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Title: Concentrating Solar Program; Session: Thermal Storage - Overview (Presentation)

Abstract

The project overview of this presentation is: (1) description--(a) laboratory R and D in advanced heat transfer fluids (HTF) and thermal storage systems; (b) FOA activities in solar collector and component development for use of molten salt as a heat transfer and storage fluid; (c) applications for all activities include line focus and point focus solar concentrating technologies; (2) Major FY08 Activities--(a) advanced HTF development with novel molten salt compositions with low freezing temperatures, nanofluids molecular modeling and experimental studies, and use with molten salt HTF in solar collector field; (b) thermal storage systems--cost analysis and updates for 2-tank and thermocline storage and model development and analysis to support near-term trought deployment; (c) thermal storage components--facility upgrade to support molten salt component testing for freeze-thaw receiver testing, long-shafted molten salt pump for parabolic trough and power tower thermal storage systems; (d) CSP FOA support--testing and evaluation support for molten salt component and field testing work, advanced fluids and storage solicitation preparation, and proposal evaluation for new advanced HTF and thermal storage FOA.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
940627
Report Number(s):
NREL/PR-550-43336
TRN: US200824%%132
DOE Contract Number:  
AC36-99-GO10337
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Presented at the Solar Energy Technologies Program (SETP) Annual Program Review Meeting, 22-24 April 2008, Austin, Texas; Related Information: 2008 Solar Annual Review Meeting
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; EVALUATION; FREEZING; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS; MOLTEN SALTS; SIMULATION; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; STORAGE; TESTING; SETP; SOLAR; SOLAR PROGRAM; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PV; NREL; Solar Energy - Thermal

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Glatzmaier, G, Mehos, M, and Mancini, T. Concentrating Solar Program; Session: Thermal Storage - Overview (Presentation). United States: N. p., 2008. Web.
Glatzmaier, G, Mehos, M, & Mancini, T. Concentrating Solar Program; Session: Thermal Storage - Overview (Presentation). United States.
Glatzmaier, G, Mehos, M, and Mancini, T. 2008. "Concentrating Solar Program; Session: Thermal Storage - Overview (Presentation)". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/940627.
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