Solar molten salt electric experiment

Conference · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:5353070

Holmes, J T

Second generation solar power tower technology, based on using a molten nitrate salt as the solar receiver and thermal storage heat transfer fluid, is now in the final phase of preoperational testing at the Central Receiver Test Facility (CRTF) near Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Molten Salt Electric Experiment (MSEE) is a joint government, electric utility, and industry funded program that will provide performance, operation, and maintenance data for potential users and industrial suppliers of the system components. The MSEE uses 221, 37 sq m (400 sq ft) heliostats, a 5 MWt solar receiver, 7 MWH thermal storage, molten salt-to-water steam generator that supplies 4700 kg/hr steam at 504 C (940 F) and 7.6 MPa (1050 psig) to a 750 kWe turbogenerator, and a digital computer based process controller. All of the components of this second generation solar technology are now available to potential users. When the MSEE is completely operational, teams of power plant operators from electric utilities will receive hands-on experience with this new technology.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 5353070
• Report Number(s): SAND-83-1021C; CONF-831205-7; ON: DE84006340
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140702* -- Solar Thermal Power Systems-- Central Receiver
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
BOILERS
CENTRAL RECEIVER TEST FACILITY
CENTRAL RECEIVERS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
ELECTRIC GENERATORS
ENERGY STORAGE
FLUIDS
HEAT STORAGE
HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS
MOLTEN SALTS
NITRATES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS
POTASSIUM NITRATES
SALTS
SODIUM COMPOUNDS
SODIUM NITRATES
SOLAR RECEIVERS
STEAM GENERATORS
STORAGE
TEST FACILITIES
TURBOGENERATORS
VAPOR GENERATORS