Part I: Introduction
1. Introduction to concentrating solar thermal (CST) technologies
Manuel J. Blanco, Sarah Miller
Part II: Advances in the collection and concentration of sunlight
2. Advanced mirror concepts for concentrating solar thermal systems
Arantxa Fernandez Garcia, Florian Sutter, Lucía Martínez-Arcos, Loreto Valenzuela, Chris Sansom
3. Improved field design for Linear Fresnel reflector systems
Manuel Collares Pereira Sr., Diogo Canavarro, Júlio Chaves
Part III: Advances in the thermal conversion of concentrated sunlight
4. A new generation of absorber tubes for concentrating solar thermal (CST) systems
Angel Morales, Gema San Vicente
5. Innovative working fluids for parabolic trough collectors
Eduardo Zarza Moya
6. A new generation of solid-particle and other high performance receiver designs for concentrating solar thermal (CST) central tower systems
Cliff Ho
7. Next generation of liquid metal and other high performance receiver designs for concentrating solar thermal (CST) central tower systems
Manuel Romero, Jose Gonzalez-Aguilar
Part IV: Advances in the power block and thermal storage systems
8. Supercritical CO2 and other advanced cycles for concentrating solar thermal (CST) systems
Saeb Besarati, Yogi Goswami, Barbara Graham
9. Advances in dry cooling for concentrating solar thermal (CST) plants
Kamel Hooman, Zhiqiang Guan, Hal Gurgenci
10. High temperature latent heat storage for concentrating solar thermal (CST) systems
Joseph Stekli, Ranga Pitchumani, Karthik Nithyanandam
11. Thermochemical energy storage for concentrating solar thermal (CST) systems
Joseph Stekli, Ranga Pitchumani
12. Three-step storage for direct steam generation (DSG) solar plants
Loreto Valenzuela
Part V: Advances in the control an operation of CPS plants
13. Forecasting and nowcasting of DNI for concentrating solar thermal (CST) systems
Lourdes Ramirez, Jose Maria Vindel
14. Advance control strategies to maximize ROI and the value of the concentrating solar thermal (CST) plant to the grid
Eduardo F. Camacho, Antonio J. Gallego Len Sr.
Part VI: Cost competitive CST plants concepts
15. Linear Fresnel reflector (LFR) plants using superheated steam and other alternative working fluids
Manuel Collares Pereira Sr., Diogo Canavarro, Júlio Chaves
16. Central tower systems using the Brayton cycle
Reiner Buck, Ralf Uhlig, Stefano Giuliano
17. Central tower systems using supercritical CO2 and supercritical steam cycles and decoupled combined cycles
Manuel Silva-Perez
18. Concentrating solar thermal (CST) applications other than electricity production (e.g. solar chemistry)
Wojciech Lipinski, Roman Bade