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Thermo-economic evaluation of an innovative direct steam generation solar power system using screw expanders in a tandem configuration (2018)
Journal Article
Li, P., Li, J., Tan, R., Wang, Y., Pei, G., Jiang, B., & Tang, J. (2019). Thermo-economic evaluation of an innovative direct steam generation solar power system using screw expanders in a tandem configuration. Applied thermal engineering, 148, 1007-1017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2018.11.097

Tandem screw expander (SE) technology is a promising solution for large volume ratio situations. Tandem SE driven direct steam generation (DSG) system is first proposed for distributed solar thermal power generation. Steam accumulator is adopted for... Read More about Thermo-economic evaluation of an innovative direct steam generation solar power system using screw expanders in a tandem configuration.

A novel approach to thermal storage of direct steam generation solar power systems through two-step heat discharge (2018)
Journal Article
Li, J., Gao, G., Kutlu, C., Liu, K., Pei, G., Su, Y., Ji, J., & Riffat, S. (2019). A novel approach to thermal storage of direct steam generation solar power systems through two-step heat discharge. Applied energy, 236, 81-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.11.084

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Steam accumulators are the only commercial solution for heat storage of direct steam generation (DSG) solar thermal power plants. Current accumulators have low storage capacity as the turbine suffers from inefficient off-design op... Read More about A novel approach to thermal storage of direct steam generation solar power systems through two-step heat discharge.

Effect of non-condensable gas on the behaviours of a controllable loop thermosyphon under active control (2018)
Journal Article
Cao, J., Pei, G., Bottarelli, M., Chen, C., Jiao, D., & Li, J. (2019). Effect of non-condensable gas on the behaviours of a controllable loop thermosyphon under active control. Applied thermal engineering, 146, 288-294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2018.09.132

Controllable loop thermosyphon (CLT) can be used as a significant temperature management component in solar- and electric-powered cool-storage refrigerators. However, the behaviours of CLT with non-condensable gas (NCG) under active control require f... Read More about Effect of non-condensable gas on the behaviours of a controllable loop thermosyphon under active control.

Preliminary performance study of a high-temperature parabolic trough solar evacuated receiver with an inner transparent radiation shield (2018)
Journal Article
Wang, Q., Yang, H., Hu, M., Huang, X., Li, J., & Pei, G. (2018). Preliminary performance study of a high-temperature parabolic trough solar evacuated receiver with an inner transparent radiation shield. Solar Energy, 173, 640-650. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2018.07.065

Solar evacuated receiver as a key part of parabolic trough collector (PTC) suffers considerable heat loss at high operating temperature, which exerts significantly negative effects on the overall performance of PTC system. Based on the fact of maldis... Read More about Preliminary performance study of a high-temperature parabolic trough solar evacuated receiver with an inner transparent radiation shield.

Development and assessment of integrating parabolic trough collectors with gas turbine trigeneration system for producing electricity, chilled water, and freshwater (2018)
Journal Article
Dabwan, Y. N., Gang, P., Li, J., Gao, G., & Feng, J. (2018). Development and assessment of integrating parabolic trough collectors with gas turbine trigeneration system for producing electricity, chilled water, and freshwater. Energy, 162, 364-379. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2018.07.211

The main objective of the present work is to investigate the possible modifications of a gas turbine trigeneration plant via integrating it with a parabolic trough collector (PTC) technology. This plant produces 45461 m3/day of freshwater and 2300 kg... Read More about Development and assessment of integrating parabolic trough collectors with gas turbine trigeneration system for producing electricity, chilled water, and freshwater.

Experimental study on a novel photovoltaic thermal system using amorphous silicon cells deposited on stainless steel (2018)
Journal Article
Li, J., Ren, X., Yuan, W., Li, Z., Pei, G., Su, Y., Kutlu, Ç., Ji, J., & Riffat, S. (2018). Experimental study on a novel photovoltaic thermal system using amorphous silicon cells deposited on stainless steel. Energy, 159, 786-798. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2018.06.127

Amorphous silicon (a-Si) cells are able to perform better as temperature increases due to the effect of thermal annealing. a-Si cells have great potential to solve or ease the problems of high power temperature coefficient, large thermal stress cause... Read More about Experimental study on a novel photovoltaic thermal system using amorphous silicon cells deposited on stainless steel.

Off-design performance modelling of a solar organic Rankine cycle integrated with pressurized hot water storage unit for community level application (2018)
Journal Article
Kutlu, C., Li, J., Su, Y., Pei, G., & Riffat, S. (2018). Off-design performance modelling of a solar organic Rankine cycle integrated with pressurized hot water storage unit for community level application. Energy Conversion and Management, 166, 132-145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2018.04.024

Solar organic Rankine cycle (ORC) has advantages over common PV systems in view of the flexible operation even if solar radiation is unavailable. However, at present the dynamic performance of solar ORC with respect to the off-design behaviour of sto... Read More about Off-design performance modelling of a solar organic Rankine cycle integrated with pressurized hot water storage unit for community level application.

Experimental Study of a Point-Focus Fresenel High Concentrator Photovoltaic/Thermal System (2018)
Journal Article
Jin, Z., Ji, J., Xu, N., Sun, W., Li, J., & Huang, W. (2018). Experimental Study of a Point-Focus Fresenel High Concentrator Photovoltaic/Thermal System. 880-01 Tai yang neng xue bao = Acta energiae solaris sinica / CSES, 39(1), 69-75

This paper proposes and builds a novel type of high concentration photovoltaic/thermal(HPV/T)system, combines the Fresnel type point-focus photovoltaic system with PV/T system effectively, and carries on the experimental study. Through outdoor test a... Read More about Experimental Study of a Point-Focus Fresenel High Concentrator Photovoltaic/Thermal System.