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APPLICATION OF SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY TO PROCESSES: ASTEP

Funder: European Commission
Duration: May 2020 - April 2024

People

Name Telephone Email Office
Professor Valentina Stojceska Professor Valentina Stojceska
Professor
(Principal investigator)
T: +44 (0)1895 267328
E: valentina.stojceska@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 267328 valentina.stojceska@brunel.ac.uk Howell Building 116
Professor Savvas Tassou Professor Savvas Tassou
Professor - Energy
T: +44 (0)1895 266865
E: savvas.tassou@brunel.ac.uk
+44 (0)1895 266865 savvas.tassou@brunel.ac.uk Elliott Jaques 087d

Outputs

Gobio-Thomas, LB., Darwish, M., Rovira, A., Abbas, R., Solano, JP., Camara, JM., et al. (2025) 'Evaluation of the environmental performance of an innovative solar thermal system applied to the industrial sector: a case study'. Solar Energy, 299. pp. 1 - 13. ISSN: 0038-092X Open Access Link

Journal article

Buonomo, B., Manca, O., Nardini, S., Plomitallo, RE., Gobio-Thomas, L. and Stojceska, V. (2025) 'Life cycle assessment of implementation of an innovative solar thermal technology in Italian ceramic industry'. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 61. pp. 1 - 8. ISSN: 2451-9057 Open Access Link

Journal article

Gobio-Thomas, L., Darwish, M., Rovira, A., Abbas, R., Barnetche, M., Solano, JP., et al. (2025) 'A Comprehensive Assessment of the Economic Performance of an Innovative Solar Thermal System: A Case Study'. Sustainability (Switzerland), 17 (2). pp. 1 - 17.Open Access Link

Journal article

Tannous, H., Stojceska, V., Tavares, J. and Tassou, S. (2024) 'Design, numerical optimisation and experimental validation of an innovative solar-powered tube heater with multiple air impingement jets'. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 55. pp. 1 - 14. ISSN: 2451-9049 Open Access Link

Journal article

Tannous, H., Stojceska, V. and Tassou, SA. (2024) 'Experimental validation of two numerical models of a solar-powered multiple air jets impingement tube heater'.18th UK Heat Transfer Conference. Birmingham, UK. 9 - 11 September. Proceedings of the 18th UK Heat Transfer Conference. pp. 1 - 3.Open Access Link

Conference paper

Zafar, I., Stojceska, V. and Tassou, S. (2023) 'Social sustainability assessments of industrial level solar energy: A systematic review'. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 189. pp. 1 - 8. ISSN: 1364-0321 Open Access Link

Journal article

Gobio-Thomas, LB., Darwish, M. and Stojceska, V. (2023) 'Review on the Economic Impacts of Solar Thermal Power Plants'. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 46. pp. 1 - 23. ISSN: 2451-9057 Open Access Link

Journal article

Montes, MJ., Stojceska, V., Reay, D. and Ibarra, M. (2023) 'Proposal of a microchannel receiver for Fresnel technology to supply solar heat for industrial processes'. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 51. pp. 1 - 13. ISSN: 2214-157X Open Access Link

Journal article

Tannous, H., Stojceska, V. and Tassou, S. (2023) 'Numerical Analysis of a Solar-Powered Tube Heater'.The 9th World Congress on Mechanical, Chemical, and Material Engineering. London, UK. 6 - 8 August. Avestia Publishing. pp. 1 - 8. ISSN: 2369-8136 Open Access Link

Conference paper

Tannous, H., Stojceska, V. and Tassou, SA. (2023) 'The Use of Solar Thermal Heating in SPIRE and Non-SPIRE Industrial Processes'. Sustainability, 15 (10). pp. 1 - 18.Open Access Link

Journal article

Tannous, H., Stojceska, V. and Tassou, S. (2023) 'The Use of Multiple Impingement Jets in a Solar-Powered Tube Heater for Decarbonization of the Steel Industry'. [Poster] Exhibited at. General Energy Meet 6 3 2023

Poster

Gobio-Thomas, LB., Darwish, M. and Stojceska, V. (2023) 'Environmental impacts of solar thermal power plants used in industrial supply chains'. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 38. pp. 1 - 12. ISSN: 2451-9049 Open Access Link

Journal article

Gobio-Thomas, L., Stojceska, V., Abbass, R. and Darwish, M. (2022) 'Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of the Sundial Solar Thermal system'.2nd World Conference on Sustainability, Energy & Environment in Berlin. Germany.

Conference paper

Masera, K., Tannous, H., Stojceska, V. and Tassou, S. (2022) 'An investigation of the recent advances of the integration of solar thermal energy systems to the dairy processes'. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 172. pp. 1 - 10. ISSN: 1364-0321 Open Access Link

Journal article

Stojceska, V., Masera, K., Tannous, H. and Tassou, S. (2022) 'APPLICATION OF SOLAR THERMAL ENERGY TO DAIRY INDUSTRY'.17th UK Heat Transfer Conference (UKHTC2021). Manchester, UK / online. 4 - 6 April. Open Access Link

Conference paper

Jansen, G., Dehouche, Z. and Corrigan, H. (2021) 'Cost-effective sizing of a Hybrid Regenerative Hydrogen Fuel Cell Energy Storage System for Remote & Off-Grid Telecom Towers'. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 46 (35). pp. 18153 - 18166. ISSN: 0360-3199 Open Access Link

Journal article

Fudge, T., Bulmer, I., Bowman, K., Pathmakanthan, S., Gambier, W., Dehouche, Z., et al. (2021) 'Microbial electrolysis cells for decentralisedwastewater treatment: The next steps'. Water (Switzerland), 13 (4). pp. 1 - 21.Open Access Link

Journal article

Shokano, G., Dehouche, Z., Galey, B. and Postole, G. (2020) 'Development of a Novel Method for the Fabrication of Nanostructured Zr(x)Ni(y) Catalyst to Enhance the Desorption Properties of MgH2'. Catalysts, 10 (8). pp. 849 - 849.Open Access Link

Journal article