Towards Competitive, Reliable, Safe and Sustainable Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Plants

Project Information

TOPCSP

Grant agreement ID: 101072537

DOI

10.3030/101072537

EC signature date 6 July 2022

Start date 1 October 2022

End date 30 September 2026

Funded under

• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Total cost

No data

EU contribution

€ 2 563 591,40

Coordinated by

UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID
Spain

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Publications

Conference proceedings (9)

Comparison of Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers for CO2 and CO2+SiCl4 Mixtures Transcritical Cycles

Author(s): Naumov, Vladimir; Mantegazza, Marta; Doninelli, Michele; Di Marcoberardino, Gioele; Iora, Paolo; Rottoli, Marco
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.13986989

Inverse Heat Transfer Analysis for Estimating Heat Flux in Solar Tower Receivers

Author(s): ACOSTA IBORRA, ANTONIO; Sobrino, Celia; Safari, Vahid; Fernandez-Torrijos, María
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.13960349

Numerical investigation of two-phase flow in DSG solar receivers: An Euler-Euler modelling approach

Author(s): Aguilera-Cortes, I., Toutant, A., Mer S
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.13971108

Real-Time Image Enhanced Data-Driven Digital Twin (Real-TImE 3DT) for Flux Density Measurements

Author(s): Díaz Alonso, Sergio; Raeder, Christian; Hoffschmidt, Bernhard
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.13969964

Enhance the productivity of solar still by using combined reflectors and latent thermal energy storage

Author(s): Hussein Alawai Ibrahim Al-Saaidi, Cristina Prieto
Published in: Proceedings of the 16th IEA ES TCP International Conference on Energy Storage (ENERSTOCK 2024), 2024
Publisher: INSAVALOR
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13790499

Experimental investigation of Direct Steam Generation for horizontal or slightly tilted Solar Receivers

Author(s): Aguilera-Cortes, I., Duval H., Huc J.J., Hernandez E., Toutant, A., Mer S
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.13970854

Application of Molten Salt Electrical Heaters to Increase the Flexibility of CSP Plants’ Power Block

Author(s): Eylül Gedik; Johannes Werner; Manfred Wirsum
Published in: SolarPACES Conference Proceedings, 2025, ISSN 2751-9899
Publisher: TIB Open Publishing
DOI: 10.52825/SOLARPACES.V3I.2310

Conference presentation: Water and carbon footprint of two condensing configurations for a solar thermal power plant

Author(s): Palmero-González, María Asunción; Batuecas, Esperanza; Fernández-Torrijos, María; Marugan-Cruz, Carolina
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.13934708

Conference Abstract: Water and carbon footprint for two condensing configurations for a solar thermal power plant

Author(s): Palmero-González, María Asunción; Batuecas, Esperanza; Fernández-Torrijos, María; Marugan-Cruz, Carolina
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.13935644

Peer reviewed articles (4)

Concentrating solar power (CSP) plant data-driven digital twin: A novel method for flux density prediction

Author(s): Diaz Alonso Sergio; Raeder Christian; Hoffschmidt Bernhard
Published in: Results in Engineering, Issue 28, 2025, ISSN 2590-1230
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.RINENG.2025.107096

Numerical investigation of tilt angle effect on a Direct Steam Generation solar receiver

Author(s): Israël Aguilera-Cortes, Adrien Toutant, Samuel Mer
Published in: Solar Energy, Issue 287, 2025, ISSN 0038-092X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2024.113215

Energy Conversion and Management

Author(s): M.A. Palmero-González; E. Batuecas; M. Fernández-Torrijos; C. Marugán-Cruz
Published in: Energy Conversion and Management, Issue 340, 2025, ISSN 0196-8904
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.ENCONMAN.2025.119978

High temperature Cesium-sCO2 combined cycle for concentrating solar power applications

Author(s): Vladimir Naumov, Michele Doninelli, Gioele Di Marcoberardino, Paolo Iora, Costante Invernizzi
Published in: Solar Energy, Issue 275, 2024, ISSN 0038-092X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2024.112599

Other (3)

CST4ALL 2nd Newsletter: 31 Mar. 2024

Author(s): ODTU Center for Solar Energy Research and Applications (ODTU-GUNAM); EU Horizon Europe CST4ALL Consortium
Published in: 2024
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11060825

Comparison of sCO2, CO2 mixture, and steam Rankine cycles for CSP with components sizing: implications for cost and flexibility

Author(s): Naumov, Vladimir; Gedik, Eylül; Petersen, Nils; Di Marcoberardino, Gioele; Iora, Paolo; Wirsum, Manfred
Published in: 2025
DOI: 10.17185/DUEPUBLICO/83332

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