Abstract: Methods and systems for optimizing the startup, shutdown, and running operation of a multiple receiver concentrated solar power (CSP) plant comprising a predicted variable from at least one receiver model, a predicted variable from a plant model, and a determined target from an optimizer based on the predicted variable from the at least one receiver model and the predicted variable from the plant model.

Abstract: A stove includes a combustion chamber for producing heat, a thermoelectric device thermally coupled to a hot source and a cold source, a battery, a fan electrically connected to the thermoelectric device and the battery, and a controller configured to monitor the battery and thermoelectric device and configured to direct the fan be operated from power provided from the battery when power produced from the thermoelectric device is insufficient to power the fan. The stove can have an associated heating plate, and the walls of the combustion chamber can be configured to reflect heat onto the heating plate.

Abstract: A stove includes a combustion chamber for producing heat, a thermoelectric device thermally coupled to a hot source and a cold source, a battery, a fan electrically connected to the thermoelectric device and the battery, and a controller configured to monitor the battery and thermoelectric device and configured to direct the fan be operated from power provided from the battery when power produced from the thermoelectric device is insufficient to power the fan.