In this paper, the thermal energy storage system of Badaling 1 MW solar power tower plant is modelled from mathematical models for whole of the working conditions using the modular modelling method. This model can accurately simulate the recharge and discharge processes of thermal energy...

In this paper, a comprehensive transient, two-dimensional, two-phase model for heat transfer and fluid dynamics within the packed-bed molten salt thermocline thermal storage system is presented. After model validation, the developed model is used to investigate the general thermal behavior of a...

Wind loads greatly affect the mechanical performance and tracking accuracy of heliostats. Therefore, the wind load must be accurately known to assure the operational reliability of heliostats. A simple wind load model was developed based on experiments on an actual heliostat rather than a wind...

Although concentrating solar power (CSP) technology has been projected as one of the most promising candidates to replace conventional power plants burning fossil fuels, the potential advantages and disadvantages of the CSP technology have not been thoroughly evaluated. To better understand the...

This paper presents experimental and numerical studies of the pressure drop in ceramic foams for solar air receiver applications. There are three main aims in this study. The first is to measure the pressure drop in the studied ceramic foams, and to build an empirical model based on the...

Parabolic trough receivers are the key component of parabolic trough solar plants, and they typically account for 30% of the cost of the construction of a solar field. The receiver’s reliability is still a major item which affects the plant’s cost. The temperature distribution of the...

Source mobile recording device identification aims to identify the source device through intrinsic audio characteristics, and it has been widely employed in various digital audio forensic scenarios. However, the existing methods have the problem of separating the short-term spatial information...

To balance the aesthetic requirements on photo quality and expensive high-end SLR cameras, synthetic bokeh effect rendering has emerged as an attractive machine learning topic. However, most of bokeh rendering models either heavily relied on prior knowledge or were topic-irrelevant data-driven...