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A novel concentrated solar power system using cascade steam-organic Rankine cycle and two-stage accumulators (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, J., Gao, G., Pei, G., Li, P., Su, Y., Ji, J., & Riffat, S. A novel concentrated solar power system using cascade steam-organic Rankine cycle and two-stage accumulators. Presented at 9th International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE 2017), Cardiff, UK

A novel direct steam generation solar power system is proposed based on steam screw expander, cascade steam-organic Rankine cycle (SORC) and two-stage accumulators. The high temperature accumulator (HTA) enables smooth power conversion and stores the... Read More about A novel concentrated solar power system using cascade steam-organic Rankine cycle and two-stage accumulators.

Numerical investigation and experimental validation of the impacts of an inner radiation shield on parabolic trough solar receivers (2017)
Journal Article
Wang, Q., Yang, H., Huang, X., Li, J., & Pei, G. (2018). Numerical investigation and experimental validation of the impacts of an inner radiation shield on parabolic trough solar receivers. Applied thermal engineering, 132, 381-392. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2017.12.112

Conventional parabolic trough solar receivers are widely used to harvest heat energy at temperatures ranging from 400 °C to 550 °C. However, high temperatures cause excessive heat loss in solar receivers. Two types of novel solar receivers with an in... Read More about Numerical investigation and experimental validation of the impacts of an inner radiation shield on parabolic trough solar receivers.

Performance study and comparative analysis of traditional and double-selective-coated parabolic trough receivers (2017)
Journal Article
Yang, H., Wang, Q., Huang, X., Li, J., & Pei, G. (2018). Performance study and comparative analysis of traditional and double-selective-coated parabolic trough receivers. Energy, 145, 206-216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2017.12.126

Based on the simulated non-uniformity solar radiation flux distribution of the absorber by the Soltrace software using the Monte Carlo Ray-Trace Method, an innovative parabolic trough solar receiver that employs two solar selective coatings with diff... Read More about Performance study and comparative analysis of traditional and double-selective-coated parabolic trough receivers.

Experimental study of organic Rankine cycle in the presence of non-condensable gases (2017)
Journal Article
Li, J., Gao, G., Li, P., Pei, G., Huang, H., Su, Y., & Ji, J. (2018). Experimental study of organic Rankine cycle in the presence of non-condensable gases. Energy, 142, 739-753. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2017.10.054

Non-condensable gases (NCGs) are inevitable in organic Rankine cycle (ORC) system, and they have adverse impacts. A small-scale ORC test platform using scroll expander and R123 was constructed to investigate the NCGs effect. The expander backpressure... Read More about Experimental study of organic Rankine cycle in the presence of non-condensable gases.

Thermodynamic comparison and dynamic simulation of direct and indirect solar organic Rankine cycle systems with PCM storage (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alvi, J. Z., Imran, M., Pei, G., Li, J., Gao, G., & Alvi, J. Thermodynamic comparison and dynamic simulation of direct and indirect solar organic Rankine cycle systems with PCM storage. Presented at 4th International Seminar on ORC Power Systems, Milan, Italy

A thermodynamic comparison between a novel direct solar ORC system (DSOS) and indirect solar ORC system (ISOS) is carried out in this study. A phase change material (PCM) heat storage unit is integrated with both systems to ensure the stability of po... Read More about Thermodynamic comparison and dynamic simulation of direct and indirect solar organic Rankine cycle systems with PCM storage.

A numerical and experimental study of micro-channel heat pipe solar photovoltaics thermal system (2017)
Journal Article
Modjinou, M., Ji, J., Li, J., Yuan, W., & Zhou, F. (2017). A numerical and experimental study of micro-channel heat pipe solar photovoltaics thermal system. Applied energy, 206, 708-722. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.08.221

A novel micro-channel heat pipe array incorporated with crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar photovoltaic/thermal system (MHP-PV/T) was designed and constructed by the authors. The proposed design configuration combined c-Si solar cells and wide micro-ch... Read More about A numerical and experimental study of micro-channel heat pipe solar photovoltaics thermal system.

Experimental investigation on controllable loop thermosyphon with a reservoir (2017)
Journal Article
Cao, J., Pei, G., Jiao, D., Zhao, P., Li, J., & Wang, Y. (2017). Experimental investigation on controllable loop thermosyphon with a reservoir. Applied thermal engineering, 126, 322-329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2017.07.182

The controllable loop thermosyphons (CLTs) can be widely applied in temperature control applications, such as cool-storage refrigerators powered by solar energy or electricity with the TOU (time of use) price. However, the performance of the CLT requ... Read More about Experimental investigation on controllable loop thermosyphon with a reservoir.

Performance analysis on a high-temperature solar evacuated receiver with an inner radiation shield (2017)
Journal Article
Wang, Q., Li, J., Yang, H., Su, K., Hu, M., & Pei, G. (2017). Performance analysis on a high-temperature solar evacuated receiver with an inner radiation shield. Energy, 139, 447-458. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2017.07.147

A novel solar evacuated receiver as the key part of parabolic trough collector (PTC) was designed and constructed by authors. The novel evacuated receiver (NER) with an inner radiation shield can significantly decrease heat loss at higher operating t... Read More about Performance analysis on a high-temperature solar evacuated receiver with an inner radiation shield.

Preliminary study on variable conductance loop thermosyphons (2017)
Journal Article
Cao, J., Pei, G., Chen, C., Jiao, D., & Jing, L. (2017). Preliminary study on variable conductance loop thermosyphons. Energy Conversion and Management, 147, 66-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2017.04.105

Given that loop thermosyphons are widely used as simple and high-efficiency heat transfer devices, their passive heat transfer performance has attracted considerable research interest. The capability of loop thermosyphons for active heat transfer adj... Read More about Preliminary study on variable conductance loop thermosyphons.

Modeling and optimization of solar-powered cascade Rankine cycle system with respect to the characteristics of steam screw expander (2017)
Journal Article
Li, P., Li, J., Gao, G., Pei, G., Su, Y., Ji, J., & Ye, B. (2017). Modeling and optimization of solar-powered cascade Rankine cycle system with respect to the characteristics of steam screw expander. Renewable energy, 112, 398-412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2017.05.054

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd The screw-type volumetric expander has great potential in distributed solar electric generating system (SEGS) applications regarding its ability of handling both steam and liquid. A parabolic trough collector (PTC)-coupled cascade... Read More about Modeling and optimization of solar-powered cascade Rankine cycle system with respect to the characteristics of steam screw expander.

Preliminary thermal analysis of a combined photovoltaic–photothermic–nocturnal radiative cooling system (2017)
Journal Article
Hu, M., Zhao, B., Li, J., Wang, Y., & Pei, G. (2017). Preliminary thermal analysis of a combined photovoltaic–photothermic–nocturnal radiative cooling system. Energy, 137, 419-430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2017.03.075

A novel combined photovoltaic–photothermic–nocturnal radiative cooling (PV–PT–RC) system was proposed to achieve multifunctional and all-weather operation. The proposed system collects electricity and heat energy at daytime through PV and PT conversi... Read More about Preliminary thermal analysis of a combined photovoltaic–photothermic–nocturnal radiative cooling system.

Thermodynamic and economic investigation of a screw expander-based direct steam generation solar cascade Rankine cycle system using water as thermal storage fluid (2017)
Journal Article
Li, J., Li, P., Gao, G., Pei, G., Su, Y., & Ji, J. (2017). Thermodynamic and economic investigation of a screw expander-based direct steam generation solar cascade Rankine cycle system using water as thermal storage fluid. Applied energy, 195, 137-151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.03.033

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd Solar electricity generation system (SEGS) which employs cascade steam-organic Rankine cycle (SORC) and steam screw expander (SE) is promising due to the high efficiency at moderate heat source temperature. This paper puts a speci... Read More about Thermodynamic and economic investigation of a screw expander-based direct steam generation solar cascade Rankine cycle system using water as thermal storage fluid.