SolarPACES 2024 Conference in Rome, Italy — Meet Our Division’s Work There

SolarPACES Conference

Here’s the lineup of our team’s presentations and involvement at the conference:

October 8th, 2024

5:15 PM - 6:30 PM CEST
Poster Session - CSP Integration & Commercial Projects

• A Methodology for Optimizing Design and Operation of CSP Plants Participating in Balancing Markets
  Authors: Ana Sanchez Sanz , Salvatore Guccione , Silvia Trevisan , Rafael Guedez

Poster Session - Thermal Energy Storage

• Initial Development of a Flexible Upcycled Waste Material Based Sensible Thermal Energy Storage for Hybrid PV-CSP
  Authors: Silvia Trevisan , Rafael Guedez

Poster Session - Thermal Energy Storage

• Comparative LCA of TES-based Steam Production Systems for the Industrial Sector
  Authors: Tanima Sharma , Silvia Trevisan , Rafael Guedez , Sharat Pathi

October 9th, 2024

09:50 AM - 10:15 AM CEST
Analysis and Simulation of CSP and Hybridized Systems 1

• Techno-economic Assessment of Solar Hybrid System with High-Temperature Heat Pump for Industrial Heat Generation
  Authors: Mateo Sanclemente Lozano , Silvia Trevisan , Rafael Guedez

12:05 PM - 12:25 PM CEST
Analysis and Simulation of CSP and Hybridized Systems 2

• Comparative Techno-Economic Analysis of Molten Salt versus Particle-Based Hybrid PV-CSP Plants with Electric Heaters and sCO2 Power Blocks
  Authors: Salvatore Guccione , Rafael Guedez

12:05 PM - 12:25 PM CEST
Thermal Energy Storage 2

• A Top-Down Approach for Designing a Prototype Radial-Flow Packed Bed Thermal Energy Storage
  Authors: Konstantinos Apostolopoulos Kalkavouras , Rafael Guedez , Silvia Trevisan

3:40 PM - 4:00 PM CEST
Analysis and Simulation of CSP and Hybridized Systems 3

• Optimization of Molten Salt-Based Hybrid PV-BESS-CSP Plants with Supercritical CO2 Cycles Participating in Balancing Markets
  Authors: Salvatore Guccione , Ana Sanchez Sanz , Silvia Trevisan , Rafael Guedez

5:30 PM - 5:50 PM CEST
Emerging Concepts

• SHARP-sCO2: Solar Hybrid Air-sCO2 Power Plants - Development of Key Enabling Technologies
  Authors: Silvia Trevisan , Rafael Guedez

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM CEST
Poster Session - Linear Systems

• Numerical Investigation of a New Absorber for PTC using Tube Bundle Cavity Concept
  Authors: Hossein Ebadi, Diego-César Alarcón-Padilla, Rafael Guedez , Hoda Mahmoodi, Silvia Trevisan , Loreto Valenzuela, Laura Savoldi

October 10th, 2024

8:30 AM - 8:50 AM CEST
Analysis and Simulation of CSP and Hybridized Systems 5

• A Methodology for Design and Optimization of a PCM Thermal Energy Storage Cascade for Hybrid PV-CSP Plants with sCO2 Cycles
  Authors: Salvatore Guccione , Silvia Trevisan , Emiliano Borri, Anton Lopez-Roman, Cristina Prieto, Luisa F. Cabeza, Rafael Guedez

8:50 AM - 9:10 AM CEST
Analysis and Simulation of CSP and Hybridized Systems 5

• Hybrid CSP-TES-PV-Battery System Modeling Intercomparison and Case Study
  Authors: William Hamilton, Matthias Loevenich, Jürgen Dersch, Lorenzo Pilotti, Marco Binotti, Salvatore Guccione , Rafael Guedez , Kathleen Tomon, Justin Kilb, Alexandra Newman

14:00 PM CEST
Point Focus System

• MW-Scale Demonstration of Fluidized Particles as Heat Transfer and Heat Storage Medium
  Authors: Alex Le Gal, Emmanuel Guillot, Rafael Guedez , Prof Jan Baeyens, Helena Cawdron, Gilles Flamant

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM CEST
Poster Session - Operations and Maintenance

• Performance Assessment of an Industrial Scale Molten Salts Electric Heater
  Authors: Silvia Trevisan , Bjarke Buchbjerg, James Brown, Sharat Pathi, Rafael Guedez

• Operation and Lessons Learned from the Flexible and Modular Molten Salts-Based Heatcube®
  Authors: Silvia Trevisan , Bjarke Buchbjerg, James Brown, Rafael Guedez

Additional Involvement

In addition to the presentations, our team will also be actively involved in several other key activities throughout the conference:

• Monday, October 7th: Salvatore Guccione , Rafael Guedez , and Silvia Trevisan  will participate in the committee meetings for different task groups.

• Throughout the event, Rafael Guedez  and Silvia Trevisan  may also chair a few sessions (details to be confirmed).

• Tuesday, October 8th: Rafael Guedez  will be moderator for the plenary “CST for Industrial Heat Decarbonization” happening at 15:45 PM CEST.

• Saturday, October 12th:

  • Salvatore Guccione  will join the Technical Tour at ENEA Casaccia Research Center.

  • Silvia Trevisan  will attend the Technical Tour at the Magaldi Green Energy Open Day.

We’re excited to share our work and be part of the SolarPACES community. Feel free to reach out if you'd like to connect or learn more about our projects: