Central Receiver Solar Thermal Power System, Phase 1: preliminary design report. Volume III. Collector subsystem. [150 MW commercial tower focus plant and 10 MW pilot plant]

Technical Report · Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:5359330

The collector subsystem for the 150 MWe commercial plant will consist of 15 pilot plant tower focus collector fields. Each field will consist of 1554 heliostats; each heliostat in turn carries 41 m/sup 2/ of reflective surface. The total reflective surface for the commercial plant is therefore 995,016 m/sup 2/. The design, performance, and supporting technical discussion for the collector subsystem for the 150 MWe commercial plant and the 10 MWe pilot plant are presented. Also, a program to test the various components and assemblies to substantiate the design of the heliostat is described in detail. The results either verified or modified the computer models used in the preliminary pilot plant and commercial plant designs. (WHK)

• Research Organization: Martin Marietta Corp., Denver, Colo. (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-77-C-03-1110
• OSTI ID: 5359330
• Report Number(s): SAN/1110-77-2(Vol.3)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
HELIOSTATS
DESIGN
PERFORMANCE TESTING
TOWER FOCUS POWER PLANTS
ALIGNMENT
CONTROL SYSTEMS
DEMONSTRATION PLANTS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
GLASS
MIRRORS
PERFORMANCE
PILOT PLANTS
POWER RANGE 1-10 MW
POWER RANGE 100-1000 MW
POWER SUPPLIES
SPECIFICATIONS
SUPPORTS
TOWER FOCUS COLLECTORS
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
MECHANICAL STRUCTURES
POWER PLANTS
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR POWER PLANTS
SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS
TESTING
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141000 - Solar Collectors & Concentrators
140400 - Solar Energy- Environmental Aspects