Design, construction, operation, and evaluation of solar systems for industrial process-heat applications in the intermediate-temperature range (212/sup 0/F to 550/sup 0/F). Environmental assessment

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1982

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5283851· OSTI ID:5283851

The environmental impacts are assessed for a proposed 50,000 square foot field of single axis tracking, concentrating solar collectors along the Ohio River in southern Ohio. The facility is planned to produce process steam for use in the production of polystyrene. Absorbed solar energy would heat an aliphatic hydrocarbon synthetic heat transfer fluid to a maximum temperature of 500/sup 0/F. The existing environment is briefly described, particularly regarding air quality. The potential environmental impacts of the solar process heat system on the air, water, soil, endangered species and archaeological and historical resources are examined, including risks due to flood and glare and a comparison of alternatives. Also included are a Consent Judgment relating to two coal-fired boilers in violation of EPA regulations, property data of Gulf Synfluid 4CS (a candidate heat transfer fluid), piping and instrumentation diagrams and schematics, site grade and drainage plan, geological survey map, subsurface soil investigation, Ohio endangered species list, Ohio Archaeological Counsel certification list, and a study of heat transfer fluids and their properties. (LEW)

• Research Organization: Columbia Gas System Service Corp., Columbus, OH (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FG03-79CS30310
• OSTI ID: 5283851
• Report Number(s): DOE/CS/30310-T5; ON: DE82009373
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
SOLAR PROCESS HEAT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
AIR QUALITY
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
CONSENT ORDERS
ENDANGERED SPECIES
FLOODS
HEAT TRANSFER FLUIDS
PIPES
SITE PREPARATION
SOILS
WATER QUALITY
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
DECISIONS AND ORDERS
DISASTERS
ENERGY
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
FLUIDS
HEAT
INDUSTRY
PROCESS HEAT
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