Molten Salt Electric Experiment (MSEE) - Phase I report. Volume I

Technical Report · Thu Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1985

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5201522· OSTI ID:5201522

The Molten Salt Electric Experiment (MSEE) conducted at the Central Receiver Test Facility (CRTF) located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is the first large-scale demonstration in the United States of the technical feasibility of operating a solar central receiver power plant with molten nitrate salt as the receiver heat transfer fluid and thermal storage medium. This report documents the design, construction, and checkout (Phase I) of the project. This final report consists of three volumes. In this first volume brief descriptions of the power plant subsystems and their performance are presented. Test results for the receiver 1 tower, steam generator and thermal storage subsystems are provided.

• Research Organization: Martin Marietta Aerospace, Denver, CO (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DR00789
• OSTI ID: 5201522
• Report Number(s): SAND85-8175-Vol.1; ON: DE86001118
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
140702* -- Solar Thermal Power Systems-- Central Receiver
CENTRAL RECEIVER TEST FACILITY
CENTRAL RECEIVERS
CONSTRUCTION
CONTROL SYSTEMS
CSP
Concentrating Solar Power
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
DESIGN
ENERGY STORAGE
EQUIPMENT
FEEDWATER
HEAT STORAGE
HELIOSTATS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MOLTEN SALTS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
POWER GENERATION
POWER PLANTS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SALTS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR POWER PLANTS
SOLAR RECEIVERS
SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS
STEAM GENERATION
STORAGE
TEST FACILITIES
TESTING
THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE EQUIPMENT
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
TOWER FOCUS POWER PLANTS
WATER