Solar thermal technology annual evaluation report, fiscal year 1984

Technical Report · Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:5347595

This annual evaluation report provides the accomplishments and progress of government-funded activities initiated, renewed, or completed during Fiscal Year 1984 (FY 1984: October 1, 1983 through September 30, 1984). It highlights the program tasks conducted in-house by the participating national laboratories or under contract by industrial, academic, or other research institutions. The focus of the STT program tasks is research and development leading to the commercial readiness of four primary solar thermal concepts: (1) central receiver, (2) parabolic dish, (3) parabolic trough, and (4) hemispherical bowl.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA); Sandia National Labs., Livermore, CA (USA); Solar Energy Research Inst., Golden, CO (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-83CH10093
• OSTI ID: 5347595
• Report Number(s): DOE/CE-T13; ON: DE85002950
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
140700* -- Solar Thermal Power Systems
140702 -- Solar Thermal Power Systems-- Central Receiver
140703 -- Solar Thermal Power Systems-- Distributed Collector
141000 -- Solar Collectors & Concentrators
CENTRAL RECEIVER TEST FACILITY
CENTRAL RECEIVERS
CONCENTRATING COLLECTORS
DISTRIBUTED COLLECTOR POWER PLANTS
ENGINES
EQUIPMENT
FURNACES
HEAT ENGINES
HELIOSTATS
MONITORING
PARABOLIC COLLECTORS
PARABOLIC DISH COLLECTORS
PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS
PERFORMANCE
PLANNING
POWER PLANTS
RANKINE CYCLE ENGINES
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR CONCENTRATORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR FURNACES
SOLAR POWER PLANTS
SOLAR RECEIVERS
SOLAR REFLECTORS
SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS
STIRLING ENGINES
TEST FACILITIES
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
TOWER FOCUS POWER PLANTS