Osage City SCSE (Small Community Solar Experiment): Final report

Technical Report · Thu Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1989

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6123104· OSTI ID:6123104

Hunt, J. W.

In February, 1984, Barber-Nichols Engineering Company proposed to provide a 100 kW solar-electric power generating system at Osage City, Kansas. The proposal was made in response to Department of Energy Proposal Opportunity Notice DE-PN04-84AL25034. The proposal was a joint effort by Barber-Nichols and Power Kinetics, Inc. of Troy, New York in which Barber-Nichols, as prime contractor, would supply the Rankine engine, and PKI would provide the point focusing solar collector. The program was intended to demonstrate a Small Community Solar Thermal Power system. The program had four main goals: (1) to demonstrate the operation and performance of a module at the Sandia Test Facility, (2) to construct the 100 kW plant at Osage City, Kansas and place it in service, and (3) to operate the system successfully for a period of one year, and (4) turn the system over to the Osage City Electric Company for future operation. This report covers the Rankine engine design and development, electrical power system inverter, engine testing on collector, solar collector development and testing, and component failures.

• Research Organization: Barber-Nichols Engineering Co., Arvada, CO (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FC04-84AL25034
• OSTI ID: 6123104
• Report Number(s): DOE/AL/25034-T1; ON: DE89014772
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
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42 ENGINEERING
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CONTROL SYSTEMS
DATA
DESIGN
DIAGRAMS
DOCUMENT TYPES
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY SYSTEMS
ENGINES
EQUIPMENT
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FAILURES
FLOWSHEETS
HEAT ENGINES
INFORMATION
MACHINERY
MODIFICATIONS
NUMERICAL DATA
PERFORMANCE TESTING
POWER SYSTEMS
PROGRESS REPORT
PUMPS
RANKINE CYCLE ENGINES
RANKINE CYCLE POWER SYSTEMS
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
TEMPERATURE EFFECTS
TESTING
TURBINES
TURBOMACHINERY