An overview of current activities at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility

Conference · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:7058885

Cameron, C P; Klimas, P C

This paper is a description of the United States Department of Energy's National Solar Thermal Test Facility, highlighting current test programs. In the central receiver area, research underway supports commercialization of molten nitrate salt technology, including receivers, thermal energy transport, and corrosion experiments. Concentrator research includes large-area, glass-metal heliostats and stretched-membrane heliostats and dishes. Test activities in support of dish-Stirling systems with reflux receivers are described. Research on parabolic troughs includes characterization of several receiver configurations. Other test facility activities include solar detoxification experiments, design assistance testing of commercially-available solar hardware, and non-DOE-funded work, including thermal exposure tests and. testing of volumetric and PV central receiver concepts.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 7058885
• Report Number(s): SAND-92-1031C; CONF-920938--1; ON: DE92041160
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
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CENTRAL RECEIVER TEST FACILITY
CENTRAL RECEIVERS
CONCENTRATING COLLECTORS
CONVERSION
ENERGY
ENERGY CONVERSION
ENERGY SOURCES
ENGINES
EQUIPMENT
HEAT ENGINES
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PARABOLIC COLLECTORS
PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTORS
POWER PLANTS
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR CONCENTRATORS
SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEAT ENGINES
SOLAR POWER PLANTS
SOLAR RECEIVERS
SOLAR THERMAL CONVERSION
SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS
TEST FACILITIES
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
TOWER FOCUS POWER PLANTS