Solar-thermal technology. Annual technical progress report FY 1981. Volume II. Technical
After a brief description of the Solar Thermal Technology Program, its goals, objectives, and benefits, progress is reported in the five technologies addressed by the program: central receiver, parabolic dish, parabolic trough, hemispherical bowl, and salt-gradient solar ponds. Component technology development and systems experiments and analyses are reported for the central receiver, parabolic dish, and parabolic trough concepts. Also reported are test programs at the Central Receiver Test Facility, Parabolic Dish Test Site support to dish development, and experiments at test facilities supporting parabolic trough program. Research on hemispherical bowl and salt-gradient solar ponds is briefly summarized, including the Crosbyton Solar Power Project (hemispherical bowl) and the Salton Sea Project (solar pond). Also reported are research and advanced development efforts in materials research, fuels and chemicals, and applied thermal research, and supporting programs, including the Solar Thermal Test Facilities Users Association activities, environmental control studies, and solar thermal insolation assessment. (LEW)
- Research Organization:
- Jet Propulsion Lab., Pasadena, CA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AI01-76ET20307
- OSTI ID:
- 6798336
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/JPL-1060-53-Vol.2; ON: DE83001330
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
EQUIPMENT
FIXED MIRROR COLLECTORS
FUELS
HEAT
INSOLATION
MATERIALS
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PROCESS HEAT
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SOLAR CONCENTRATORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR PONDS
SOLAR POWER PLANTS
SOLAR PROCESS HEAT
SOLAR RECEIVERS
SOLAR REFLECTORS
SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS
STTFUA
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THERMAL POWER PLANTS
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