Shenandoah Solar Total Energy Project

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1981 · Proc. Annu. Meet. - Am. Sect. Int. Sol. Energy Soc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5746066

Leonard, J A; Hunke, R W

The design of the world's first solar total energy plant in the private sector has been completed and construction is underway. The project, a major element of the Department of Energy's Solar Thermal Program, is the Solar Total Energy Project at Shenandoah, Georgia. When operational in early 1982, the solar plant will furnish electrical power, process steam, and other thermal energy to a nearby knitwear factory. The solar system consists of a collector field containing 114 parabolic dish collectors which supply thermal energy at 400/sup 0/C to drive a 400 kW multi-stage Rankine cycle turbine generator. Some steam is extracted from the turbine and supplied to the knitwear manufacturing processes. The system will be grid-connected, and the Georgia Power Company, through a cooperative agreement with DOE, is a participant in the project. Included are: (1) a description of the system and components being installed; (2) a summary of performance testing of the extraction turbine and of four prototype parabolic dish collectors; and (3) a discussion of design considerations and insights which have general applicability to solar thermal system designs.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM
• OSTI ID: 5746066
• Report Number(s): CONF-810509-(Vol.1)
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Proc. Annu. Meet. - Am. Sect. Int. Sol. Energy Soc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 4.1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ENERGY
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
FOUNDATIONS
GEORGIA
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