Parabolic dish Stirling module development and test results

Conference · Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1984 · Proc., Intersoc. Energy Convers. Eng. Conf.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6041902

Washom, B

Private industry and the U.S. Department of Energy are presently cost sharing the design, manufacture and test of a 25 Kwe parabolic dish Stirling module, known as Vanguard. The Vanguard module achieved a world's record sunlight to electric conversion efficiency of 31.6% in February 1984 at the Rancho Mirage, California test site. The module is presently operating daily in sunrise to sunset tests to determine the long term performance and O and M requirements of this distributed receiver system. Each module can be easily integrated into a larger field of modules to provide power generation opportunities from a single 25 Kwe unit for isolated loads to 30 Mwe systems for integrated utility power generation.

• Research Organization: Advanco Corporation, Rancho Mirage, California
• OSTI ID: 6041902
• Report Number(s): CONF-840804-
• Journal Information: Proc., Intersoc. Energy Convers. Eng. Conf.; (United States), Vol. 3; Conference: Intersociety energy conversion engineering conference, San Francisco, CA, USA, 19 Aug 1984
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
DISTRIBUTED COLLECTOR POWER PLANTS
PARABOLIC DISH COLLECTORS
STIRLING ENGINES
EFFICIENCY
PERFORMANCE TESTING
STIRLING CYCLE
COOPERATION
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
FINANCING
MODULAR STRUCTURES
OPERATION
POWER RANGE 10-100 KW
PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
TEST FACILITIES
TOTAL ENERGY SYSTEMS
US DOE
CONCENTRATING COLLECTORS
ENERGY SYSTEMS
ENGINES
EQUIPMENT
HEAT ENGINES
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
PARABOLIC COLLECTORS
POWER PLANTS
PUBLIC UTILITIES
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR POWER PLANTS
SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS
TESTING
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
THERMODYNAMIC CYCLES
US ORGANIZATIONS
141000* - Solar Collectors & Concentrators
140703 - Solar Thermal Power Systems- Distributed Collector