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The Cyprus Institute
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Top 5 Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Energy Generation, Conversion and Storage Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | Heat and Mass Transfer Operations | Nanomaterials | Functional Materials | Nanotechnology | Fluidisation and Fluid Mechanics | Numerical Modelling and Mechanical Characterisation | Non-automotive Combustion and Fuel Engineering (incl. Alternative/Renewable Fuels) | Interdisciplinary Engineering | Ceramics | Nanotechnology not elsewhere classified |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Solar-Thermal Energy | Hydrogen-based Energy Systems (incl. Internal Hydrogen Combustion Engines) | Energy Storage (excl. Hydrogen) | Expanding Knowledge in Engineering | Hydrogen Storage | Expanding Knowledge in Technology
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Publications
Application of a Compound Parabolic Concentrator to a Multi-Source High-Flux Solar Simulator
Publisher: OSA
Date: 2018
Optical Design of a Heliostat Field for a High-Temperature Receiver–Reactor
Publisher: OSA
Date: 2018
Modelling of solar thermochemical reaction systems
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2017
Thermochemical CO2 splitting performance of perovskite coated porous ceramics
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Date: 2020
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA02353A
Abstract: A representative volume of LCMA coated porous SiC showing a maximum of 23% shrinkage when subject to high-temperature CO 2 conversion redox reactions. This results in significant structural changes including a reduction in specific surface area.
Gas–Solid Reactions: Theory, Experiments and Case Studies Relevant to Earth and Planetary Processes
Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America
Date: 11-2018
Stability and characterisation of Pyromark 2500 cured at different temperatures
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2023
Optics of solar central receiver systems: a review
Publisher: The Optical Society
Date: 19-05-2016
DOI: 10.1364/OE.24.00A985
The effect of sodium dodecyl sulfate and dodecyltrimethylammonium chloride on the kinetics of CO2 hydrate formation in the presence of tetra-n-butyl ammonium bromide for carbon capture applications
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2021
Cyclic oxygen exchange capacity of Ce-doped V2O5 materials for syngas production via high-temperature thermochemical-looping reforming of methane
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Date: 2021
DOI: 10.1039/D1RA02234B
Abstract: Cerium doping into the V 2 O 5 lattice forms a reversible V 2 O 3 /VO redox pair after sequential methane partial oxidation and CO 2 /H 2 O splitting reactions and produces syngas (H 2 , CO) with fast rates and high oxygen exchange capacity.
Mesoporous silica-encaged ultrafine ceria–nickel hydroxide nanocatalysts for solar thermochemical dry methane reforming
Publisher: AIP Publishing
Date: 04-04-2022
DOI: 10.1063/5.0082365
Abstract: Reforming of methane to produce synthesis gas for the Fischer–Tropsch process provides an alternative to fossil fuels. Silica-encaged ceria–nickel hydroxide catalysts were produced by an in situ synthesis method to obtain ultrafine bimetallic species dispersed evenly within the mesoporous silica matrix. Dry reforming and reduction-oxidation cycling was undertaken with the materials. Catalysts with high content of nickel showed good activity during dry reforming, with conversions rates close to equilibrium in equimolar conditions. Insignificant deactivation of the catalysts was observed over 5 h and 50 h of reaction at 900 °C. Syngas production via reduction–oxidation cycling was shown to be insignificant as compared to continuous catalytic reforming.
Improving mechanical and life cycle environmental performances of recycled CFRP automotive component by fibre architecture preservation
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2023
Hydrogen as an energy vector
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2020
Electrospun Manganese-Based Perovskites as Efficient Oxygen Exchange Redox Materials for Improved Solar Thermochemical CO2 Splitting
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
Date: 07-03-2019
Structural Rearrangement in LSM Perovskites for Enhanced Syngas Production via Solar Thermochemical Redox Cycles
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
Date: 26-06-2020
A method for in situ measurement of directional and spatial radiosity distributions from complex-shaped solar thermal receivers
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2020
Experimental evaluation of an indirectly-irradiated packed-bed solar thermochemical reactor for calcination–carbonation chemical looping
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2023
Thermal transport and chemical conversion in single reacting sorbent particles
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 23-04-2021
DOI: 10.1002/AIC.17267
Abstract: The effects of particle size and carbon dioxide concentration on chemical conversion in engineered spherical particles undergoing calcium oxide looping are investigated. Particles are thermochemically cycled in a furnace under different carbon dioxide concentrations. Changes in composition due to chemical reactions are measured using thermogravimetric analysis. Gas composition at the furnace exit is evaluated with mass spectroscopy. A numerical model of thermal transport phenomena developed previously is adapted to match the physical system investigated in the present study. The model is used to elucidate effects of reacting medium characteristics on particle temperature and reaction extent. Experimental and numerical results show that (1) an increase in particle size results in a decrease in carbonation extent, and (2) the carbonation step consists of fast and slow reaction regimes. The reaction rates in the fast and slow carbonation regimes increase with increasing carbon dioxide concentration. The effect of carbon dioxide concentration and the distinction between the fast and slow regimes become more pronounced with increasing particle size.
Numerical modelling of radiation absorption in a novel multi-stage free-falling particle receiver
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2020
Optical and radiative characterisation of alumina–silica based ceramic materials for high-temperature solar thermal applications
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2021
High-efficiency Wavelength Tunable Monolayer LED with Hybrid Continuous-pulsed Injection
Publisher: Research Square Platform LLC
Date: 30-11-2020
DOI: 10.21203/RS.3.RS-110731/V1
Abstract: High-efficiency and wavelength-tunable light emitting diode (LED) devices will play an important role in future advanced optoelectronic systems. Traditional semiconductor LED devices typically have a fixed emission wavelength that is determined by the energy of the emission states. Here, we developed a novel high-efficiency and wavelength-tunable monolayer WS 2 LED device, which operates in the hybrid mode of continuous-pulsed injection. This hybrid injection enables highly enhanced emission efficiency ( 20 times) and the effective size of emission area ( 5 times) at room temperature. The emission wavelength of WS 2 monolayer LED device can be tuned over more than 40 nm by driving AC voltages, from exciton emission to trion emission, and further to defect emissions. The quantum efficiency of defect electroluminescence (EL) emission is measured to be more than 24.5 times larger than that from free exciton and trion EL emissions. The separate carrier injection in our LED also demonstrate advantage in allowing to visualize and distinguish defect species in real space. Those defects are assigned to be negatively charged defects. Our results open a new route to develop high-performance and wavelength-tunable LED devices for future advanced optoelectronic applications.
Design improvement of compact double-pipe heat exchangers equipped with tube-side helical insert and annulus-side helical strip: Hydrothermal and exergy analyses
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2021
High-temperature optical and radiative properties of alumina–silica-based ceramic materials for solar thermal applications
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2022
Effects of short-pulsed laser radiation on transient heating of superficial human tissues
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2014
Thermodynamic Analyses of Fuel Production via Solar-Driven Non-stoichiometric Metal Oxide Redox Cycling. Part 1. Revisiting Flow and Equilibrium Assumptions
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
Date: 03-09-2018
Performance of a novel cold thermal storage material in an emulated air conditioning system using different storage strategies
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2019
Liquid fuel production via supercritical water gasification of algae: a role for solar heat integration?
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Date: 2021
DOI: 10.1039/D1SE01615F
Abstract: Algal biomass is an attractive feedstock for carbon-neutral fuel production due to high growth rates and its potential to be farmed in artificial ponds on non-arable land.
Thermodynamic Analyses of Fuel Production via Solar-Driven Non-stoichiometric Metal Oxide Redox Cycling. Part 2. Impact of Solid–Gas Flow Configurations and Active Material Composition on System-Level
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
Date: 03-09-2018
Redox Performance of Ceria–Vanadia Mixed-Phase Reticulated Porous Ceramics for Solar Thermochemical Syngas Production
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
Date: 05-10-2021
Optical analysis of a solar thermochemical system with a rotating tower reflector and a receiver–reactor array
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group
Date: 17-06-2020
DOI: 10.1364/OE.389924
Abstract: We propose a concept of a rotating tower reflector (TR) in a beam-down optical system to alternate concentrated solar irradiation of an array of solar receiver–reactors, realizing multi-step solar thermochemical redox cycles. Optical and radiative characteristics of the proposed system are explored analytically and numerically by Monte-Carlo ray-tracing simulations. We study the effects of the system geometrical and optical parameters on the optical and radiative performance. TR axis is required to be tilted for accommodating the receiver–reactor array, resulting in reduced optical efficiency. We demonstrate that the annual optical efficiency of a baseline system with the receiver–reactor located south of the tower decreases from 46% to 37% for the axis tilt angle of TR increasing from 2° to 20°. The optical analysis conducted in this study provides a general formulation to enable predictions of required gain of thermal-to-chemical efficiency of the receiver–reactor array for obtaining improved overall solar-to-chemical efficiency of the solar thermochemical plant.
Radiation Characteristics of a Particle Curtain in a Free-Falling Particle Solar Receiver
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Date: 09-07-2017
DOI: 10.1115/HT2017-5117
Abstract: Radiation absorption by a particle curtain formed in a solar free falling particle receiver is investigated using a Eulerian-Eulerian granular two-phase model to solve the two-dimensional mass and momentum equations (CFD). The radiative transfer equation is subsequently solved by the Monte-Carlo (MC) ray-tracing technique using the CFD results to quantify the radiation intensity through the particle curtain. The CFD and MC results provide reliable opacity predictions and are validated with the experimental results available in literature. The particle curtain was found to absorb the solar radiation efficiently for smaller particles at high flowrates due to higher particle volume fraction and increased radiation extinction. However, at low mass-flowrates the absorption efficiency decreases for small and large particles.
Thermodynamic Guiding Principles for Designing Nonstoichiometric Redox Materials for Solar Thermochemical Fuel Production: Ceria, Perovskites, and Beyond
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 24-03-2021
Abstract: Two‐step solar thermochemical water splitting is a promising pathway for renewable fuel production due to its potential for high thermal efficiency via full‐spectrum sunlight utilization. Such a promise critically relies on simultaneous innovation in the redox materials and the reactor systems. Most prior efforts on material design are focused on improving the fuel yield at lower reduction temperatures. However, developing materials with both high fuel output and efficiency remains a key challenge, requiring a rigorous understanding of the effects of material thermodynamic properties. Herein, a generic thermodynamic framework is described to decipher the material effects by studying both the state‐of‐the‐art and hypothetical materials within a counterflow reactor system. A global efficiency map is presented for redox materials, revealing inevitable tradeoffs among competing factors such as thermal losses, sweep gas and oxidizer demand, solid preheating, and reduction enthalpy. The choice of the most efficient material is closely linked to the system conditions. Ceria‐based materials outperform perovskites under most scenarios, and the optimal hypothetical materials tend to favor higher reduction enthalpies and entropies than existing materials. This work offers a valuable material design roadmap to identify solutions toward efficient solar fuel production.
Enhanced oxygen exchange capacity in nano-structured vanadia–ceria multi-phase oxygen carriers for solar thermal fuel production
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Date: 2019
DOI: 10.1039/C9TA06471K
Abstract: Developing an efficient redox material is a fundamental and crucial step in sustainable hydrocarbon fuel production via solar energy-driven thermochemical redox cycles.
High-Temperature Gas–Solid Reactions in Industrial Processes
Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America
Date: 11-2018
Highly efficient and durable solar thermal energy harvesting via scalable hierarchical coatings inspired by stony corals
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Date: 2022
DOI: 10.1039/D1EE03028K
Abstract: Stony coral morphology inspires ultra-stable sunlight absorber structure with highest reported absorptance for high-temperature solar thermal applications.
A sodium boiler and phase-change energy storage system
Publisher: AIP Publishing
Date: 2019
DOI: 10.1063/1.5117588
Numerical and experimental investigation of a novel multi-stage falling particle receiver
Publisher: AIP Publishing
Date: 2019
DOI: 10.1063/1.5117542
Earth-abundant transition metal oxides with extraordinary reversible oxygen exchange capacity for efficient thermochemical synthesis of solar fuels
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2018
Modelling of bubble growth and detachment in nucleate pool boiling
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2023
Heat transfer in directly-irradiated high-temperature solid–gas flows laden with polydisperse particles
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2022
Radiative properties of non-stoichiometrically reduced Ceria
Publisher: OSA
Date: 2017
Coral-inspired hierarchical structures for sunlight harvesting
Publisher: Research Square Platform LLC
Date: 21-09-2021
DOI: 10.21203/RS.3.RS-919328/V1
Abstract: Concentrating solar thermal (CST) is an efficient renewable energy technology with low-cost thermal energy storage. CST relies on wide-spectrum solar thermal absorbers that must withstand high temperatures ( 700°C) for many years, but state-of-the-art coatings have poor optical stability. Here, we show that the largely overlooked macro-scale morphology is key to enhancing both optical resilience and light trapping. Inspired by stony-coral morphology, we developed a hierarchical coating with three tuneable length-scale morphologies: nano- (~ 120 nm), micro- (~ 3 µm) and macro-scales ( 50 µm). Our coating exhibits outstanding, stable solar-weighted absorptance of 97.75 ± 0.04% after ageing at 850°C for more than 2,000 hours. The scalability of our coating is demonstrated on a commercial solar thermal receiver, paving the way for more reliable high-performance solar thermal systems.
Lattice Expansion in Optimally Doped Manganese Oxide: An Effective Structural Parameter for Enhanced Thermochemical Water Splitting
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
Date: 20-09-2019
Techno-economic assessment of solid–gas thermochemical energy storage systems for solar thermal power applications
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2018
Spectral radiative properties of three-dimensionally ordered macroporous ceria particles
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2014
Mechanistic modelling of bubble growth in sodium pool boiling
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2023
Investigation of novel hydroxyapatite-doped CaO material for calcination-carbonation thermochemical energy storage
Publisher: Author(s)
Date: 2018
DOI: 10.1063/1.5067125
SIMPLIFIED APPROACHES TO RADIATIVE TRANSFER SIMULATIONS IN LASER-INDUCED HYPERTHERMIA OF SUPERFICIAL TUMORS
Publisher: Begell House
Date: 2013
Design of a compound parabolic concentrator for a multi-source high-flux solar simulator
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2019
Efficient ceria nanostructures for enhanced solar fuel production via high-temperature thermochemical redox cycles
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Date: 2016
DOI: 10.1039/C6TA02187E
Abstract: The flame-made nanostructured agglomerates achieved ca. 200% higher syngas production rates and the highest redox capacity so far reported for ceria.
Development of ASTRI high-temperature solar receivers
Publisher: Author(s)
Date: 2017
DOI: 10.1063/1.4984354
Optical alignment and radiative flux characterization of a multi-source high-flux solar simulator
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2022
Hydrothermal characteristics of fluid flow in a circular tube fitted with free rotating axial-turbine-type swirl generators: Design, swirl strength, and performance analyses
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2022
Concentration-Dependent Solar Thermochemical CO 2 /H 2 O Splitting Performance by Vanadia–Ceria Multiphase Metal Oxide Systems
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Date: 2020
Abstract: The effects of V and Ce concentrations (each varying in the 0–100% range) in vanadia–ceria multiphase systems are investigated for synthesis gas production via thermochemical redox cycles of CO 2 and H 2 O splitting coupled to methane partial oxidation reactions. The oxidation of prepared oxygen carriers is performed by separate and sequential CO 2 and H 2 O splitting reactions. Structural and chemical analyses of the mixed-metal oxides revealed important information about the Ce and V interactions affecting their crystal phases and redox characteristics. Pure CeO 2 and pure V 2 O 5 are found to offer the lowest and highest oxygen exchange capacities and syngas production performance, respectively. The mixed-oxide systems provide a balanced performance: their oxygen exchange capacity is up to 5 times higher than that of pure CeO 2 while decreasing the extent of methane cracking. The addition of 25% V to CeO 2 results in an optimum mixture of CeO 2 and CeVO 4 for enhanced CO 2 and H 2 O splitting. At higher V concentrations, cyclic carbide formation and oxidation result in a syngas yield higher than that for pure CeO 2 .
Radiation Absorption in a Particle Curtain Exposed to Direct High-Flux Solar Irradiation
Publisher: ASME International
Date: 26-06-2018
DOI: 10.1115/1.4040290
Abstract: Radiation absorption is investigated in a particle curtain formed in a solar free-falling particle receiver. An Eulerian–Eulerian granular two-phase model is used to solve the two-dimensional mass and momentum equations by employing computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to find particle distribution in the curtain. The radiative transfer equation (RTE) is subsequently solved by the Monte Carlo (MC) ray-tracing technique to obtain the radiation intensity distribution in the particle curtain. The predicted opacity is validated with the experimental results reported in the literature for 280 and 697 μm sintered bauxite particles. The particle curtain is found to absorb the solar radiation most efficiently at flowrates upper-bounded at approximately 20 kg s−1 m−1. In comparison, 280 μm particles have higher average absorptance than 697 μm particles (due to higher radiation extinction characteristics) at similar particle flowrates. However, as the absorption of solar radiation becomes more efficient, nonuniform radiation absorption across the particle curtain and hydrodynamic instability in the receiver are more probable.
Thermodynamic Analyses of Fuel Production Via Solar-Driven Ceria-Based Nonstoichiometric Redox Cycling: A Case Study of the Isothermal Membrane Reactor System
Publisher: ASME International
Date: 08-01-2019
DOI: 10.1115/1.4042228
Abstract: A thermodynamic model of an isothermal ceria-based membrane reactor system is developed for fuel production via solar-driven simultaneous reduction and oxidation reactions. Inert sweep gas is applied on the reduction side of the membrane. The model is based on conservation of mass, species, and energy along with the Gibbs criterion. The maximum thermodynamic solar-to-fuel efficiencies are determined by simultaneous multivariable optimization of operational parameters. The effects of gas heat recovery and reactor flow configurations are investigated. The results show that maximum efficiencies of 1.3% (3.2%) and 0.73% (2.0%) are attainable for water splitting (carbon dioxide splitting) under counter- and parallel-flow configurations, respectively, at an operating temperature of 1900 K and 95% gas heat recovery effectiveness. In addition, insights on potential efficiency improvement for the membrane reactor system are further suggested. The efficiencies reported are found to be much lower than those reported in literature. We demonstrate that the thermodynamic models reported elsewhere can violate the Gibbs criterion and, as a result, lead to unrealistically high efficiencies. The present work offers enhanced understanding of the counter-flow membrane reactor and provides more accurate upper efficiency limits for membrane reactor systems.
Friedman method kinetic analysis of CaO-based sorbent for high-temperature thermochemical energy storage
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2019
Heat transfer modelling of an isolated bubble in sodium pool boiling
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2022
Effect of non-stoichiometry on optical, radiative, and thermal characteristics of ceria undergoing reduction
Publisher: The Optical Society
Date: 19-03-2018
DOI: 10.1364/OE.26.00A360
Amine infused hydrogel-based CO2 gas storage technology for CO2 hydrate-based cold thermal energy storage
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2021
Optical analysis of a multi-aperture solar central receiver system for high-temperature concentrating solar applications
Publisher: Optica Publishing Group
Date: 12-2020
DOI: 10.1364/OE.404867
Abstract: A multi-aperture solar central receiver system is optically analyzed for increasing the net power to the receiver in a wide temperature range of 600–1800 K. A model system comprises a tower, a multi-aperture receiver with compound parabolic concentrators, and heliostat sub-fields. Optical modeling is performed using in-house developed Monte-Carlo ray-tracing programs. The heliostat sub-field geometrical configuration, the number of receiver apertures and optical properties of reflective surfaces are varied in the parametric study. Increasing the number of apertures from one to four increases the maximum net receiver power from 116 MW to 332 MW. The use of more than four apertures results in only limited further gain of the net receiver power but significantly decreases the overall optical efficiency and the solar-to-thermal efficiency. The optimal temperature for the maximized annual solar-to-exergy efficiency is found in the range of 1100–1200 K. This optimal temperature decreases slightly with an increasing number of apertures.
Reflective optics for redirecting convergent radiative beams in concentrating solar applications
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2019
Long-term thermal stability and failure mechanisms of Pyromark 2500 for high-temperature solar thermal receivers
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2022
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