Molten salt electric experiment steam generator subsystem. Final report

Technical Report · Tue Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5695339· OSTI ID:5695339

The Molten Salt Electric Experiment (MSEE) is a full-system demonstration of a solar central receiver power generation plant which uses molten nitrate salt as the primary heat transfer fluid and also as the thermal storage medium. The MSEE receiver has a thermal capacity of 5 MWt, and the turbine-generator is rated at 750 kWe. The system has a two-tank thermal storage subsystem with a capacity of 6 MW-hours, and a steam generator rated at 3.1 MWt. The MSEE began in mid-1982, and testing was completed in July 1985 at the Central Receiver Test Facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Babcock and Wilcox was awarded the contract to supply a steam generator for the MSEE capable of producing superheated steam using molten salt as a heat source. This report covers the design, fabrication, installation, and testing of the Steam Generation Subsystem beginning in September 1982 and ending in June 1984.

• Research Organization: Babcock and Wilcox Co., Barberton, OH (USA). Nuclear Equipment Div.
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DR00789
• OSTI ID: 5695339
• Report Number(s): SAND85-8181; ON: DE86011380
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
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BOILERS
CENTRAL RECEIVERS
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DESIGN
EQUIPMENT
FABRICATION
INSTALLATION
MOLTEN SALTS
SALTS
SOLAR RECEIVERS
STEAM GENERATORS
TESTING
THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE EQUIPMENT
VAPOR GENERATORS