Robert Pitz-Paal

Overview

Best Publications

• Cascaded latent heat storage for parabolic trough solar power plants

  Horst Michels;Robert Pitz-Paal

  463
  Citations

• Porous Materials as Open Volumetric Solar Receivers: Experimental Determination of Thermophysical and Heat Transfer Properties

  Thomas Fend;Bernhard Hoffschmidt;Robert Pitz-Paal;Oliver Reutter

  347
  Citations

• Trough integration into power plants : a study on the performance and economy of integrated solar combined cycle systems

  Jürgen Dersch;Michael Geyer;Ulf Herrmann;Scott A. Jones

  320
  Citations

• Direct normal irradiance related definitions and applications: The circumsolar issue

  Philippe Blanc;Bella Espinar;Norbert Geuder;Christian Gueymard

  271
  Citations

• Two novel high-porosity materials as volumetric receivers for concentrated solar radiation

  Thomas Fend;Robert Pitz-Paal;Oliver Reutter;Jörg Bauer

  258
  Citations

• Assessment of the potential improvement due to multiple apertures in central receiver systems with secondary concentrators

  Mark Schmitz;Peter Schwarzbözl;Reiner Buck;Robert Pitz-Paal

  242
  Citations

• Visual HFLCAL - A Software Tool for Layout and Optimisation of Heliostat Fields

  Peter Schwarzbözl;Robert Pitz-Paal;Mark Schmitz

  225
  Citations

• A New Fast Ray Tracing Tool for High-Precision Simulation of Heliostat Fields

  Boris Belhomme;Robert Pitz-Paal;Peter Schwarzbözl;Steffen Ulmer

  206
  Citations

• Heliostat field layout optimization for high-temperature solar thermochemical processing

  Robert Pitz-Paal;Nicolas Bayer Botero;Aldo Steinfeld;Aldo Steinfeld

  189
  Citations

• Experimental and numerical evaluation of the performance and flow stability of different types of open volumetric absorbers under non-homogeneous irradiation

  R. Pitz-Paal;B. Hoffschmidt;M. Böhmer;M. Becker

  182
  Citations

• Materials-Related Aspects of Thermochemical Water and Carbon Dioxide Splitting: A Review.

  Martin Roeb;Martina Neises;Nathalie Monnerie;Friedemann Call

  179
  Citations

• Thermodynamics of CeO2 Thermochemical Fuel Production

  Brendan Bulfin;Friedemann Call;Matthias Lange;O. Lübben

  176
  Citations

• Theoretical and Numerical Investigation of Flow Stability in Porous Materials Applied as Volumetric Solar Receivers

  Manfred Becker;Thomas Fend;Bernhard Hoffschmidt;Robert Pitz-Paal

  175
  Citations

• Concentrating solar power for less than USD 0.07 per kWh: finally the breakthrough?

  Johan Lilliestam;Robert Pitz-Paal

  114
  Citations

• Development Steps for Parabolic Trough Solar Power Technologies With Maximum Impact on Cost Reduction

  Robert Pitz-Paal;Jürgen Dersch;Barbara Milow;Félix Téllez

  113
  Citations

• Ceria Doped with Zirconium and Lanthanide Oxides to Enhance Solar Thermochemical Production of Fuels

  Friedemann Call;Martin Roeb;Martin Schmücker;Christian Sattler

  108
  Citations

• TRNSYS Modeling of the SEGS VI Parabolic Trough Solar Electric Generating System

  Scott A. Jones;Robert Pitz-Paal;Peter Schwarzboezl;Nathan Blair

  103
  Citations

• Assessment of Solar Power Tower Driven Ultrasupercritical Steam Cycles Applying Tubular Central Receivers With Varied Heat Transfer Media

  Csaba Singer;Reiner Buck;Robert Pitz-Paal;Hans Müller-Steinhagen

  100
  Citations

• Methodology for optimized operation strategies of solar thermal power plants with integrated heat storage

  Michael Wittmann;Markus Eck;Robert Pitz-Paal;Hans Müller-Steinhagen

  100
  Citations

• Prototype Testing of a Centrifugal Particle Receiver for High-Temperature Concentrating Solar Applications

  Wei Wu;David Trebing;Lars Amsbeck;Reiner Buck

  96
  Citations

• Thermogravimetric Analysis of Zirconia-Doped Ceria for Thermochemical Production of Solar Fuel

  Friedemann Call;Martin Roeb;Martin Schmücker;Hélène Bru

  92
  Citations