Design Basis Document / Owner’s Technical Specification for Nitrate Salt Systems in CSP Projects: Hypothesis of Hot Tank Failure
- Solar Dynamics, LLC, Broomfield, CO (United States)
- Electric Power Research Inst. (EPRI), Palo Alto, CA (United States)
- Malta Inc.
Work has begun on a Design Basis Document / Owner’s Technical Specification for parabolic trough and central receiver power plants using nitrate salt as the heat transport fluid and the thermal storage medium. A principal topic of recent interest is the failures of the hot salt tanks in central receiver projects. The paper outlines a hypothesis for the source of the failures, and discusses a range of possible solutions.
- Research Organization:
- Golden Field Office, Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office
- DOE Contract Number:
- EE0009810
- OSTI ID:
- 2587371
- Report Number(s):
- DOE-SD-09810-5
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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