The increasing integration of wind power into the existing power system demands for effective strategies to deal with wind intermittency and uncertainty. Relying solely on thermal power to cover wind uncertainty will sacrifice the operating efficiency and economy of thermal generators. In view...

This paper discusses the concept of enhancing the yield of a chemical reaction using a rapid heating and quenching process. In this process, the heating rate is so rapid that a chemical equilibrium mixture of products does not have time to be established; therefore, compared with the rates of the...

Alkali-metal carbonate salts meet the requirements for high-temperature solar central receiver systems, but because of their corrosiveness they present special problems in the design of storage tanks. In order to reduce corrosion and temperature sufficiently to retain strength in the storage...