Final report on the experimental test and evaluation phase of the 10 MWe Solar Thermal Central Receiver Pilot Plant

Technical Report · Sun Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:6139086

Radosevich, L G

This report describes the evaluations of the performance of Solar One, the 10 MWe Solar Thermal Central Receiver Pilot Plant near Barstow, California. The Pilot Plant project is a cooperative effort of the US Department of Energy and a group of utilities led by the Southern California Edison Company. Construction of the Pilot Plant was completed in 1981, and the plant is now under-going a five-year Operational Test Period. The Operational Test Period consists of a two-year Experimental Test and Evaluation Phase followed by a three-year Power Production Phase. The Experimental Test and Evaluation Phase, which began in mid-1982, was completed on July 31, 1984. During the Experimental Test and Evaluation Phase the Pilot Plant was successfully operated in all its steady-state operating modes. Transitions to and from each steady-state mode were accomplished, and, during the course of testing, significant improvements were made in the plant's start-up and shutdown times. Emergency shutdowns were also demonstrated, and preliminary power production testing was begun. Some problems have occurred, such as receiver tube leaks and mirror corrosion.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Livermore, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DR00789
• OSTI ID: 6139086
• Report Number(s): SAND-85-8015; ON: DE86005647
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140702* -- Solar Thermal Power Systems-- Central Receiver
BARSTOW SOLAR PILOT PLANT
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COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
COST
EQUIPMENT
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
HELIOSTATS
INSOLATION
MAINTENANCE
MIRRORS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PILOT PLANTS
POWER PLANTS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR POWER PLANTS
SOLAR RECEIVERS
SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS
TESTING
THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE EQUIPMENT
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
TOWER FOCUS POWER PLANTS