Scientific publications
Conference Proceedings: SolarPACES 2021
SFERA-III participated in the 27th edition of SolarPACES, which take place online from September 27 to October 1, 2021. Let’s learn more about SFERA-III partners’ contributions during this event! On this occasion, SFERA-III partners produced abstracts, papers, and presentations about the project. All those documents are available in open access below. IMDEA Abstract Heliostat Drift Correction…
Scientific Publication: Reversible Phase Transformations in Novel Ce‐Substituted Perovskite Oxide Composites for Solar Thermochemical Redox Splitting of CO2
ETH Zürich published a scientific publication about SFERA-III in the international research journal, Advanced Energy Materials. The paper is available in open access. Abstract Thermochemical splitting of CO2 and H2O via two‐step metal oxide redox cycles offers a promising approach to produce solar fuels. Perovskite‐type oxides with the general formula ABO3 have recently gained attention…
Scientific Publication: Treatment of laundry wastewater by solar photo-Fenton process at pilot plant scale
CIEMAT-PSA published a scientific publication about SFERA-III in the 2021 year edition of the Environmental Science and Pollution Research. The paper is available in open access. Abstract Laundry sector consumes a huge amount of water which is usually discharged as wastewater instead of being reused. The application of biological treatment of laundry wastewater coupled with…
Scientific Publication: Thermodynamic Comparison of Solar Methane Reforming via Catalytic and Redox Cycle Routes
ETH Zürich published a scientific publication about SFERA-III in the 2021 year edition of the Official Journal of the International Journal Society, Solar Energy. The paper is available in open access. Abstract Thermochemical methane reforming to syngas is performed on a massive scale in the chemical industry, providing feedstock for many chemical processes such as…
Scientific Publication: Computation of canting errors in heliostats by flux map fitting: experimental assessment
CNRS-PROMES published an article about SFERA-III in the context of the ECOS Conference 2020 (33rd International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems).
Conference Proceedings: SolarPACES 2019
SFERA-III participated in the 25th edition of SolarPACES, which take place in Daegu (South Korea) from 1 to 4 October 2019. On this occasion, SFERA-III partners made 2 presentations about the project, which feature in the SolarPACES Conference Proceedings published in December 2020. Enhanced equivalent model algorithm for solar mirrors Authors Marco Montecchi, Florian Sutter,…
Scientific Publication: High-purity nitrogen production from air by pressure swing adsorption combined with SrFeO redox chemical looping
ETH Zürich published a scientific publication about SFERA-III in the international research journal, the Chemical Engineering Journal. The paper is available in open access. Abstract The combination of pressure swing adsorption (PSA) with a downstream redox chemical looping cycle toremove trace oxygen is proposed for the production of high-purity nitrogen from atmospheric air. The non-stoichiometric…
Conference Proceedings: XVII Congresso Ibérico e XIII Congresso Ibero-americano de Energia Solar (CIES2020)
SFERA-III participated in the XVII Iberian Congress and XIII Ibero-American Congress of Solar Energy (CIES 2020), which take place online from 3 to 5 November 2020. On this occasion, SFERA-III partners made 4 presentations about the project. Analysis of the behavior of silica glass lenses against the use of concentrated solar radiation Authors De Almeida…
Scientific Publication: Experimental Devices to Investigate the Long-Term Stability of Phase Change Materials under Application Conditions
CIEMAT-PSA, FRAUNHOFER, and CEA published an article about SFERA-III in the 2020 year edition of the international journal Applied Sciences. The paper is available in open access. Abstract Drift is a relevant issue in concentrated solar tower facilities since this time-dependent pointing error severely affects their performance. This work deals with the optical analysis of…
Scientific Publication: Drift analysis in tilt-roll heliostats
IMDEA Energía published a scientific publication about SFERA-III in the 2020 year edition of the official journal of the International Solar Energy Society, Solar Energy. The paper is available in open access. Abstract Drift is a relevant issue in concentrated solar tower facilities since this time-dependent pointing error severely affects their performance. This work deals with…
Scientific Publication: A supervised deep learning model for cloud/sky image segmentation
CNRS-PROMES published an article about SFERA-III in the context of the ECOS Conference 2020 (33rd International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems).
Scientific Publication: High redox performance of Y0.5Ba0.5CoO3−δ for thermochemical oxygen production and separation
ETZ Zürich published a scientific publication about SFERA-III in the April 2020 issue of the international journal Reaction Chemistry & Engineering. The paper is available in open access.
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