Solar central receiver prototype heliostat. Interim technical progress report

Technical Report · Wed Apr 05 04:00:00 EST 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5718134· OSTI ID:5718134

The objective of Phase I of this project is to support the Solar Central Receiver Power Plant research, development and demonstration effort by: (1) Establishment of a heliostat design, with associated manufacturing, assembly, installation and maintenance approaches, that, in quantity production will yield significant reductions in capital and operating costs over an assumed 30 year plant lifetime as compared with existing designs. (2) Identification of needs for near term and further research and development in heliostat concept, materials, manufacture, installation, maintenance, and other areas, where successful accomplishment and application would offer significant payoffs in the further reduction of the cost of electrical energy from Solar Central Receiver Power Plants. The Phase I study will define a low-cost heliostat preliminary design and the conceptual design of a heliostat manufacturing/installation plan which will result in low life cycle cost when produced and installed at high rate and large quantities for commercial Solar Central Receiver Power Plants. The study will develop the annualized life cycle cost and the performance of heliostats for a 30 year plant life, for each of three rates of continuous production and installation. The three specified rates are 25,000, 250,000, and 1,000,000 heliostats per year. The analysis of these varying production rates, requiring highly automated tooling and installation equipment concepts, will define the economies of large scale not realizable on Pilot Plant or Demonstration Plant installations. Project status is described in detail. (WHK)

• Research Organization: Boeing Engineering and Construction Co., Seattle, WA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5718134
• Report Number(s): SAN-1604-4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140702* -- Solar Thermal Power Systems-- Central Receiver
CLEANING
CONTROL SYSTEMS
COST
COVERINGS
DESIGN
EQUIPMENT
HELIOSTATS
INSTALLATION
LIFE-CYCLE COST
MAINTENANCE
MANUFACTURING
MATERIALS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
POWER PLANTS
SERVICE LIFE
SOLAR CONCENTRATORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR POWER PLANTS
SOLAR REFLECTORS
SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS
SURFACE CLEANING
SURFACE FINISHING
TESTING
TOWER FOCUS POWER PLANTS