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Title: Fort Hood solar total energy project. Technical support and systems integration. First semiannual report, May 1-October 31, 1978

Abstract

Progress on the design of a Solar Total Energy System which will supply a significant portion of the energy requirements of a troop housing complex at Fort Hood, Texas, is described. Selection and sizing of the distributed collector field are discussed, and parabolic trough collector technology is reviewed. Energy load measurements and insolation models for the Fort Hood site are described. Technical project support efforts are reviewed. (WHK)

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Research Org.:
Aerospace Corp., El Segundo, CA (USA). Energy and Resources Div.
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
5557846
Report Number(s):
ALO-4271-01; ATR-79(7743)-1
DOE Contract Number:
ET-78-C-04-4271
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; DISTRIBUTED COLLECTOR POWER PLANTS; TOTAL ENERGY SYSTEMS; MILITARY FACILITIES; DESIGN; SOLAR ENERGY; ABSORPTION REFRIGERATION CYCLE; INSOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS; SOLAR AIR CONDITIONING; SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS; SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS; SOLAR SPACE HEATING; SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS; SOLAR WATER HEATERS; SOLAR WATER HEATING; STEAM TURBINES; TEXAS; AIR CONDITIONING; APPLIANCES; BUILDINGS; CONCENTRATING COLLECTORS; ENERGY; ENERGY SOURCES; EQUIPMENT; GAS APPLIANCES; HEATERS; HEATING; HEATING SYSTEMS; MACHINERY; NORTH AMERICA; PARABOLIC COLLECTORS; POWER PLANTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; SOUTHWEST REGION; SPACE HEATING; TURBINES; TURBOMACHINERY; USA; WATER HEATERS; 140704* - Solar Thermal Power Systems- Total Energy & Hybrid Systems- (1980-)

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abstractNote = {Progress on the design of a Solar Total Energy System which will supply a significant portion of the energy requirements of a troop housing complex at Fort Hood, Texas, is described. Selection and sizing of the distributed collector field are discussed, and parabolic trough collector technology is reviewed. Energy load measurements and insolation models for the Fort Hood site are described. Technical project support efforts are reviewed. (WHK)},
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  • Work on the Fort Hood STES which was planned by DOE as a Large Scale Experiment for the Solar Total Energy Program is described. The history of the design evolution and management of the project which began in 1973 is summarized. The project was discontinued by DOE in December 1979. Supporting studies underway at the time are reported including: (1) reassessment of energy loads, (2) revised system concept, (3) plant sizing calculations, and (4) insolation variation measurement planning. (WHK)

  • The status of the Solar Total Energy Large Scale Experiment at the 87,000 troop housing complex at Fort Hood's Main Post area is described. Five building containing 155,560 ft/sup 2/ of floor area are to be served by solar space heating, air conditioning, and domestic hot water. Initial design efforts toward a parabolic trough collector field are described, and the decision by DOE Headquarters that the use of a central receiver solar thermal power system be considered is discussed. A life-cycle cost comparison analysis between the Fort Hood and Shenandoah Solar Total Energy Large Scale Experiments is given. (WHK)

  • The ATU/Fort Hood Solar Total Energy System will include a concentrating solar collector field of several acres. During periods of direct insolation, a heat-transfer fluid will be circulated through the collector field and thus heated to 500 to 600/sup 0/F. Some of the fluid will be circulated through a steam generator to drive a turbine-generator set; additional fluid will be stored in insulated tanks for use when solar energy is not available. The electrical output will satisfy a portion of the electrical load at Fort Hood's 87,000 Troop Housing Complex. Heat extracted from the turbine exhaust in the form ofmore » hot water will be used for space heating, absorption air conditioning, and domestic water heating at the 87,000 Complex. Storage tanks for the hot water are also included. The systems analysis and program support activities include studies of solar availability and energy requirements at Fort Hood, investigation of interfacing LSE-1 with existing energy systems at the 87,000 Complex, and preliminary studies of environmental, health, and safety considerations. An extensive survey of available concentrating solar collectors and modifications to a computerized system simulation model for LSE-1 use are also reported. Important program support activities are military liaison and information dissemination. The engineering test program reported involved completion of the Solar Engineering Test Module (SETM) and extensive performance testing of a single module of the linear-focusing collector.« less

  • This volume documents the preliminary design developed for the Solar Total Energy System to be installed at Fort Hood, Texas. Current system, subsystem, and component designs are described and additional studies which support selection among significant design alternatives are presented. Overall system requirements which form the system design basis are presented. These include program objectives; performance and output load requirements; industrial, statutory, and regulatory standards; and site interface requirements. Material in this section will continue to be issued separately in the Systems Requirements Document and maintained current through revision throughout future phases of the project. Overall system design and detailedmore » subsystem design descriptions are provided. Consideration of operation and maintenance is reflected in discussion of each subsystem design as well as in an integrated overall discussion. Included are the solar collector subsystem; the thermal storage subsystem, the power conversion sybsystem (including electrical generation and distribution); the heating/cooling and domestic hot water subsystems; overall instrumentation and control; and the STES building and physical plant. The design of several subsystems has progressed beyond the preliminary stage; descriptions for such subsystems are therefore provided in more detail than others to provide complete documentation of the work performed. In some cases, preliminary design parameters require specific verificaton in the definitive design phase and are identified in the text. Subsystem descriptions will continue to be issued and revised separately to maintain accuracy during future phases of the project. (WHK)« less