United States special format report: performance of the Sohio Solar Water Heating System using large area plastic collectors (Grants, New Mexico)
The objective of the ERDA-Sohio project is to design and build a system of shallow solar ponds (SSPs) to provide a substantial portion (approximately 50 percent) of the hot water required by the Sohio Petroleum Company at its new uranium mining and milling complex near Grants, New Mexico. The hot water is used to accelerate the chemical leaching process by which the uranium ore is concentrated to U/sub 3/O/sub 8/. This process requires about 20 'l/s of 60/sup 0/C water, 24 hr a day. This corresponds to an annual requirement for process heat of about 10/sup 8/ MJ. The plant will have oil-burning boilers to heat water, but, because of the high cost of fuel oil and the possibility of occasional shortages, Sohio wishes to supplement oil heating with solar heating. Construction of a prototype SSP system was begun at the Grants plant site in March, 1975 and completed in August, 1975. Performance measurements have been made with this system over a period of about one year. Plans and specifications have just been completed for a full-sized system consisting of 72 SSP modules, each 3.5 m x 60 m. (WDM)
- Research Organization:
- California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
- DOE Contract Number:
- E(04-3)-1038
- OSTI ID:
- 7134286
- Report Number(s):
- SAN-1038-76/1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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