skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Solar repowering for electric generation. Northeastern Station Unit 1, Public Service Company of Oklahoma

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5199010· OSTI ID:5199010

The Department of Energy contracted for Black and Veatch to develop a conceptual design for solar repowering Northeastern Station Unit 1 (NES 1) of the Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO). NES 1 is located about 50 km (30 miles) northeast of Tulsa, Oklahoma. This plant was selected because it is representative of candidate plants for repowering and for solar-fossil hybrid operation; it is located in a moderate insolation region, utilizes an efficient reheat cycle with steam conditions characteristic of modern power plants, and has sufficient land for repowering. NES 1 has a subcritical, single reheat turbine-generator and a gas-fired steam generator. The basic repowering configuration was established through a series of trade studies and the criterion that proven technology be used. The system selected has a water/steam receiver which supplies superheated steam to the turbine at a design point flow rate sufficient to displace 20 percent of the unit's fossil fuel consumption. This volume contains the appendices: (A) system requirements specification, and (B) daily insolation profiles. (WHK)

Research Organization:
Black and Veatch, Kansas City, MO (USA); Public Service Co. of Oklahoma, Tulsa (USA); Babcock and Wilcox Co., Lynchburg, VA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-79SF10738
OSTI ID:
5199010
Report Number(s):
DOE/SF/10738-1/3
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English