5-Megawatt solar-thermal test facility: environmental assessment

Technical Report · Fri Jan 30 04:00:00 EST 1976

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6341483· OSTI ID:6341483

An Environmental Assessment of the 5 Megawatt Solar Thermal Test Facility (STTF) is presented. The STTF is located at Albuquerque, New Mexico. The facility will have the capability for testing scale models of major subsystems comprising a solar thermal electrical power plant. The STTF capabilities will include testing a solar energy collector subsystem comprised of heliostat arrays, a receiver subsystem which consists of a boiler/superheater in which a working fluid is heated, and a thermal storage subsystem which includes tanks of high heat capacity material which stores thermal energy for subsequent use. The STTF will include a 200-foot receiver tower on which experimental receivers will be mounted. The Environmental Assessment describes the proposed STTF, its anticipated benefits, and the environment affected. It also evaluates the potential environmental impacts associated with STTF construction and operation.

• Research Organization: Black and Veatch, Kansas City, MO (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76AL03688
• OSTI ID: 6341483
• Report Number(s): DOE/AL/03688-T1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ACCIDENTS
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CENTRAL RECEIVER TEST FACILITY
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
EQUIPMENT
GEOLOGY
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HAZARDS
HELIOSTATS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LAND USE
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OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
SEISMOLOGY
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
TEST FACILITIES
THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE EQUIPMENT
WASTE WATER
WASTES
WATER
WATER TREATMENT