NREL TroughNet - Publications
Prof. Robert B.
Laughlin
Department of Physics
Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
Parabolic Trough Thermal Energy Storage Publications
Parabolic Trough Thermal Energy Storage - General
Presentations on Thermal Energy Storage for Parabolic Trough Power Systems
Event: 2003 Thermal Energy Storage for Trough Power Systems Workshop,
Golden, Colorado
Survey of Thermal Energy Storage for Parabolic Trough Power Plants
Article Available from: Journal
of Solar Energy Engineering
Survey of Thermal Storage for Parabolic Trough Power Plants
NREL Subcontract Report: (PDF 1.6 MB)
Presentations on Parabolic Trough Thermal Energy Storage
Event: 2006 Parabolic Trough Technology Workshop, Incline Village, Nevada
Parabolic Trough Thermal Energy Storage Indirect Two-Tank
Thermal Storage Commercial Plant Design Study for a 2-Tank Indirect Molten Salt System
NREL Subcontract Report: (PDF 891 KB)
Parabolic Trough Molten-Salt Heat Transfer Fluid and Thermocline
Testing Thermocline Filler Materials and Molten-Salt Heat Transfer Fluids for Thermal Energy Storage Systems Used in Parabolic Trough Solar Power Plants
Posted with Permission from Sandia National Laboratories: (PDF 8.2 MB)
Evaluation of a Molten Salt Heat Transfer Fluid in a Parabolic Trough Solar Field
Conference Paper Available from: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Development of a High Temperature, Long-Shafted, Molten-Salt Pump for Power Tower Applications
Article Available from: Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
Development of a Molten-Salt Thermocline Thermal Storage System for Parabolic Trough Plants
Article Available from: Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
Development of a Molten-Salt Thermocline Thermal Storage System for Parabolic Trough Plants
Conference Proceedings Available from: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Parabolic Trough Advanced Heat Transfer Fluid (HTF) Development
Lifetime of Imidazolium Salts at Elevated Temperatures
Article Available from: Journal of Solar Engineering
Thermal Stability and Corrosivity Evaluations of Ionic Liquids as Thermal Energy Storage Media
Article Available from: British Library Direct
Advanced Thermal Storage Fluids for Solar Parabolic Trough Systems
Available from: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Other
Phase-Change Thermal Energy Storage
NREL Subcontract Report: (PDF 4.8 MB)