5 Megawatt Solar Thermal Test Facility: statement of capabilities. Supplemental data: checklist responses from contractors

Technical Report · Fri Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1975

OSTI ID:6207263

Facility requirements for testing of research experiment heliostats, receivers, and termal storage are described by Honeywell, Martin Marietta, and McDonnell Douglas, and requirements for heliostats only are given by Boeing Engineering and Construction. For heliostats, receivers, and thermal storage, the system configuration, instrumentation, controls, and support facilities are specified. The cycle and solar flux are specified for the receivers, and the working cycle and safety are specified for the thermal storage. (LEW)

• Research Organization: McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Co., Huntington Beach, CA (USA); Black and Veatch, Kansas City, MO (USA); Honeywell, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (USA); Georgia Inst. of Tech., Atlanta (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-79SF10499
• OSTI ID: 6207263
• Report Number(s): DOE/SF/10499-T47; ON: DE81026934
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
140702* -- Solar Thermal Power Systems-- Central Receiver
CENTRAL RECEIVER TEST FACILITY
CENTRAL RECEIVERS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
FLUIDS
HELIOSTATS
RANKINE CYCLE
SAFETY
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR FLUX
SOLAR RECEIVERS
SPECIFICATIONS
TEST FACILITIES
THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE EQUIPMENT
THERMODYNAMIC CYCLES
WORKING FLUIDS