Deliverables & Results
Deliverables
Publications
A methodology for the thermal design and integration of fluidized bed heat exchangers in sCO2-based solar tower plants
AUTHORS Simone Girelli, Dario Alfani, Marco Binotti, Paolo Silva, Marco Astolfi
VENUE Energy, 15 April 2026
Open Access link / DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2026.140340
TYPE Publication / Journal article
Modeling and control of a fluidized-particle-based solar receiver at MW-scale
AUTHORS Eduardo Oñate Oyaneder, Françoise Bataille, Ferhat Tamssaouet, Gilles Flamant
VENUE PhD days at PROMES-CNRS, Odeillo, France, 19-20 2025
TYPE Poster
Thermal energy storage and transport in particles
AUTHORS Gilles Flamant, Xavier Py
VENUE Presentation - International Conference on Functional Materials and Renewable Energies (COFMER), Tanger, Morocco
Open Access link / DOI https://hal.science/hal-05052332v1
TYPE Conference paper
Design of an Optimized Utility-Scale Heliostat Field Coupled with a Particle Fluidized Bed Solar Receiver
AUTHORS Benjamin Grange, Gilles Flamant
VENUE 31st SolarPACES International Conference, Almería, Spain, 23–26 September 2025
TYPE Conference poster
Fluidized particle-driven CSP integration model for MW-scale commercial applications
AUTHORS Mariola Guerrero, Magdalena Barnetche, Cristina Prieto Ríos, Benjamin Grange, Simone Girelli, Dario Alfani, Marco Astolfi
VENUE 31st SolarPACES International Conference, Almería, Spain, 23–26 September 2025
TYPE Conference poster
Experimental investigation and optimisation of flow dynamics of gravity moving bed electric heater for olivine particles in CSP
AUTHORS Taras Koturbash, Carolina Myrvoll, Ellen Turås, Quentin Lannoy
VENUE 31st SolarPACES International Conference, Almería, Spain, 23–26 September 2025
TYPE Conference poster
Experimental investigation of Vertical Electrical superHeater design for olivine particles in CSP
AUTHORS Taras Koturbash, Silvia Trevisan Rafael Guedez Mata
VENUE 31st SolarPACES International Conference, Almería, Spain, 23–26 September 2025
TYPE Conference poster
The Powder-to-Power project: A MW-scale demonstrator of a solar plant using particles as heat transfer and storage media
AUTHORS Alex Le Gal, William Baltus, Roger Garcia, Antoine Perez, Anita Haeussler, Jan Baeyens, Emmanuel Guillot, Gilles Flamant
VENUE 31st SolarPACES International Conference, Almería, Spain, 23–26 September 2025
TYPE Conference poster
Les scientifiques européens au service d’une révolution énergétique !
AUTHORS Guillot Emmanuel, Flamant Gilles, Le Gal Alex, Marin Zapata Sergio
VENUE InterSections #4 magazine, September 225
Open Access link / DOI https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19257278
TYPE Outreach article
Design, construction and operation of a particle-driven CSP conveyance loop: attrition, erosion, and thermal performance aspects
AUTHORS Yimin Deng, Alex Le Gal, Emmanuel Guillot, Gilles Flamant, Jan Baeyens,
VENUE Results in Engineering, March 2026
Open Access link / DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2025.108532
TYPE Publication / Journal article
Techno-Economic Analysis and Optimal Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Power Cycle Configuration for Novel Concentrating Solar Power Plants Adopting Tubular Fluidized Particles Central Receivers
AUTHORS Dario Alfani, Filip Sobic, Marco Astolfi, Marco Binotti, Paolo Silva
VENUE Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power (ASME, American Society of Mechanical Engineers), November 2025
Open Access link / DOI https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4068464
TYPE Publication / Journal article
Particle Conveyance in a Particle-driven CSP Loop: Design, Operation, Attrition and Erosion
AUTHORS Yimin Deng, Alex Le Gal, Emmanuel Guillot, Gilles Flamant and Jan Baeyens
VENUE Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Environmental Sciences and Renewable Energy (ESRE 2025), published in E3S Web of Conferences (2025)
Open Access link / DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202564302002
TYPE Publication / Conference proceedings article
Optimization of the Integration of Fluidized Bed Particle Heat Exchanger in sCO2 Based Solar Tower Plants
AUTHORS Girelli, Simone & Alfani, Dario & Astolfi, Marco & Binotti, Marco & Silva, Paolo
VENUE Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Supercritical CO₂ for Energy Systems (sCO₂), Delft, The Netherlands, 9–11 April 2025
Open Access link / DOI https://doi.org/10.17185/duepublico/83296
TYPE Publication / Conference proceedings article
