selected publications

• academic article

  • Techno-economic analysis of multi-tower solar particle power plants.  Solar Energy.  254:112-122. 2023
  • DESIGN AND COST STUDY OF IMPROVED SCALED-UP CENTRIFUGAL PARTICLE RECEIVER BASED ON SIMULATION.  Journal of Energy Resources Technology-transactions of The Asme.  144. 2022
  • Atmospheric extinction in solar tower plants – A review.  Solar Energy.  152:193-207. 2017
  • Assessment of Improved Molten Salt Solar Tower Plants.  Energy Procedia.  49:1553-1562. 2014
  • Heliostat Field Layout Improvement by Nonrestricted Refinement.  Journal of Solar Energy Engineering-transactions of The Asme.  136. 2013
  • Face-Down Solid Particle Receiver Using Recirculation.  Journal of Solar Energy Engineering-transactions of The Asme.  133. 2011
  • Assessment of Solar Power Tower Driven Ultrasupercritical Steam Cycles Applying Tubular Central Receivers With Varied Heat Transfer Media.  Journal of Solar Energy Engineering-transactions of The Asme.  132. 2010
  • Assessment of the potential improvement due to multiple apertures in central receiver systems with secondary concentrators.  Solar Energy.  80:111-120. 2006

• chapter

  • Central tower systems using the Brayton cycle.  Elsevier eBooks. 353-382. 2017

• conference paper

  • Development progress of the CentRec® particle receiver technology.  Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols. 2022
  • Operational experience of a centrifugal particle receiver prototype.  Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols. 2019
  • HeliOS control system virtually operates a 100 MW molten salt tower.  SolarPACES 2017: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems. 2018
  • Atmospheric extinction in simulation tools for solar tower plants.  Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols. 2017
  • Optical performance of segmented aperture windows for solar tower receivers.  Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols. 2017
  • Optimizing heliostat positions with local search metaheuristics using a ray tracing optical model.  Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols. 2017
  • Solar Particle Tower Technology for Metallurgical Applications and Solarizing Coal Power Plants.  . 2015