Pilot plant mirror module testing and evaluation
Ten Styrofoam-core mirror modules designed by McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company for the solar central receiver pilot plant to be built at Barstow, California, were fabricated and tested at Sandia Laboratories, Livermore. The purpose of the testing was to determine whether the mirror modules could survive the expected environment. The mirror modules passed the survival tests with no glass breakage and suffered only minimal damage from a thaw-freeze cycling. An apparent change in curvature of the modules was observed after thermal cycling and further testing is recommended.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- EY-76-C-04-0789
- OSTI ID:
- 6549291
- Report Number(s):
- SAND78-8269
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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