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Solar Pilot Plant Phase I, detailed design report: thermal storage subsystem research experiment. CDRL Item No. 8 (Approved)

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6141517· OSTI ID:6141517

The Thermal Storage Subsystem Research Experiment is designed to give maximum information for evaluating the design, performance, and operating parameters of the Barstow Solar Pilot Plant. The experiment is summarized, and the experiment components detail design and integration are described. The experiment test and operation is described which is designed to collect engineering data to allow the design, performance, and operational characteristics to be specified for the Pilot Plant. Appended are: design documentation; pressure drop calculations; materials studies for thermal energy storage; flow charts for data acquisition and control; condenser detail design; instrumentation error analysis; logic diagrams for the control system; literature survey to evaluate the two-phase forced convection heat transfer; and the vaporizer performance model. (LEW)

Research Organization:
Honeywell, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (USA). Systems and Research Center; Black and Veatch, Kansas City, MO (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF11109
OSTI ID:
6141517
Report Number(s):
DOE/SF/11109-T15; ON: DE82011800
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English