10-MWe solar-thermal central-receiver pilot-plant receiver steam generation (Test 1030) evaluation report
The Receiver Cold Flow (Test 1010) and Receiver Steam Generation (Test 1030) tests at the 10 MWe Solar Thermal Central Receiver Pilot Plant were preoperational tests to (1) verify receiver operations, (2) develop control functions and field tune controllers, and (3) verify portions of the Plant Operating Procedures. Data from preoperational Test 1030 have been used to make preliminary estimates of receiver performance. Selected days of operation have been evaluated to make estimates of receiver incident power from the heliostat field, panel efficiencies, and receiver efficiencies. In this report, data from the plant's Data Acquisition System are presented for temperature profiles on several panels and are used for efficiency calculations and comparisons of incident power predictions.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Livermore, CA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 6459351
- Report Number(s):
- SAND83-8005; ON: DE83010836
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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EXPERIMENTAL DATA
EXTERNAL RECEIVERS
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
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PERFORMANCE TESTING
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SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS
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CENTRAL RECEIVERS
CSP
Concentrating Solar Power
DATA
EFFICIENCY
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
EXTERNAL RECEIVERS
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
INFORMATION
NUMERICAL DATA
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PILOT PLANTS
POWER PLANTS
SOLAR FLUX
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SOLAR RECEIVERS
SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS
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TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION
TESTING
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
TOWER FOCUS POWER PLANTS