5-megawatt solar-thermal test facility: preliminary statement of capabilities

Technical Report · Fri Sep 05 04:00:00 EDT 1975

OSTI ID:6376655

The capabilities are discussed which the 5 MW Solar Thermal Test Facility must have to meet the needs of the national effort to develop solar thermal electrical power systems. To define these capabilities, the overall objectives of the facility have been identified. The major objective of the fully operational facility will be to test experimental receiver designs. Secondary objectives include testing of heliostat and thermal storage subsystems. Additional capabilities to meet the needs for advanced systems testing, high temperature processing, and high temperature materials research will be implemented as demand and funding permit. The specific test capabilities required for the Pilot Plant Subsystem Research Experiments, advanced concepts, and other high temperature applications and the capabilities required to support these tests are described. Data supplied by the 10 MWe Pilot Plant Phase I Contractors which support their testing requirements are included.

• 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: 6376655
• Report Number(s): DOE/SF/10499-T41; ON: DE81026755
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140702* -- Solar Thermal Power Systems-- Central Receiver
CENTRAL RECEIVER TEST FACILITY
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COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
ENERGY
EQUIPMENT
HEAT
HELIOSTATS
MATERIALS TESTING
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PROCESS HEAT
SAFETY
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR PROCESS HEAT
SOLAR RECEIVERS
SPECIFICATIONS
TEST FACILITIES
TESTING
THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE EQUIPMENT