Craig Turchi

National Renewable Energy Laboratory — United States

Energy · Physical Sciences

49h-index9.6kcitations171works3.62yr avg
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Research Topics

Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems(60), Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems(26), Photovoltaic Systems and Sustainability(20), Phase Change Materials Research(18), Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods(18)

Publications171 total

Heliostat Consortium Annual Report: 2024
2024· 4 citedOpen Access
A numerical method for simulating variable density flows in membrane desalination systems
Computers & Fluids·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Solar Thermal Energy Storage: Salt, Sand, Brine and Electrons
OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)·2024Open Access
Energy Where it Matters: Delivering Heat to the Membrane/Water Interface for Enhanced Thermal Desalination
2024Open Access
Generating buoyancy-driven convection in membrane distillation
Journal of Membrane Science·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Economic assessment of a multistage surface-heated vacuum membrane distillation process for the treatment of hypersaline produced water
Desalination·2024· 14 citedOpen Access
Demonstrate and De-Risk an Internally Lined Tank Design for Molten-Salt Thermal Energy Storage Benefitting CSP and Nuclear-Energy Sectors
OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)·2024Open Access
Techno-Economic Assessment of a Multistage Surface-Heated Vacuum Membrane Distillation Process for the Treatment of Hypersaline Produced Water
SSRN Electronic Journal·2023Open Access
Multistage Surface-Heated Vacuum Membrane Distillation Process Enables High Water Recovery and Excellent Heat Utilization: A Modeling Study
Environmental Science & Technology·2022· 18 citedOpen Access
Numerical simulations of membrane distillation systems with actively heated membranes
Journal of Membrane Science·2022· 10 citedOpen Access
Challenges and opportunities in decarbonizing the U.S. energy system
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews·2022· 156 cited
Desalinating a real hyper-saline pre-treated produced water via direct-heat vacuum membrane distillation
Water Research·2022· 27 citedOpen Access
Chemical compatibility of hollow ceramic cenospheres as thermal insulation for high-temperature thermal energy storage applications with molten nitrate salt
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells·2022· 13 citedOpen Access
Numerical Simulations of Membrane Distillation Systems with Actively Heated Membranes
SSRN Electronic Journal·2022· 1 citedOpen Access
System-level comparison of sodium and salt systems in support of the Gen3 liquids pathway
AIP conference proceedings·2022· 8 cited
Technoeconomic cost analysis of NREL concentrating solar power Gen3 liquid pathway
AIP conference proceedings·2022· 4 cited
Molten salt vs. liquid sodium receiver selection using the analytic hierarchy process
AIP conference proceedings·2022Open Access
THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE FOR ENERGY DECARBONIZATION
Annual Reviews of Heat Transfer·2022· 6 cited
The Role of Concentrating Solar-Thermal Technologies in a Decarbonized U.S. Grid
2021· 15 citedOpen Access
Molten Salt vs. Liquid Sodium Receiver Selection Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process: Preprint
OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)·2021Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Mark Mehos(11), Ty Neises(9), Michael J. Wagner(5), Paul Denholm(5), Judith Vidal(4), Zhiwen Ma(4), Jennie Jorgenson(4), Tzahi Y. Cath(4), David Jassby(4), Prashant Sharan(4), Clifford K. Ho(3), Garvin Heath(3), Parthiv Kurup(3), Robert Tirawat(3), John J. Burkhardt(2), Jennifer King(2), Greg Stark(2), David F. Ollis(2), Kenneth Armijo(2), Ángel G. Fernández(2)