Publications from

Dipl.-Ing. Cristiano José Teixeira Boura

Chapter in an anthology

Concentrating solar power

Hoffschmidt, Bernhard ; Alexopoulos, Spiros ; Rau, Christoph ; Sattler, Johannes Christoph ; Anthrakidis, Anette ; Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José ; O’Connor, B. ; Chico Caminos, Ricardo Alexander ; Rendón, C. ; Hilger, P. (2022)
Comprehensive Renewable Energy (Second Edition) / Volume 3: Solar Thermal Systems: Components and Applications. Amsterdam : Elsevier 2022. Seite: 670 - 724
978-0-12-819734-9

Concentrating Solar Power

Hoffschmidt, Bernhard ; Alexopoulos, Spiros ; Rau, Christoph ; Sattler, Johannes Christoph ; Anthrakidis, Anette ; Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José ; O’Connor, B. ; Chico Caminos, Ricardo Alexander ; Rendón, C. ; Hilger, P. (2021)
Earth systems and environmental sciences. Amsterdam : Elsevier 2021.
978-0-12-409548-9

Concentrating solar power

Book-Cover
Hoffschmidt, Bernhard ; Alexopoulos, Spiros ; Rau, Christoph ; Sattler, Johannes Christoph ; Anthrakidis, Anette ; Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José ; O'Connor, P. ; Hilger, Patrick (2012)
Comprehensive renewable energy / ed. Ali Sayigh. Vol. 3: Solar thermal systems: components and applications. Amsterdam : Elsevier 2012. Seite: 595 - 636
978-0-08-087872-0
61 ZPM 55-3

Magazine article

Advanced two phase flow model for transient molten salt receiver system simulation

Schwager, Christian ; Flesch, Robert ; Schwarzbözl, Peter ; Herrmann, Ulf ; Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José (2022)
Solar Energy. Amsterdam : Elsevier. 232 (2022). Seite: 362 - 375
0038-092X (print) , 1471-1257 (online)

Techno-economic optimization of molten salt solar tower plants

Puppe, Michael ; Giuliano, Stefano ; Frantz, Cathy ; Uhlig, Ralf ; Schumacher, Ralph ; Ibraheem, Wagdi ; Schmalz, Stefan ; Waldmann, Barbara ; Guder, Christoph ; Peter, Dennis ; Schwager, Christian ; Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José ; Alexopoulos, Spiros ; Spiegel, Michael ; Wortmann, Jürgen ; Hinrichs, Matthias ; Engelhard, Manfred ; Aust, Michael (2018)
AIP Conference Proceedings art.no. 040033. Melville, NY : AIP Publishing. 2033 (2018), H. Issue 1.

Conference Papers

Model predictive assistance for operational decision making in molten salt receiver systems

Schwager, Christian ; Angele, Florian ; Schwarzbözl, Peter ; Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José ; Herrmann, Ulf (2023)
SolarPACES: Solar Power & Chemical Energy Systems. Melville, NY : AIP conference proceedings / American Institute of Physics 2023. - 8 Seiten
SolarPACES: SOLAR POWER & CHEMICAL ENERGY SYSTEMS: 27th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, 27 September–1 October 2021, Online

Gradient controlled startup procedure of a molten-salt power-to-heat energy storage plant based on dynamic process simulation

Schulte, Jonas ; Schwager, Christian ; Noureldin, Kareem ; May, Martin ; Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José ; Herrmann, Ulf (2023)
SolarPACES: Solar Power & Chemical Energy Systems. Melville, NY : AIP conference proceedings / American Institute of Physics 2023. - 9 Seiten
SolarPACES: SOLAR POWER & CHEMICAL ENERGY SYSTEMS: 27th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, 27 September–1 October 2021, Online

Technical assessment of Brayton cycle heat pumps for the integration in hybrid PV-CSP power plants

Mahdi, Zahra ; Dersch, Jürgen ; Schmitz, Pascal ; Dieckmann, Simon ; Chico Caminos, Ricardo Alexander ; Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José ; Herrmann, Ulf ; Schwager, Christian ; Schmitz, Mark ; Gielen, Hans ; Gedle, Yibekal ; Büscher, Rauno (2022)
SOLARPACES 2020. Melville, NY : AIP conference proceedings / American Institute of Physics 2022. - 11 Seiten
SOLARPACES 2020: 26th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, 28 September–2 October 2020, Freiburg, Germany

Modeling the thermal behavior of solar salt in electrical resistance heaters for the application in PV-CSP hybrid power plants

Zahra, Mahdi ; Phani Srujan, Merige ; Chico Caminos, Ricardo Alexander ; Schmitz, Pascal ; Herrmann, Ulf ; Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José ; Schmitz, Mark ; Gielen, Hans ; Gedle, Yibekal ; Dersch, Jürgen (2022)
SOLARPACES 2020. Melville, NY : AIP conference proceedings / American Institute of Physics 2022. - 9 Seiten
SOLARPACES 2020: 26th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, 28 September–2 October 2020, Freiburg, Germany

Analysis of an integrated CSP-PV hybrid power plant

Gedle, Yibekal ; Schmitz, Mark ; Gielen, Hans ; Schmitz, Pascal ; Herrmann, Ulf ; Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José ; Mahdi, Zahra ; Chico Caminos, Ricardo Alexander ; Dersch, Jürgen (2022)
SOLARPACES 2020. Melville, NY : AIP conference proceedings / American Institute of Physics 2022. - 9 Seiten
SOLARPACES 2020: 26th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, 28 September–2 October 2020, Freiburg, Germany

Introduction to a direct irradiated transparent tube particle receiver

Niederwestberg, Stefan ; Schneider, Falko ; Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José ; Herrmann, Ulf (2022)
SOLARPACES 2020. Melville, NY : AIP conference proceedings / American Institute of Physics 2022. - 9 Seiten
SOLARPACES 2020: 26th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, 28 September–2 October 2020, Freiburg, Germany

Impact of DNI forecast quality on performance prediction for a commercial scale solar tower: Application of nowcasting DNI maps to dynamic solar tower simulation

Schwager, Christian ; Angele, Florian ; Nouri, Bijan ; Schwarzbözl, Peter ; Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José ; Herrmann, Ulf (2022)
SolarPACES 2022 conference proceedings. Hannover : TIB Open Publishing 2022. - 9 Seiten
SolarPACES 2022, 28th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, 27-30 September, Albuquerque, NM, USA

Control concept for a molten salt receiver in star design: Development, optimization and testing with cloud passage scenarios

Schulte, Jonas ; Schwager, Christian ; Frantz, Cathy ; Schloms, Felix ; Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José ; Herrmann, Ulf (2022)
SolarPACES 2022 conference proceedings. Hannover : TIB Open Publishing 2022. - 9 Seiten
SolarPACES 2022, 28th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, 27-30 September, Albuquerque, NM, USA

Development of heliostat field calibration methods: Theory and experimental test results

Sattler, Johannes Christoph ; Schneider, Iesse Peer ; Angele, Florian ; Atti, Vikrama Naga Babu ; Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José ; Herrmann, Ulf (2022)
SolarPACES 2022 conference proceedings. Hannover : TIB Open Publishing 2022. - 9 Seiten
SolarPACES 2022: 28th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, 27-30 September, Albuquerque, NM, USA

Development of a micro heliostat and optical qualification assessment with a 3D laser scanning method

Chico Caminos, Ricardo Alexander ; Schmitz, Pascal ; Atti, Vikrama Naga Babu ; Mahdi, Zahra ; Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José ; Sattler, Johannes Christoph ; Herrmann, Ulf ; Hilger, Patrick ; Dieckmann, Simon (2022)
SOLARPACES 2020. Melville, NY : AIP conference proceedings / American Institute of Physics 2022. - 8 Seiten
SOLARPACES 2020: 26th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, 28 September–2 October 2020, Freiburg, Germany

DNI forecast tool for the smart operation of a parabolic trough collector system with concrete thermal energy storage: Theory, results and outlook

Sattler, Johannes Christoph ; Atti, Vikrama Naga Babu ; Alexopoulos, Spiros ; Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José ; Herrmann, Ulf ; Dutta, Siddharth ; Kioutsioukis, Ioannis (2022)
SolarPACES 2022 conference proceedings. Hannover : TIB Open Publishing 2022. - 9 Seiten
SolarPACES 2022, 28th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, 27-30 September, Albuquerque, NM, USA

Modeling and upscaling of a pilot bayonettube reactor for indirect solar mixed methane reforming

Rendon, Carlos ; Schwager, Christian ; Ghiasi, Mona ; Schmitz, Pascal ; Bohang, Fakhri ; Chico Caminos, Ricardo Alexander ; Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José ; Herrmann, Ulf (2020)
AIP Conference Proceedings. 2020. Seite: 170012-1 - 170012-9
SOLARPACES 2019: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, 1–4 October 2019, Daegu, South Korea

Basic Engineering of a High Performance Molten Salt Tower Receiver System

Frantz, Cathy ; Binder, Matthias ; Busch, Konrad ; Ebert, Miriam ; Heinrich, Andreas ; Kaczmarkiewicz, Nadine ; Schlögl-Knothe, Bärbel ; Kunze, Tobias ; Schuhbauer, Christian ; Stetka, Markus ; Schwager, Christian ; Spiegel, Michael ; Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José ; Bauer, Thomas ; Bonk, Alexander ; Eisen, Stefan ; Funck, Bernhard (2020)
AIP Conference Proceedings. 2020. Seite: 1 - 10
SOLARPACES 2020: 26th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, 28 September – 2 October 2020, Freiburg, Germany

Operational experience and behaviour of a parabolic trough collector system with concrete thermal energy storage for process steam generation in Cyprus

Sattler, Johannes Christoph ; Chico Caminos, Ricardo Alexander ; Ürlings, Nicolas ; Dutta, Siddharth ; Ruiz, Victor ; Kalogirou, Soteris ; Ktistis, Panayiotis ; Agathokleous, Rafaela ; Jung, Christian ; Alexopoulos, Spiros ; Atti, Vikrama Naga Babu ; Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José ; Herrmann, Ulf (2020)
AIP Conference Proceedings. 2020. Seite: 140004-1 - 140004-10
SOLARPACES 2019: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, 1–4 October 2019, Daegu, South Korea

Dynamic simulation tool for a performance evaluation and sensitivity study of a parabolic trough collector system with concrete thermal energy storage

Sattler, Johannes Christoph ; Chico Caminos, Ricardo Alexander ; Atti, Vikrama Naga Babu ; Ürlings, Nicolas ; Dutta, Siddharth ; Ruiz, Victor ; Kalogirou, Soteris ; Ktistis, Panayiotis ; Agathokleous, Rafaela ; Alexopoulos, Spiros ; Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José ; Herrmann, Ulf (2020)
AIP Conference Proceedings 2303. Melville, NY : American Institute of Physics 2020. - 6 SeitenSeite: 160004
SOLARPACES 2019: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, 1–4 October 2019, Daegu, South Korea

Analysis of volumetric solar radiation absorbers made of wire meshes

Breitbach, Gerd ; Alexopoulos, Spiros ; May, Martin ; Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José ; Herrmann, Ulf (2019)
AIP Conference Proceedings. 2019. Seite: 030009-1 - 030009-6

Experimental facility for investigations of wire mesh absorbers for pressurized gases

May, Martin ; Breitbach, Gerd ; Alexopoulos, Spiros ; Latzke, Markus ; Bäumer, Klaus ; Uhlig, Ralf ; Söhn, Matthias ; Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José ; Herrmann, Ulf (2019)
AIP Conference Proceedings. 2019. Seite: 030035-1 - 030035-9

Improved efficiency prediction of a molten salt receiver based on dynamic cloud passage simulation

Schwager, Christian ; Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José ; Flesch, Robert ; Alexopoulos, Spiros ; Herrmann, Ulf (2019)
AIP Conference Proceedings. 2019. Seite: 030054-1 - 030054-8

Dynamic simulation model of a parabolic trough collector system with concrete thermal energy storage for process steam generation

Sattler, Johannes Christoph ; Alexopoulos, Spiros ; Chico Caminos, Ricardo Alexander ; Mitchell, John C. ; Ruiz, Victor C. ; Kalogirou, Soteris ; Ktistis, Panayiotis K. ; Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José ; Herrmann, Ulf (2019)
AIP Conference Proceedings. 2019. Seite: 150007-1 - 150007-8

Novel concept for indirect solar-heated methane reforming

Mahdi, Zahra ; Rendón, Carlos ; Schwager, Christian ; Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José ; Herrmann, Ulf (2019)
AIP Conference Proceedings. Melville, NY : AIP Publishing 2019. Seite: 180014-1 - 180014-7

Retrofitting of existing parabolic trough collector power plants with molten salt tower systems

Rendon, Carlos ; Dieckmann, Simon ; Weidle, Mathias ; Dersch, Jürgen ; Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José ; Polklas, Thomas ; Kuschel, Marcus ; Herrmann, Ulf (2018)
AIP Conference Proceedings. 2018. Seite: 030014-1 - 030014-8

Development of heat exchanger for high temperature energy storage with bulk materials

Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José ; Niederwestberg, Stefan ; McLeod, Jacqueline ; Herrmann, Ulf ; Hoffschmidt, Bernhard (2016)
AIP Conference Proceedings. 2016. Seite: 050008-1 - 050008-7

Properties of bulk materials for high-temperature air-sand heat exchangers

Baumann, Torsten ; Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José ; Eckstein, Julian ; Dabrowski, Jan ; Göttsche, Joachim ; Hoffschmidt, Bernhard ; Schmitz, Stefan ; Zunft, Stefan (2012)
30th ISES Biennial Solar World Congress 2011 : Kassel, Germany, 28 August - 2 September 2011. Vol. 2. Red Hook, NY : Curran 2012. - S. 843 - 1705Seite: 1270 - 1278

Dynamic simulation of a solar tower system with open volumetric receiver - a review on the ViCERP project

Hirsch, Tobias ; Ahlbrink, Nils ; Pitz-Paal, Robert ; Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José ; Hoffschmidt, Bernhard ; Gall, Jan ; Abel, Dirk ; Nolte, Vera ; Wirsum, Manfred ; Andersson, Joel ; Diehl, Moritz (2011)
SolarPACES 2011 : concentrating solar power and chemical energy systems : 20 - 23 September, 2011, Granada, Spain. Granada 2011. - 1 CD-ROM

Air-sand heat exchanger

Baumann, Torsten ; Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José ; Eckstein, Julian ; Felinks, Jan ; Göttsche, Joachim ; Hoffschmidt, Bernhard ; Schmitz, Stefan ; Zunft, Stefan (2011)
6th International Renewable Energy Storage Conference (IRES 2011) : November 28 - 30, 2011, bcc Berlin Congress Center, Berlin, Germany / EUROSOLAR .... Bonn : Eurosolar 2011. - 1 CD-ROM

Air-sand heat exchanger: materials and flow properties

Baumann, Torsten ; Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José ; Göttsche, Joachim ; Hoffschmidt, Bernhard ; Schmitz, Stefan ; Zunft, Stefan (2011)
SolarPACES 2011 : concentrating solar power and chemical energy systems : 20 - 23 September, 2011, Granada, Spain. Granada 2011. - 1 CD-ROM

3-D CFD simulation of an air-sand heat exchanger

Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José ; Eckstein, J. ; Felinks, J. ; Göttsche, Joachim ; Hoffschmidt, Bernhard ; Schmitz, S. (2011)
SolarPACES 2011 : concentrating solar power and chemical energy systems : 20 - 23 September, 2011, Granada, Spain. Granada 2011. - 1 CD-ROM

VICERP - dynamische Simulation von Solarturmkraftwerken

Andersson, J. ; Ahlbrink, N. ; Gall, Jan ; Hirsch, T. ; Nolte, V. ; Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José (2011)
Forschung und Entwicklung für solarthermische Kraftwerke : 14. Kölner Sonnenkolloquium Mittwoch, 13. Juli 2011, im Auditorium des Campus Jülich der FH Aachen : Kurzfassungen der Vorträge und Poster. Köln : DLR 2011. - [143] Bl.Seite: 2 S.

Simulation and control of solar thermal power plants

Gall, Jan ; Abel, Dirk ; Ahlbrink, Nils ; Pitz-Paal, Robert ; Andersson, Joel A. E. ; Diehl, M. ; Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José ; Schmitz, Mark ; Hoffschmidt, Bernhard (2010)
International Conference on Renewable Energies and Power Quality : ICREPQ '10 : Granada 23rd - 25th March 2010. 2010. - 5 S.Seite: 1 - 5

Air/Sand heat exchanger design and materials for solar thermal power plant applications

Baumann, Torsten ; Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José ; Göttsche, Joachim ; Hoffschmidt, Bernhard ; O'Connell, Bryan ; Schmitz, Stefan ; Zunft, Stefan (2010)
SolarPACES 2010 : the CSP Conference: electricity, fuels and clean water from concentrated solar energy ; 21 to 24 September 2010, Perpignan, France. Saint Maur : Soc. OSC 2010. Seite: 146 - 147

viCERP - the Virtual Institute of Central Receiver Power Plant

Ahlbrink, Nils ; Alexopoulos, Spiros ; Andersson, Joel A. E. ; Belhomme, B. ; Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José ; Gall, Jan ; Hirsch, Tobias (2009)
MATHMOD 2009 - 6th Vienna International Conference on Mathematical Modelling : February 11 - 13, 2009, Vienna, Austria. ARGESIM Report. No. 35. Amsterdam : Elsevier 2009.

Optimized control of hot-gas cycle for solar thermal power plants

Gall, Jan ; Abel, Dirk ; Ahlbrink, Nils ; Andersson, Joel A. E. ; Diehl, Moritz ; Pitz-Paal, Robert ; Schmitz, Mark ; Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José (2009)
Proceedings of the 7th International Modelica Conference : Como, Italy, 20-22 September 2009 / Francesco Casella, ed.. : The Modelica Association 2009. - XV, 897 S.Seite: 490 - 495