Truscott brine lake solar pond system conceptual design
This paper discusses a conceptual design study for a system of electricity-producing salt-gradient solar ponds that will provide power to a chloride control project under construction by the Army Corps of Engineers near Truscott, Tex. The chloride control project comprises a 1200-ha (3000-acre) brine impoundment lake to which brine will be pumped from several salty sources in the Wichita River basin. The solar ponds are formed by natural evaporation of the briny water pumped to Truscott. Heat is extracted from the solar ponds and used to drive organic Rankine-cycle (ORC) generators. Ponds were sized to provide the pumping needs of the chloride control project and the maintenance requirements of the solar ponds. The system includes six solar pond modules for a total area of 63.1 ha, and produces 1290 kW of base load electricity. Although sized for continuous power production, alternative operating scenarios involving production of peak power for shorter durations were also examined.
- Research Organization:
- Solar Energy Research Institute, Golden, CO
- OSTI ID:
- 5392503
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-821101-
- Journal Information:
- Am. Soc. Mech. Eng., (Pap.); (United States), Vol. 82-WA/SOL-26; Conference: ASME winter annual meeting (Engineering applications of laser velocimetry/published in ASME Jr. Fluid Engineering), Phoenix, AZ, USA, 14 Nov 1982
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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