System study on the feasibility of a coal-fired total-energy plant (with solar options) for Sandia Laboratories
A preliminary assessment is presented of the technical and economic feasibility of a coal-fired total-energy onsite plant that could furnish much of the thermal electrical power requirements of the Department of Energy's facilities in Albuquerque, NM; namely, the Albuquerque Operations Office, Sandia Area Office, and Sandia Laboratories. Because of Sandia's active role in solar-energy research, development, and project management, this study also includes a conceptual design and analysis of a solar-energy system that could be colocated with the coal-fired plant as a solar-total-energy system experiment. In general, the analysis indicate that a coal-fired total energy system is economically feasible. Further, the solar supplement to the coal-fired system can be an effective utilization of solar energy. However, the cost of the energy from the solar supplement will be from $7 MBTU to $13 MBTU depending on the solar supplement system used.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- EY-76-C-04-0789
- OSTI ID:
- 6383230
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-78-0979
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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