Solar Pilot Plant: Phase I. Final report, July 1, 1975--July 1, 1977

Technical Report · Wed Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6742964· OSTI ID:6742964

Honeywell was given a 2-year contract by the Energy Research and Development Administration on 1 July 1975 to develop a preliminary design for a 10-MW(e) solar pilot plant of the central receiver type. The program culminated in mid-1977 with delivery of a pilot plant preliminary design, estimates for its cost, and performance, and cost estimates for a 100-MW(e) plant, which will be detailed during the operation of and built as a follow-on to the pilot plant. The pilot plant preliminary design evolved through three iterations, which were verified and refined by analysis and experimentation. Subsystem research experiments (SREs) were conducted on the collector subsystem and the steam generator portion of the receiver subsystem. A lesser amount of testing was done on a latent-heat storage subsystem before a sensible-heat storage subsystem was incorporated at the direction of ERDA. All test results and analyses pointed to the feasibility of the pilot plant, and by extension to commercial-scale plants. On that basis and in light of the worsening energy situation, Honeywell recommended that Phase II of the program be undertaken as quickly as practical.

• Research Organization: Honeywell, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (USA). Energy Resources Center
• Sponsoring Organization: US Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA)
• OSTI ID: 6742964
• Report Number(s): SAN-1109-77-7
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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