DETECTIVE - Development of a novel tube-bundle-cavity linear receiver for CSP applications

Concentrated solar thermal (CST) plants as one of the solar technologies is playing an important role in the development of renewable power generation and process heat for the clean energy transition.

This project aims at enhancing the efficiency of the Parabolic Trough Collectors (PTC) acting on their current optical behavior with an innovative approach, introducing a novel tubular receiver to increase solar absorption as well as reduce the reflection and radiation losses, by promoting tube-bundle and cavity concepts.

Such improvement would ensure a cascade effect enabling lower costs and reduce area footprint for linear CSP, and leading to reduced capital investment and impact, facilitating the installation also in industrial sites.