Industrial applications of solar energy. Quarterly report

Technical Report · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:7220345

The objective of this program is to define solar energy systems that are technically and economically feasible, can satisfy all or part of selected industry demands, and to determine the market potential of such systems. (The primary emphasis is being placed on the application of total energy systems where the industrial process heat, electrical demands, and space heating and cooling requirements are satisfied at maximum possible efficiency.) Total energy conceptual designs will be generated for selected industries and ranked for subsequent preliminary design selection. Final rankings will consider preliminary site evaluations as well as utility interfaces. MDAC will also provide ERDA with a total project plan and industrial site selection criteria. Major efforts during this reporting period consisted of extending the program to include all of the United States, continued collection of demand data, selection of an insolation methodology, collector/conversion system trade studies, absorption/vapor cycle refrigeration trades, completion of the resizing of all first level designs, and initiation of the utility interface and market penetration investigation. Energy consumption forecasts for selected SIC groupings have been extended to include all of the U.S.

• Research Organization: McDonnell Douglas Astronautics West, Huntington Beach, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7220345
• Report Number(s): SAN-1132-1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140700 -- Solar Thermal Power Systems
140900* -- Solar Thermal Utilization
141000 -- Solar Collectors & Concentrators
APPLIANCES
CENTRAL RECEIVERS
DEMAND FACTORS
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
DRYERS
ECONOMICS
ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
ENERGY
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY SOURCES
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
FRESNEL LENS
GAS APPLIANCES
HEAT
HEATING
INDUSTRY
INSOLATION
LENSES
MARKET
NORTH AMERICA
OPTICAL SYSTEMS
PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
POWER PLANTS
PROCESS HEAT
REFRIGERATING MACHINERY
REFRIGERATORS
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SITE SELECTION
SIZE
SOLAR CELLS
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR DRYERS
SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR HEATING
SOLAR POWER PLANTS
SOLAR REFRIGERATORS
SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS
STEAM
THERMODYNAMIC CYCLES
TOTAL ENERGY SYSTEMS
USA