One of the most promising concentrated solar power technologies is central receiver tower station with heliostat field, which has attracted renewed research interest in current decade. The introduction sCO2 recompression Brayton cycles near future installations instead Rankine cycle very probable, due to prospects a significant efficiency improvement, process equipment size and capital cost red...

Cryosurgery is a technique for destroying undesirable tissue such as cancers using a freezing process. A previous paper referenced here describes the development of a thermodynamic modeling tool for a precooled Mixed Gas Joule-Thomson (MGJT) cryoprobe used for cryosurgery. An experimental test facility has been constructed to capture the performance of a precooled MGJT cryoprobe; the experiment...

The He Brayton cycle appears to be the best nearterm power conversion method for maximizing the economic potential of fusion. Key factors affecting the Brayton cycle efficiency includes the turbine inlet temperature, compressor and turbine adiabatic efficiencies, recuperator effectiveness and cycle fractional pressure loss. The compression ratio is also important because for fusion conditions, ...