Open volumetric receiver (OVR) concentrating solar power (CSP) plant technology may hold a number of significant advantages over other CSP technologies, as a consequence of its use of air as a heat transfer fluid. Yet the technology faces some key technical challenges that need to be overcome in order for its potential to be realised. As documented in prior literature reviews, these challenges have attracted substantial research attention in a variety of disciplines. However, literature specifically concerned with the performance modelling of OVR plants and their constituent systems has not been comprehensively reviewed in a standalone body of work. The objective of this study, therefore, is to provide a resource that catalogues modelling studies associated with overall plant performance, as well as the performance of those elements of the technology that are still undergoing technical maturation. Based on the classification and dissemination of these studies, the state of OVR plant technology and the developmental challenges that remain have been reported. In addition, future avenues of research that have yet to be properly addressed in the literature have been identified.

由于将空气用作传热流体，开放式容积接收器（OVR）聚光太阳能（CSP）厂技术可能比其他CSP技术具有许多重要优势。然而，为了实现其潜力，该技术面临一些关键的技术挑战，需要克服这些挑战。如先前文献综述中所述，这些挑战已吸引了各个学科的大量研究关注。但是，专门研究OVR工厂及其组成系统的性能模型的文献尚未在独立的工作体系中得到全面审查。因此，本研究的目的是提供一种资源，用于对与工厂总体绩效相关的建模研究进行分类，以及那些仍在技术成熟中的技术要素的性能。根据这些研究的分类和传播，已经报道了OVR植物技术的现状以及仍然存在的发展挑战。另外，已经确定了尚未在文献中适当解决的未来研究途径。