Test results from a full-scale sodium reflux pool-boiler solar receiver

Conference · Sun Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:7170967

Moreno, J. B.; Andraka, C. E.; Diver, R. B.; Ginn, W. C.; Dudley, V.; Rawlinson, K. S.

A sodium reflux pool-boiler solar receiver has been tested on a nominal 75-kW{sub t} parabolic-dish concentrator. The purpose was to demonstrate the feasibility of reflux-receiver technology for application to Stirling-engine dish-electric systems. In this application, pool boilers (and more generally liquid-metal reflux receivers) have a number of advantages over directly-illuminated tube receivers. The advantages, to be discussed, include more uniform temperature, which results in longer lifetime and higher temperature available to the engine. 17 refs., 10 figs.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/CE
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 7170967
• Report Number(s): SAND-89-2772C; CONF-900449--4; ON: DE90003577
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140700* -- Solar Thermal Power Systems
141000 -- Solar Collectors & Concentrators
ALKALI METALS
BOILERS
ELEMENTS
ENGINES
EQUIPMENT
HEAT ENGINES
METALS
PARABOLIC DISH REFLECTORS
PARABOLIC REFLECTORS
SODIUM
SOLAR CONCENTRATORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR RECEIVERS
SOLAR REFLECTORS
STIRLING ENGINES
TESTING