Solar Pilot Plant Preliminary Design Baseline Report. Phase I, CDRL Item No. 1
The pilot plant concept has been designed to collect solar energy, convert it to thermal energy and use it to generate electrical power or store it for later use in generating electrical power. Solar energy incident upon a circular field will be concentrated through the annulus aperture of an elevated central, cavity-type receiver. The concentrated solar energy will be converted to thermal energy as it is absorbed by an array of boiler and superheater tubes located in the receiver cavity. The superheated steam produced in the receiver can be used to generate electricity using a dual-pressure admission turbine generator. The thermal energy generated in the receiver can also be stored by melting a eutectic salt. The thermal energy stored in the salt can be used to produce steam which is admitted to the low-pressure stage of the dual-admission turbine generator. The design, performance, systems analysis, and cost of the collector subsystem, receiver subsystem, storage subsystem, and electrical generation subsystem are reported in detail. (WKH)
- Research Organization:
- Honeywell, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (USA). Systems and Research Center
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF11109
- OSTI ID:
- 6883967
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/SF/11109-T1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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140702* -- Solar Thermal Power Systems-- Central Receiver
CAVITY RECEIVERS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
COST
DESIGN
DIAGRAMS
ENERGY STORAGE
ENERGY SYSTEMS
ENERGY TRANSFER
EQUIPMENT
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
HEAT STORAGE
HEAT TRANSFER
HEATING
HELIOSTATS
LATENT HEAT STORAGE
MACHINERY
PERFORMANCE
PILOT PLANTS
POWER PLANTS
POWER SYSTEMS
SALTS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR POWER PLANTS
SOLAR RECEIVERS
SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS
STEAM TURBINES
STORAGE
SUPERHEATING
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE EQUIPMENT
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
TOWER FOCUS POWER PLANTS
TURBINES
TURBOMACHINERY