Conceptual design of the Truscott Brine Lake solar pond system. Volume II. Utility-integrated scenario

Technical Report · Wed Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:6537421

May, E K; Leboeuf, C M; Waddington, D

Conceptual designs were developed for salt-gradient solar pond systems to provide pumping power for chloride control in the Red River Basin. Energy is extracted from six, 10.5-ha (26-acre) solar ponds for conversion to electricity using three organic Rankine cycle turbines. The solar pond system is located in a brine impoundment lake at Truscott, Texas. Low-salinity brine flowing into this lake is concentrated by natural evaporation to form the solar pond, and is also used for solar pond maintenance. Two operating scenarios were investigated. A continuous base load system could deliver 9.8 GWh/yr at an output of 1120 kW to the utility electric grid for an estimated capital expenditure of $12.8 million. A system operating only from June through September would cost $21.2 million for an annual energy delivery of 7.7 GWh at a net output during the operating period of 2640 kW.

• Research Organization: Solar Energy Research Inst., Golden, CO (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-77CH00178
• OSTI ID: 6537421
• Report Number(s): SERI/TR-253-1833; ON: DE83008133
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140700 -- Solar Thermal Power Systems
141000* -- Solar Collectors & Concentrators
BRINES
DESIGN
EQUIPMENT
EVAPORATION
FEDERAL REGION VI
MACHINERY
NORTH AMERICA
OPERATION
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PONDS
POWER PLANTS
RANKINE CYCLE
SALINITY GRADIENTS
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR PONDS
SOLAR POWER PLANTS
SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS
SURFACE WATERS
TEXAS
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
THERMODYNAMIC CYCLES
TURBINES
TURBOMACHINERY
USA