Author:Klein, Peter; Roos, TH; Sheer, JDate:Aug 2014Ceramic heat regenerators are suited to providing thermal storage for concentrating solar power stations based on a recuperated gas turbine cycle. Randomly packed beds of spheres and saddles; honeycombs and checker bricks were identified as ...Read more
Author:Roos, T; Surridge-Talbot, KDate:Oct 2015Numerous economically important high temperature processes contribute to South African emissions; this is apart from the electricity generation sector which is responsible for half of South African emissions. Some are driven by fossil fuel ...Read more
Author:Duvenhage, F; Brent, AC; Stafford, William HLDate:Mar 2019The rapid global growth in the use of renewable energy to reduce GHG emissions and mitigate climate change, through the inclusion of large amounts of PV and wind in existing electricity grids, has highlighted certain challenges. Most critically, ...Read more
Author:Duvenhage, F; Brent, AC; Stafford, William HLDate:Mar 2019The rapid global growth in the use of renewable energy to reduce GHG emissions and mitigate climate change, through the inclusion of large amounts of PV and wind in existing electricity grids, has highlighted certain challenges. Most critically, ...Read more
Author:Duvenhage, DF; Brent, AC; Stafford, William HL; Van Den Heever, DDate:Jun 2020Renewable Energy Technologies are rapidly gaining uptake in South Africa, already having more than 3900 MW operational wind, solar PV, Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) and biogas capacity. CSP has the potential to become a leading Renewable ...Read more
Author:Klein, Peter; Roos, TH; Sheer, TJDate:Aug 2015The development of a high temperature Thermal Energy Storage (TES) system will allow for high solar shares in Solar Gas Turbine (SGT) plants. In this research a pressurised storage solution is proposed that utilises a packed bed of alumina ...Read more
Author:Klein, Peter; Roos, TH; Sheer, TJDate:Aug 2015The development of a high temperature Thermal Energy Storage (TES) system will allow for high solar shares in Solar Gas Turbine (SGT) plants. In this research a pressurised storage solution is proposed that utilises a packed bed of alumina ...Read more
Author:Duvenhage, F; Brent, AC; Stafford, William HL; Grobbelaar, SDate:Apr 2020A systematic approach to evaluate Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plant fleet deployment and sustainable water resource use in arid regions is presented. An overview is given of previous work carried out. Once CSP development scenarios, ...Read more