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

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

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5234374· OSTI ID:5234374

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 third volume the documentation generated to support the MSEE is presented, including topics such as the test plan, failure modes analysis, master control subsystem specifications, heat trace, and stability analysis.

• Research Organization: Martin Marietta Aerospace, Denver, CO (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DR00789
• OSTI ID: 5234374
• Report Number(s): SAND85-8175-Vol.3; ON: DE86001120
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140702* -- Solar Thermal Power Systems-- Central Receiver
BOILERS
CENTRAL RECEIVER TEST FACILITY
CENTRAL RECEIVERS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
CSP
Concentrating Solar Power
DESIGN
ENERGY STORAGE
EQUIPMENT
HEAT STORAGE
HELIOSTATS
MOLTEN SALTS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
POWER GENERATION
POWER PLANTS
SALTS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR POWER PLANTS
SOLAR RECEIVERS
SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS
STEAM GENERATORS
STORAGE
TEST FACILITIES
TESTING
THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE EQUIPMENT
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
TOWER FOCUS POWER PLANTS
VAPOR GENERATORS