Central Receiver Solar Thermal Power System, Phase 1: preliminary design report. Volume 1. Executive overview. [150 MW commercial tower focus plant and 10 MW pilot plant]

Technical Report · Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1977

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5359333· OSTI ID:5359333

An overview of the design and operation of the 150 MWe commercial plant and the 10 MWe pilot plant is given. The commercial plant consists of 15 integrated collector--receiver modules. Each module contains 1554 heliostats and an internally mounted steam-generating receiver on a steel tower with an aperture height of 90 m. The pilot plant consists of one full-scale collector--receiver module. The two-stage sensible heat storage system utilizes a heat transfer salt medium and a hydrocarbon oil storage medium. The electric power generation system uses a conventional steam turbine-generator. The pilot plant is one module of the commercial plant, providing for one-to-one scaling in the most critical areas. (WHK)

• Research Organization: Martin Marietta Corp., Denver, Colo. (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-77-C-03-1110
• OSTI ID: 5359333
• Report Number(s): SAN/1110-77-2(Vol.1)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
TOWER FOCUS POWER PLANTS
DEMONSTRATION PLANTS
DESIGN
PILOT PLANTS
BOILERS
CENTRAL RECEIVERS
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
HELIOSTATS
MOLTEN SALTS
OILS
POWER RANGE 1-10 MW
POWER RANGE 100-1000 MW
SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE
THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE EQUIPMENT
TURBOGENERATORS
WORKING FLUIDS
ELECTRIC GENERATORS
ENERGY STORAGE
EQUIPMENT
FLUIDS
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
HEAT STORAGE
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
POWER PLANTS
SALTS
SOLAR POWER PLANTS
SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS
STORAGE
140702* - Solar Thermal Power Systems- Central Receiver
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