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2011, Thermal Energy Storage and Its Potential Applications in Solar Thermal Power Plants and Electricity Storage

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2000, Evaluation and Performance Modeling for Integrated Solar Combined Cycles Systems and Thermal Storage System

2007, DOE Advanced Thermal Energy Storage Development Plan for Parabolic Trough Technology

2002, Development of a Molten-Salt Thermocline Thermal Storage System for Parabolic Trough Plants, ASME J. Solar Energy Eng., 124, 153, 10.1115/1.1464123

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2011, New Concepts and Materials for Thermal Energy Storage and Heat-Transfer Fluids

2006, Assessment of the Potential Improvement Due to Multiple Apertures in Central Receiver Systems With Secondary Concentrators, Sol. Energy, 80, 111, 10.1016/j.solener.2005.02.012

2011, Heliostat Field Layout Optimization for High-Temperature Solar Thermochemical Processing, Sol. Energy, 85, 334, 10.1016/j.solener.2010.11.018

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2006, TRNSYS Model Library for Solar Thermal Electric Components (STEC)

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2010, Molten-Salt Thermal Energy Storage in Thermoclines Under Different Environmental Boundary Conditions, Appl. Energy, 87, 3322, 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.04.024

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2007, Experimental Measurements of the Effective Thermal Conductivity of a Lithium Titanate (Li2TiO3) Pebbles-Packed Bed, J. Mater. Process. Technol., 181, 206, 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2006.03.061

2011, System Advisor Model Documentation Technical Manual for the Physical Trough Model

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