Date of download: 6/3/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Jülich Solar Power Tower—Experimental Evaluation of the Storage Subsystem and Performance Calculation J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2011;133(3): doi: / Jülich solar central receiver plant (left) and plant layout (right) Figure Legend:

Date of download: 6/3/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Jülich Solar Power Tower—Experimental Evaluation of the Storage Subsystem and Performance Calculation J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2011;133(3): doi: / Storage subsystem Figure Legend:

Date of download: 6/3/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Jülich Solar Power Tower—Experimental Evaluation of the Storage Subsystem and Performance Calculation J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2011;133(3): doi: / Storage standstill of fully charged storage: Inventory temperature profiles at consecutive points of time. Measured data recorded on 16th and 17th March 2010, given as cross-sectional mean values (dotted lines), simulation results (straight lines) (left). Infrared image of the lateral storage surface during standstill (right). Figure Legend:

Date of download: 6/3/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Jülich Solar Power Tower—Experimental Evaluation of the Storage Subsystem and Performance Calculation J. Sol. Energy Eng. 2011;133(3): doi: / Cyclic storage operation: Charge/discharge cycles for the operation of two storage chambers at full load. Measured data recorded on 22nd and 23rd March 2010 (straight lines), simulation results (dotted lines). From top to bottom: fluid temperature, solid temperature, storage mass flow, pressure loss over inventory, heat rate from/to storage. Figure Legend: