Test results from a full-scale sodium reflux pool-boiler solar receiver

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:7170967

Moreno, J. B.; Andraka, C. E.; Diver, R. B.; Ginn, W. C.; Dudley, V.; Rawlinson, K. S.

A sodium reflux pool-boiler solar receiver has been tested on a nominal 75-kW{sub t} parabolic-dish concentrator. The purpose was to demonstrate the feasibility of reflux-receiver technology for application to Stirling-engine dish-electric systems. In this application, pool boilers (and more generally liquid-metal reflux receivers) have a number of advantages over directly-illuminated tube receivers. The advantages, to be discussed, include more uniform temperature, which results in longer lifetime and higher temperature available to the engine. 17 refs., 10 figs.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/CE
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 7170967
• Report Number(s): SAND-89-2772C; CONF-900449-4; ON: DE90003577
• Resource Relation: Conference: ASME international solar energy conference, Miami, FL (USA), 1-4 Apr 1990
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR RECEIVERS
TESTING
BOILERS
PARABOLIC DISH REFLECTORS
SODIUM
SOLAR CONCENTRATORS
STIRLING ENGINES
ALKALI METALS
ELEMENTS
ENGINES
EQUIPMENT
HEAT ENGINES
METALS
PARABOLIC REFLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR REFLECTORS
140700* - Solar Thermal Power Systems
141000 - Solar Collectors & Concentrators