The BDM Corporation modular industrial solar retrofit qualification test results

Technical Report · Tue Mar 31 23:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:6335352

Cameron, C P; Dudley, V E

Under the Department of Energy's Modular Industrial Solar retrofit project, industrial process steam systems incorporating line-focus solar thermal collectors were designed and hardware was installed and tested. This report describes the test results for the system designed by the BDM Corporation. The test series included function and safety tests to determine that the system operated as specified, an unattended operations test to demonstrate automatic operation, performance tests to provide a database for predicting system performance, and life cycle tests to evaluate component and maintenance requirements. Component-level modifications to improve system performance and reliability were also evaluated.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA); EG and G/Washington Analytical Services Center, Inc., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 6335352
• Report Number(s): SAND-85-2317-Rev.; ON: DE87010522
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CONCENTRATING COLLECTORS
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OPERATION
PARABOLIC COLLECTORS
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PERFORMANCE
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RELIABILITY
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SOLAR EQUIPMENT
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