DOE’s National Solar Thermal Test Facility Operations and Maintenance

Technical Report · Wed Nov 20 04:00:00 EST 2024

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/2480067· OSTI ID:2480067

Bush, Hagan Evan ^[1]

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1. Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

This report details operations and maintenance (O&M) activities performed across Fiscal Years 2022 through 2024 in support of the continued capabilities of the National Solar Thermal Testing Facility (NSTTF) at Sandia National Laboratories. The NSTTF O&M project is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) to support research activities and testing on behalf of external customers at the facility under award number CPS 38491. During the project period, the NSTTF made progress in the areas of site metrics, site maintenance and utilization tracking, and customer engagement. The O&M project also supported special initiatives including procurement of a heat exchanger for particle concentrating solar thermal processes and a scoping and cost study for refurbishment and repair of component in the NSTTF heliostat field.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: NA0003525
• OSTI ID: 2480067
• Report Number(s): SAND--2024-15941
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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