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Overview

Craig Turchi is affiliated with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the United States. Their research portfolio spans a range of topics primarily focused on energy systems and membrane technologies within engineering and energy fields.

Their work is notably concentrated in the following research areas:

  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Phase Change Materials Research
  • Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
  • Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems
  • Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques
  • Adsorption and Cooling Systems
  • Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems

Craig Turchi has contributed to both broad engineering challenges and more specialized subfields, including:

  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry

Frequent venues for Turchi's publications highlight their engagement with interdisciplinary energy and materials research communities. These include:

  • AIP Conference Proceedings
  • Journal of Membrane Science
  • Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Turchi's collaborative network features regular coauthors such as David Jassby, Tzahi Y. Cath, Yiming Liu, Nils Tilton, and Michael B. Heeley, with multiple joint publications reflecting sustained research partnerships.

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Craig Turchi include:

  • Challenges and opportunities in decarbonizing the U.S. energy system, 2022, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Mineral Scale Prevention on Electrically Conducting Membrane Distillation Membranes Using Induced Electrophoretic Mixing, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Conducting thermal energy to the membrane/water interface for the enhanced desalination of hypersaline brines using membrane distillation, 2021, Journal of Membrane Science
  • Technical and economic feasibility of molten chloride salt thermal energy storage systems, 2021, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
  • Desalinating a real hyper-saline pre-treated produced water via direct-heat vacuum membrane distillation, 2022, Water Research

This body of work addresses applied challenges in energy storage, desalination, and sustainable energy system development. The focus on membrane technologies and thermal processes is evident across multiple studies.

Best Publications

  • Photocatalytic degradation of organic water contaminants: Mechanisms involving hydroxyl radical attack

    Craig S. Turchi;David F. Ollis

  • Concentrating Solar Power Gen3 Demonstration Roadmap

    Mark Mehos;Craig Turchi;Judith Vidal;Michael Wagner

  • Thermodynamic Study of Advanced Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Power Cycles for Concentrating Solar Power Systems

    Craig S. Turchi;Zhiwen Ma;Ty W. Neises;Michael J. Wagner

  • Mixed reactant photocatalysis: Intermediates and mutual rate inhibition

    Craig S. Turchi;David F. Ollis

  • A Comparison of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Power Cycle Configurations with an Emphasis on CSP Applications

    T. Neises;C. Turchi

  • Life Cycle Assessment of a Parabolic Trough Concentrating Solar Power Plant and the Impacts of Key Design Alternatives

    John J. Burkhardt;Garvin A. Heath;Craig S. Turchi

  • Parabolic Trough Reference Plant for Cost Modeling with the Solar Advisor Model (SAM)

    C. Turchi

  • Molten salt power towers operating at 600–650 °C: Salt selection and cost benefits

    Craig S. Turchi;Judith Vidal;Matthew Bauer

  • Challenges and opportunities in decarbonizing the U.S. energy system

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  • Comment. Photocatalytic reactor design: an example of mass-transfer limitations with an immobilized catalyst

    Craig S. Turchi;David F. Ollis

  • Supercritical carbon dioxide power cycle configuration for use in concentrating solar power systems

    Zhiwen Ma;Craig S. Turchi

  • Parabolic Trough Collector Cost Update for the System Advisor Model (SAM)

    Parthiv Kurup;Craig S. Turchi

  • Supercritical carbon dioxide power cycle design and configuration optimization to minimize levelized cost of energy of molten salt power towers operating at 650 °C

    Ty Neises;Craig Turchi

  • Heterogeneous photocatalysis for water purification: Contaminant mineralization kinetics and elementary reactor analysis

    David F. Ollis;Craig Turchi

  • Incorporating Ionic Liquid Electrolytes into Polymer Gels for Solid-State Ultracapacitors

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  • Solar photocatalytic processes for the purification of water: State of development and barriers to commercialization

    Yves Parent;Daniel Blake;Kim Magrini-Bair;Carol Lyons

  • On the Path to SunShot. Advancing Concentrating Solar Power Technology, Performance, and Dispatchability

    Mark Mehos;Craig Turchi;Jennie Jorgensen;Paul Denholm

  • Molten Salt Power Tower Cost Model for the System Advisor Model (SAM)

    C. S. Turchi;G. A. Heath

  • Kinetic and mechanistic overview of TiO2-photocatalyzed oxidation reactions in aqueous solution

    Daniel M. Blake;John Webb;Craig Turchi;Kimberly Magrini

  • Field testing solar photocatalytic detoxification on TCE-contaminated groundwater

    Mark S. Mehos;Craig S. Turchi

  • Determination of thermo-physical properties and stability testing of high-temperature phase change materials for CSP applications

    Ming Liu;J.C. Gomez;C.S. Turchi;N.H.S. Tay

  • The Potential Role of Concentrating Solar Power within the Context of DOE's 2030 Solar Cost Targets

    Caitlin Murphy;Yinong Sun;Wesley J. Cole;Galen J. Maclaurin

  • Water Use in Parabolic Trough Power Plants: Summary Results from WorleyParsons' Analyses

    C. S. Turchi;M. J. Wagner;C. F. Kutscher

  • Life Cycle Assessment of a Power Tower Concentrating Solar Plant and the Impacts of Key Design Alternatives

    Michael B. Whitaker;Garvin A. Heath;John J. Burkhardt;Craig S. Turchi

  • Thermodynamic Evaluation of Solar Integration into a Natural Gas Combined Cycle Power Plant

    Guangdong Zhu;Ty Neises;Craig Turchi;Robin Bedilion

  • Analysis of Concentrating Solar Power with Thermal Energy Storage in a California 33% Renewable Scenario

    P. Denholm;Y. H. Wan;M. Hummon;M. Mehos

Frequent Co-Authors

Garvin Heath
Garvin Heath National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Tzahi Y. Cath
Tzahi Y. Cath Colorado School of Mines
David Jassby
David Jassby University of California, Los Angeles
Wesley J. Cole
Wesley J. Cole National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Clifford K. Ho
Clifford K. Ho Sandia National Laboratories
Paul Denholm
Paul Denholm National Renewable Energy Laboratory
John S. King
John S. King North Carolina State University
Robert Margolis
Robert Margolis National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Eric M.V. Hoek
Eric M.V. Hoek University of California, Los Angeles
Eric S. Toberer
Eric S. Toberer Colorado School of Mines

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