gas cleanup
KW  - ceramics
KW  - filtration
KW  - gas flow
Y1  - 1999
SN  - 3-9805220-1-6
N1  - 4th International Symposium and Exhibition on Gas Cleaning at High Temperatures, 22.-24.09.1999, Karlsruhe
SP  - 862
EP  - 873
PB  - KIT Institut für Mechanische Verfahrenstechnik und Mechanik
CY  - Karlsruhe
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Zahra, Mahdi
A1  - Phani Srujan, Merige
A1  - Caminos, Ricardo Alexander Chico
A1  - Schmitz, Pascal
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
A1  - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José
A1  - Schmitz, Mark
A1  - Gielen, Hans
A1  - Gedle, Yibekal
A1  - Dersch, Jürgen
T1  - Modeling the thermal behavior of solar salt in electrical resistance heaters for the application in PV-CSP hybrid power plants
T2  - SOLARPACES 2020
N2  - Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) systems are able to store energy cost-effectively in their integrated thermal energy storage (TES). By intelligently combining Photovoltaics (PV) systems with CSP, a further cost reduction of solar power plants is expected, as well as an increase in dispatchability and flexibility of power generation. PV-powered Resistance Heaters (RH) can be deployed to raise the temperature of the molten salt hot storage from 385 °C up to 565 °C in a Parabolic Trough Collector (PTC) plant. To avoid freezing and decomposition of molten salt, the temperature distribution in the electrical resistance heater is investigated in the present study. For this purpose, a RH has been modeled and CFD simulations have been performed. The simulation results show that the hottest regions occur on the electric rod surface behind the last baffle. A technical optimization was performed by adjusting three parameters: Shell-baffle clearance, electric rod-baffle clearance and number of baffles. After the technical optimization was carried out, the temperature difference between the maximum temperature and the average outlet temperature of the salt is within the acceptable limits, thus critical salt decomposition has been avoided. Additionally, the CFD simulations results were analyzed and compared with results obtained with a one-dimensional model in Modelica.
KW  - Solar thermal technologies
KW  - Hybrid energy system
KW  - Concentrated solar power
KW  - Energy storage
KW  - Photovoltaics
Y1  - 2022
SN  - 978-0-7354-4195-8
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0086268
SN  - 1551-7616 (online)
SN  - 0094-243X (print)
N1  - SOLARPACES 2020: 26th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, 28 September–2 October 2020, Freiburg, Germany
IS  - 2445 / 1
PB  - AIP conference proceedings / American Institute of Physics
CY  - Melville, NY
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Caminos, Ricardo Alexander Chico
A1  - Schmitz, Pascal
A1  - Atti, Vikrama
A1  - Mahdi, Zahra
A1  - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José
A1  - Sattler, Johannes Christoph
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
A1  - Hilger, Patrick
A1  - Dieckmann, Simon
T1  - Development of a micro heliostat and optical qualification assessment with a 3D laser scanning method
T2  - SOLARPACES 2020
N2  - The Solar-Institut Jülich (SIJ) and the companies Hilger GmbH and Heliokon GmbH from Germany have developed a small-scale cost-effective heliostat, called “micro heliostat”. Micro heliostats can be deployed in small-scale concentrated solar power (CSP) plants to concentrate the sun's radiation for electricity generation, space or domestic water heating or industrial process heat. In contrast to conventional heliostats, the special feature of a micro heliostat is that it consists of dozens of parallel-moving, interconnected, rotatable mirror facets. The mirror facets array is fixed inside a box-shaped module and is protected from weathering and wind forces by a transparent glass cover. The choice of the building materials for the box, tracking mechanism and mirrors is largely dependent on the selected production process and the intended application of the micro heliostat. Special attention was paid to the material of the tracking mechanism as this has a direct influence on the accuracy of the micro heliostat. The choice of materials for the mirror support structure and the tracking mechanism is made in favor of plastic molded parts. A qualification assessment method has been developed by the SIJ in which a 3D laser scanner is used in combination with a coordinate measuring machine (CMM). For the validation of this assessment method, a single mirror facet was scanned and the slope deviation was computed.
KW  - Concentrated solar power
KW  - Electricity generation
KW  - Measuring instruments
KW  - Heliostats
KW  - Global change
Y1  - 2022
SN  - 978-0-7354-4195-8
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0086262
SN  - 1551-7616 (online)
SN  - 0094-243X (print)
N1  - SOLARPACES 2020: 26th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, 28 September–2 October 2020, Freiburg, Germany
IS  - 2445 / 1
PB  - AIP conference proceedings / American Institute of Physics
CY  - Melville, NY
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Niederwestberg, Stefan
A1  - Schneider, Falko
A1  - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
T1  - Introduction to a direct irradiated transparent tube particle receiver
T2  - SOLARPACES 2020
N2  - New materials often lead to innovations and advantages in technical applications. This also applies to the particle receiver proposed in this work that deploys high-temperature and scratch resistant transparent ceramics. With this receiver design, particles are heated through direct-contact concentrated solar irradiance while flowing downwards through tubular transparent ceramics from top to bottom. In this paper, the developed particle receiver as well as advantages and disadvantages are described. Investigations on the particle heat-up characteristics from solar irradiance were carried out with DEM simulations which indicate that particle temperatures can reach up to 1200 K. Additionally, a simulation model was set up for investigating the dynamic behavior. A test receiver at laboratory scale has been designed and is currently being built. In upcoming tests, the receiver test rig will be used to validate the simulation results. The design and the measurement equipment is described in this work.
KW  - Solar irradiance
KW  - Ceramics
Y1  - 2022
SN  - 978-0-7354-4195-8
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0086735
SN  - 1551-7616 (online)
SN  - 0094-243X (print)
N1  - SOLARPACES 2020: 26th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, 28 September–2 October 2020, Freiburg, Germany
IS  - 2445 / 1
PB  - AIP conference proceedings / American Institute of Physics
CY  - Melville, NY
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Neumann, Hannah
A1  - Adam, Mario
A1  - Backes, Klaus
A1  - Börner, Martin
A1  - Clees, Tanja
A1  - Doetsch, Christian
A1  - Glaeser, Susanne
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
A1  - May, Johanna
A1  - Rosenthal, Florian
A1  - Sauer, Dirk Uwe
A1  - Stadler, Ingo
T1  - Development of open educational resources for renewable energy and the energy transition process
T2  - ISES SWC 2021
N2  - The dissemination of knowledge about renewable energies is understood as a social task with the highest topicality. The transfer of teaching content on renewable energies into digital open educational resources offers the opportunity to significantly accelerate the implementation of the energy transition. Thus, in the here presented project six German universities create open educational resources for the energy transition. These materials are available to the public on the internet under a free license. So far there has been no publicly accessible, editable media that cover entire learning units about renewable energies extensively and in high technical quality. Thus, in this project, the content that remains up-to-date for a longer period is appropriately prepared in terms of media didactics. The materials enable lecturers to provide students with in-depth training about technologies for the energy transition. In a particular way, the created material is also suitable for making the general public knowledgeable about the energy transition with scientifically based material.
KW  - energy transition
KW  - renewable energies
KW  - open educational resources
KW  - dissemination
KW  - digitalization
Y1  - 2021
U6  - https://doi.org/10.18086/swc.2021.47.03
N1  - ISES Solar World Congress, virtual conference 25-29 October 2021
PB  - International Solar Energy Society
CY  - Freiburg
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Sattler, Johannes Christoph
A1  - Schneider, Iesse Peer
A1  - Angele, Florian
A1  - Atti, Vikrama
A1  - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
T1  - Development of heliostat field calibration methods: Theory and experimental test results
T2  - SolarPACES 2022 conference proceedings
N2  - In this work, three patent pending calibration methods for heliostat fields of central receiver systems (CRS) developed by the Solar-Institut Jülich (SIJ) of the FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences are presented. The calibration methods can either operate in a combined mode or in stand-alone mode. The first calibration method, method A, foresees that a camera matrix is placed into the receiver plane where it is subjected to concentrated solar irradiance during a measurement process. The second calibration method, method B, uses an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) such as a quadrocopter to automatically fly into the reflected solar irradiance cross-section of one or more heliostats (two variants of method B were tested). The third calibration method, method C, foresees a stereo central camera or multiple stereo cameras installed e.g. on the solar tower whereby the orientations of the heliostats are calculated from the location detection of spherical red markers attached to the heliostats. The most accurate method is method A which has a mean accuracy of 0.17 mrad. The mean accuracy of method B variant 1 is 1.36 mrad and of variant 2 is 1.73 mrad. Method C has a mean accuracy of 15.07 mrad. For method B there is great potential regarding improving the measurement accuracy. For method C the collected data was not sufficient for determining whether or not there is potential for improving the accuracy.
KW  - Heliostat Field Calibration
KW  - Unmanned aerial vehicle
KW  - UAV
KW  - Quadrocopter
KW  - Camera system
Y1  - 2024
U6  - https://doi.org/10.52825/solarpaces.v1i.678
SN  - 2751-9899 (online)
N1  - SolarPACES 2022: 28th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, 27-30 September, Albuquerque, NM, USA
IS  - 1
PB  - TIB Open Publishing
CY  - Hannover
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Schwager, Christian
A1  - Angele, Florian
A1  - Nouri, Bijan
A1  - Schwarzbözl, Peter
A1  - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
T1  - Impact of DNI forecast quality on performance prediction for a commercial scale solar tower: Application of nowcasting DNI maps to dynamic solar tower simulation
T2  - SolarPACES 2022 conference proceedings
N2  - Concerning current efforts to improve operational efficiency and to lower overall costs of concentrating solar power (CSP) plants with prediction-based algorithms, this study investigates the quality and uncertainty of nowcasting data regarding the implications for process predictions. DNI (direct normal irradiation) maps from an all-sky imager-based nowcasting system are applied to a dynamic prediction model coupled with ray tracing. The results underline the need for high-resolution DNI maps in order to predict net yield and receiver outlet temperature realistically. Furthermore, based on a statistical uncertainty analysis, a correlation is developed, which allows for predicting the uncertainty of the net power prediction based on the corresponding DNI forecast uncertainty. However, the study reveals significant prediction errors and the demand for further improvement in the accuracy at which local shadings are forecasted.
KW  - Process prediction
KW  - DNI forecasting
KW  - Nowcasting
KW  - Uncertainty analysis
KW  - Molten salt receiver system,
Y1  - 2024
U6  - https://doi.org/10.52825/solarpaces.v1i.675
SN  - 2751-9899 (online)
N1  - SolarPACES 2022, 28th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, 27-30 September, Albuquerque, NM, USA
IS  - 1
PB  - TIB Open Publishing
CY  - Hannover
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Schulte, Jonas
A1  - Schwager, Christian
A1  - Frantz, Cathy
A1  - Schloms, Felix
A1  - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
T1  - Control concept for a molten salt receiver in star design: Development, optimization and testing with cloud passage scenarios
T2  - SolarPACES 2022 conference proceedings
N2  - A promising approach to reduce the system costs of molten salt solar receivers is to enable the irradiation of the absorber tubes on both sides. The star design is an innovative receiver design, pursuing this approach. The unconventional design leads to new challenges in controlling the system. This paper presents a control concept for a molten salt receiver system in star design. The control parameters are optimized in a defined test cycle by minimizing a cost function. The control concept is tested in realistic cloud passage scenarios based on real weather data. During these tests, the control system showed no sign of unstable behavior, but to perform sufficiently in every scenario further research and development like integrating Model Predictive Controls (MPCs) need to be done. The presented concept is a starting point to do so.
KW  - Molten salt receiver
KW  - Star design
KW  - Control optimization
KW  - Cloud passages
Y1  - 2023
U6  - https://doi.org/10.52825/solarpaces.v1i.693
SN  - 2751-9899 (online)
N1  - SolarPACES 2022, 28th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, 27-30 September, Albuquerque, NM, USA
IS  - 1
PB  - TIB Open Publishing
CY  - Hannover
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Lahrs, Lennart
A1  - Krisam, Pierre
A1  - Herrmann, Ulf
T1  - Envisioning a collaborative energy system planning platform for the energy transition at the district level
T2  - ECOS 2023. The 36th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems
N2  - Residential and commercial buildings account for more than one-third of global energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. Integrated multi-energy systems at the district level are a promising way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by exploiting economies of scale and synergies between energy sources. Planning district energy systems comes with many challenges in an ever-changing environment. Computational modelling established itself as the state-of-the-art method for district energy system planning. Unfortunately, it is still cumbersome to combine standalone models to generate insights that surpass their original purpose. Ideally, planning processes could be solved by using modular tools that easily incorporate the variety of competing and complementing computational models. Our contribution is a vision for a collaborative development and application platform for multi-energy system planning tools at the district level. We present challenges of district energy system planning identified in the literature and evaluate whether this platform can help to overcome these challenges. Further, we propose a toolkit that represents the core technical elements of the platform. Lastly, we discuss community management and its relevance for the success of projects with collaboration and knowledge sharing at their core.
KW  - Energy system planning
KW  - District energy planning platform
KW  - District data model
KW  - Renewable energy integration
Y1  - 2023
U6  - https://doi.org/10.52202/069564-0284
N1  - ECOS 2023. The 36th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, 25-30 JUNE, 2023, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
SP  - 3163
EP  - 3170
PB  - Procedings of ECOS 2023
ER  -