Solar Pilot Plant Collector Subsystem Research Experiment Conceptual Design Report (Revised). Phase I, CDRL Item No. 3
A well-planned Research Experiment will (a) provide an orderly design of the hardware and control system to be evaluated, (b) define test objectives compatible with the test specimen, the requirements, and with the Pilot Plant concepts, and (c) set down a program to accomplish these objectives considering inspection, analysis, and test as the means of verification. The heliostats to be designed for the Research Experiment are the same heliostats proposed for the Pilot Plant. The only difference is quantity- only 4 for the Research Experiment and 3,000 for the Pilot Plant. The first heliostat will be built during the detail design process; slowly, and in phase with the design activity, as a test vehicle to support the design analysis. Various elements of the structure, electronics, or software will be fabricated, breadboarded, or coded and tested as necessary to compare test results with design analysis. The first heliostat with its electronics will become an engineering test bed to duplicate, simulate, analyze and solve problems that develop on the three operational heliostats. The three operational heliostats are built to the design resulting from the detail design review. Heliostat system design and Research Experiment plans are detailed. (WHK)
- Research Organization:
- Honeywell, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (USA). Systems and Research Center
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF11109
- OSTI ID:
- 6883945
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/SF/11109-T5
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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