REPORTS
WORK PACKAGES

Assessment of particle suspension as heat transfer fluid and storage material
Reports
- Report on particle selection for solar heat capture and storage
- Report on measurement of particle flow characteristics in long tube (Summary)
- Report on particle upward flow modelling using the NEPTUNE_CFD code (Summary)
- Report on tube wall to particle suspension heat transfer for various tube geometry and solid flow conditions (Summary)
- Report on particle handling solutions for large scale facilities (Summary)

Assessment of solar fields for high temperature solar power tower

Detailed design of the 4 MWthhigh temperature solar loop and of the heat conversion loop

Construction and commissioning of the complete solar and heat conversion loops at Themis solar tower

Testing of the complete high temperature solar and heat conversion loops including a gas turbine
Reports

Assessment of the highly efficient thermodynamic cycles that can be combined with the high temperature solar loop

Scale-up to a 150 MW solar power plant – Preliminary design, risk analysis, cost and value assessment

Environmental assessment of the technology

Exploitation, Communication and Dissemination of results

Project Management
Reports
- Project Quality Assurance Plan and Project Handbook
- First Periodic Report
- Second Periodic Report
- Final Report