Solar central receiver prototype heliostat CDRL item B. b. Technical progress report: interim

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

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7066313· OSTI ID:7066313

Easton, C. R.

The objectives of this program are to establish a heliostat design with the associated manufacturing, assembly, installation and maintenance approaches that will: (1) yield a significant reduction of capital and operating costs; (2) meet performance specifications for large collector subsystems; and (3) can be produced and deployed throughout the southwestern United States. In addition, cost plans and schedules to develop, fabricate, and operate the heliostat are to be developed. This volume presents the collector design, including trade study and test results, and the manufacturing, installation and checkout, and operations and maintenance concepts. Also, a discussion of specification verification and optimization is included. (WHK)

• Research Organization: McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Co., Huntington Beach, CA (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-77ET20386
• OSTI ID: 7066313
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/20386-T1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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