Scientific publications

From its incorporation until the present day ...

 

From its incorporation until the present day, research has always played an important part at AIRLIGHT ENERGY. The many publications written by company employees and the interest shown by many young people, who have chosen AIRLIGHT ENERGY and its technology as a topic for their dissertations (Bachelor, Master) and doctorates, is proof of this.

articles

Bader R., Pedretti A., Barbato M., Steinfeld A.
  • Zanganeh G., Pedretti A., Zavattoni S., Barbato M., Steinfeld A., 2012, Packed-bed thermal storage for Cconcentrated solar power – pilot-scale demonstration and industrial-scale design, Solar Energy, Vol. 86, pp. 3084-3098, 2012.
  • Bader R., Pedretti A., Barbato M., Steinfeld A., An air-based corrugated cavity-receiver for solar trough concentrators, Applied Energy, 2012.
  • Zanganeh G., Bader R., Pedretti A., Pedretti M., Steinfeld A., A solar dish concentrator based on ellipsoidal polyester membrane facets, Solar Energy, Vol.86, pp. 40 - 47, 2012.
  • Bader R., Pedretti A., Steinfeld A., A 9m-aperture solar parabolic trough concentrator based on a multilayer polymer mirror membrane mounted on a concrete structure, Journal of Solar Energy Engineering (JSEE), Vol. 133, pp. 1-12, 2011.
  • Cooper T., Steinfeld A., Derivation of the angular dispersion error distribution of mirror surfaces for Monte Carlo ray-tracing applications, Journal of Solar Energy Engineering (JSEE), Vol. 133, 044501, pp. 1-4, 2011.
  • Hänchen M., Brückner S., Steinfeld A., High-temperature thermal storage using a packed bed of rocks e heat transfer analysis and experimental validation, Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 31, pp. 1798 – 1806, 2011.
  • Bader R., Barbato M., Pedretti A., Steinfeld A., An air-based cavity- receiver for solar trough concentrators, Journal of Solar Energy Engineering (JSEE), Vol. 132, pp. 1-7, 2010.
  • Bader R., Steinfeld A., A solar trough concentrator for pill-box flux distribution over a CPV panel, Journal of Solar Energy Engineering (JSEE), Vol. 132, 014501, pp. 1-4, 2010.
  • Bader R., Haueter P., Pedretti A., Steinfeld A., Optical design of a novel two-stage solar trough concentrator based on pneumatic polymeric structures, ASME (JSEE), Vol. 131, No. 3, 2009.
  • Bader R., Pedretti A., Steinfeld A., Experimental and numerical heat transfer analysis of an air-based cavity-receiver for solar trough concentrators, Journal of Solar Energy Engineering (JSEE), in press.

conferences

Cooper T., Ambrosetti G., Pedretti A.
  • Zavattoni S., Montorfano D., Gaetano A., Di Stefano G.M., Barbato M., CFD Modeling Suitable for Concentrated Solar Power Applications: Thermal Insulation Based on Radiation Shields and Thermal Energy Storage Systems, International CAE Conference 2012, October 22 - 23, Verona (Italy).
  • Zavattoni S., Barbato M., Pedretti A., Zanganeh G., Steinfeld A., Effective thermal conductivity and axial porosity distribution of a rock-bed TES system: CFD modeling and experimental validation, SolarPACES Conference 2012, September 11 -14, Marrakech (Morocco).
  • Montorfano D., Barbato M., Gaetano A., Pedretti A., Malnati F., Pusterla S., Thermal insulation based on radiation shields for CSP-HTF pipes: CFD modeling and experimental validation, SolarPACES Conference 2012, September 11 -14, Marrakech (Morocco).
  • Cooper T., Ambrosetti G., Barbato M., Pravettoni M., Pedretti A., Steinfeld A., A 500 kW CPV collector based on an inflated trough primary with tracking secondary optics: on – sun tests and design optimization, International Conference on Concentrating Photovoltaic Systems (CPV – 8) 2012, April 16 - 18, Toledo (Spain).
  • Cooper T., Ambrosetti G., Pedretti A., Steinfeld A., A 500 kW quasi 2-axis tracking CPV system based on an inflated parabolic trough with tracking secondary optics, International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference (PVSEC-21) 2011, November 28 - December 2, Fukuoka (Japan).
  • Pedretti A., Neue möglichkeiten, sonnenenergie zu nutzen, Energieforschungskonferenz 2011 (Swiss Federal Office of energy), November 28 - 29, Bern, (Switzerland).
  • Zavattoni S., Barbato M., Pedretti A., Zanganeh G., CFD simulations of a pebble bed thermal energy storage system accounting for porosity variations effects, SolarPaces-2011, September 20 - 23, Granada (Spain).
  • Zanganeh G., Pedretti A., Steinfeld A., A packed bed of rocks for high-temperature thermal storage of concentrating solar energy, Paper in the proceedings of the 2011 World Engineers' Convention, 4 - 9 September 2011, Geneva (Switzerland).
  • Bader R., Barbato M., Pedretti A., Steinfeld A., An air-based cavity receiver for solar trough concentrators, ASME Energy Sustainability Conference 2010, Phoenix (AZ/USA).
  • Bader R., Barbato M., Pedretti A., Steinfeld A., An air-based cavity receiver for solar trough concentrators, Solarpaces Conference 2010, Perpignan (France).
  • Bader R., Haueter P., Pedretti A., Steinfeld A., Optical design of a novel 2-stage solar trough concentrator based on pneumatic polymeric structures, Solarpaces Conference 2009, Berlin (Germany).

 

posters

Jorio E., Barbato M., Bader R., Montorfano D.
  • Jorio E., Barbato M., Bader R., Montorfano D., Pedretti A., Steinfeld A., Model for an air cavity-receiver for concentrated solar power, EnginSoft International Conference 2010, October 21 - 22, Brescia , (Italy).

    • PhD Thesis

    Bader R.
  • Bader R., Optical and thermal analyses of an air-based solar trough concentrating system, ETH Zurich, 2011.

    • ongoing PhD thesis

  • Zanganeh G., High temperature thermal storage system for concentrated solar power, ETH Zurich.
  • Cooper T., Optical design of trough-based high-concentration photovoltaic systems, ETH Zurich.
  • Good P., Development of cavity air receivers for high temperature operation with a trough primary, ETH Zurich.

    • master's dissertation

    Zanganeh G.
    • Tirelli S., Finite element analysis and Monte Carlo ray tracing for a novel solar dish concentrator, ETH Zurich, 2012.
    • Cadruvi M., Experimental determination of the effect of the incident flux distribution on concentrator PV cell performance, ETH Zurich, 2011.
    • Zanganeh G., Modification of a model for thermal energy storage in packed beds and comparison with experimental results, ETH Zurich, 2009.

    university seminars

    Zanganeh G.
  • Commerford M., Thermodynamic analysis of a packed-bed thermal energy storage system, ETH Zurich, 2011.

  • Tirelli S., Optical design of a linear concentrator for medium concentration photovoltaics, ETH Zurich, 2011.

  • Milosevic M., Optical design of a linear-to-point focus concentrator for high-concentration photovoltaics, ETH Zurich, 2011.

  • Zanganeh G., Geometrical optimization of a novel solar dish concentrator, ETH Zurich, 2009.

    • bachelor's dissertations

    Zavattoni S.
    • Zavattoni S., Studio del sistema di stoccaggio di energia in una centrale solare a concentrazione, SUPSI , 2007/2008.
    • Balmelli F., Analisi termo-fluidodinamica di un receiver per collettore solare, SUPSI, 2008/2009.

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