Ground-mounted thermal storage for the parabolic dish solar collector/Stirling engine system

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981 · Proc., Intersoc. Energy Convers. Eng. Conf.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5245985

Copeland, R J; Ullman, J; Leach, J W

An initial evaluation is presented of the potential of centralized ground-mounted diurnal thermal storage for a dish-Stirling system. Several types of pumped-fluid thermal energy transport and phase-change thermal storage systems are considered. 5 refs.

• Research Organization: Sol Energy Res Inst, Golden, Colo, USA
• OSTI ID: 5245985
• Report Number(s): CONF-810812-
• Journal Information: Proc., Intersoc. Energy Convers. Eng. Conf.; (United States), Vol. 1; Conference: IECEC conference, Atlanta, GA, USA, 9 Aug 1981
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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