SolarPACES Organization - solar technologies.

  Mars petcare factory to tap sunlight for CST heat plus leverage Victoria’s world-leading renewable grid to electrically heat thermal energy storage. Press Release – ASTRI: Industrial decar...

https://www.solarpaces.org/aussi-petcare-firm-taps-both-solar-technologies-for-industrial-heat/

Abstract: Two-step thermochemical fuel production cycles powered using concentrating solar systems offer a route to convert solar energy to chemical fuels. In this work, we offer a critical asses...

https://www.solarpaces.org/published-at-solar-compass-a-critical-perspective-and-analysis-of-two-step-thermochemical-fuel-production-cycles/

Abstract: The reformation of methane to hydrogen and steam in a falling particle solar reactor (FPSR) is a promising method to use the solar energy, which converts solar energy into chemical ener...

https://www.solarpaces.org/published-at-applied-thermal-engineering-investigations-of-inlet-arrangement-strategies-and-particle-parameters-on-thermochemical-performance-in-falling-particle-solar-reactors/

Abstract: The reactor is the core component of the hydrogen production system. Although hydrogen production using solar energy as the heat source can effectively reduce carbon emissions, the reac...

https://www.solarpaces.org/published-at-applied-thermal-engineering-proposal-of-a-novel-solar-driven-thermochemical-reactor-for-green-hydrogen-production-using-helical-flow-channels/

Manuel Romero and Aldo Steinfeld receive the SolarPACES Lifetime Achievement Award from Robert Pitz-Paal On the closing day of the SolarPACES 2024 conference in Rome, Aldo Steinfeld and Manuel Ro...

https://www.solarpaces.org/dr-aldo-steinfeld-and-dr-manuel-romero-win-the-2024-solarpaces-lifetime-achievement-award/

MIT’s Heat-based solar hydrogen from a train of solar reactors boasts 70% heat recovery and heat-to-hydrogen from 10% to 40% In solar reactors that use solar-heated thermo-chemistry to produce ...

https://www.solarpaces.org/hot-solar-hydrogen-reactors-on-a-conveyor-belt-get-a-fast-study/

Abstract Direct air capture (DAC) of CO2 has gained attention as a sustainable carbon source. One of the most promising technologies currently available is liquid solvent DAC (L-DAC), but the sig...

https://www.solarpaces.org/published-at-environmental-science-and-technology-solar-powered-direct-air-capture-techno-economic-and-environmental-assessment/

Abstract Concentrating solar power plants are a clean energy source capable of competitive electricity generation even during night time, as well as the production of carbon-neutral fuels, offeri...

https://www.solarpaces.org/published-at-nature-automatic-heliostat-learning-for-in-situ-concentrating-solar-power-plant-metrology-with-differentiable-ray-tracing/

We’re hiring dedicated and dynamic working students to join our awesome team in Jülich/Cologne: ◾ Working student heliostat field (f/m/d) 37-50% ◾ Working student hydrogen production (f/m/...

https://www.solarpaces.org/synhelion-opportunity-for-working-students-in-solar-fuels/

Abstract Solar thermochemical hydrogen production using redox-active metal oxides is a promising pathway for the production of green hydrogen and synthetic fuel precursors. Herein, the perovskite...

https://www.solarpaces.org/published-at-the-journal-of-physical-chemistry-solar-thermochemical-redox-cycling-using-ga-and-al-doped-lsm-perovskites-for-renewable-hydrogen-production/

NREL’s Sand-based 100-hour long-duration thermal energy storage technology moves to demonstration phase at 10 hours Four years ago, researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL...

https://www.solarpaces.org/100-hour-thermal-energy-storage-in-sand-begins-nrel-demo/

We are pleased to share that this year the “𝗢𝘂𝘁𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱” from the ASME (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers...

https://www.solarpaces.org/dlr-researchers-win-asme-best-paper-award/

Abstract Hydrogen holds promise as a clean energy carrier, but its industrial utilization is currently constrained by the challenges of green production and efficient cross-regional delivery. To ...

https://www.solarpaces.org/published-at-applied-energy-systematic-assessment-for-an-integrated-hydrogen-approach-towards-the-cross-regional-application-considering-solar-thermochemical-and-methanol-carrier/

Abstract The van’t Hoff method is a standard approach for determining reaction enthalpies and entropies, e.g., in the thermochemical reduction of oxides, which is an important process for solar...

https://www.solarpaces.org/published-at-journal-of-the-american-chemical-society-chemical-potential-analysis-as-an-alternative-to-the-vant-hoff-method-hypothetical-limits-of-solar-thermochemical-hydrogen/

Abstract Ammonia synthesis via the catalytic Haber–Bosch process is characterized by its high pressures and low single-pass conversions, as well as by the energy-intensive production of the pre...

https://www.solarpaces.org/published-at-royal-society-of-chemistry-thermochemical-production-of-ammonia-via-a-two-step-metal-nitride-cycle-materials-screening-and-the-strontium-based-system/