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Central Receiver Solar Thermal Power System, Phase 1: CDRL Item 2, Pilot plant preliminary design report. Volume 1. Executive overview

Description: This summary introduces the McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company (MDAC) Central Receiver System Preliminary Design and reports the results of the Subsystem Research Experiments (SRE) recently completed. The baseline central receiver concept defined by the MDAC team consists of the following features: (A) An external receiver mounted on a tower, and located in a 360-deg array of sun-tracking heliostats which comprise the collector subsystem. (B) Feedwater from the electrical power generation s… more
Date: October 1, 1977
Creator: Hallet, Jr., R. W. & Gervais, R. L.
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Central receiver solar thermal power system. Phase 1. CDRL item 2; Pilot Plant preliminary design report. Volume II. System decription and system analysis

Description: An active system analysis and integration effort has been maintained. These activities have included the transformation of initial program requirements into a preliminary system design, the evolution of subsystem requirements which lay the foundation for subsystem design and test activity, and the overseeing of the final preliminary design effort to ensure that the subsystems are operationally compatible and capable of producing electricity at the lowest possible cost per unit of energy. Volume… more
Date: October 1, 1977
Creator: Hallet, Jr., R. W. & Gervais, R. L.
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Central Receiver Solar Thermal Power System, Phase 1. CDRL Item 2. Pilot Plant preliminary design report. Volume III, Book 1. Collector subsystem

Description: The central receiver system consists of a field of heliostats, a central receiver, a thermal storage unit, an electrical power generation system, and balance of plant. This volume discusses the collector field geometry, requirements and configuration. The development of the collector system and subsystems are discussed and the selection rationale outlined. System safety and availability are covered. Finally, the plans for collector portion of the central receiver system are reviewed.
Date: October 1, 1977
Creator: Hallet, Jr., R. W. & Gervais, R. L.
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Central receiver solar thermal power system, Phase 1. CDRL Item 2. Pilot plant preliminary design report. Volume IV. Receiver subsystem. [10-MW Pilot Plant and 100-MW Commercial Plant]

Description: The conception, design, and testing of the receiver subsystem proposed by the McDonnell Douglas/Rocketdyne Receiver team for the DOE 10-MW Pilot Plant and the 100-MW Commercial Plant are described. The receiver subsystem consists of the receiver unit, the tower on which the receiver unit is mounted above the collector field, and the supporting control and instrumentation equipment. The plans for implementation of the Pilot Plant are given including the anticipated schedule and production plan (… more
Date: November 1, 1977
Creator: Hallet, Jr., R. W. & Gervais, R. L.
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Central receiver solar thermal power system, Phase 1. CDRL Item 2. Pilot plant preliminary design report. Volume V. Thermal storage subsystem. [Sensible heat storage using Caloria HT43 and mixture of gravel and sand]

Description: The proposed 100-MWe Commercial Plant Thermal Storage System (TSS) employs sensible heat storage using dual liquid and solid media for the heat storage in each of four tanks, with the thermocline principle applied to provide high-temperature, extractable energy independent of the total energy stored. The 10-MW Pilot Plant employs a similar system except uses only a single tank. The high-temperature organic fluid Caloria HT43 and a rock mixture of river gravel and No. 6 silica sand were selected… more
Date: October 1, 1977
Creator: Hallet, Jr., R. W. & Gervais, R. L.
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Central receiver solar thermal power system, Phase 1. CDRL item 2. Pilot plant preliminary design report. Volume VI. Electrical power generation and master control subsystems and balance of plant

Description: The requirements, performance, and subsystem configuration for both the Commercial and Pilot Plant electrical power generation subsystems (EPGS) and balance of plants are presented. The EPGS for both the Commercial Plant and Pilot Plant make use of conventional, proven equipment consistent with good power plant design practices in order to minimize risk and maximize reliability. The basic EPGS cycle selected is a regenerative cycle that uses a single automatic admission, condensing, tandem-comp… more
Date: October 1, 1977
Creator: Hallet, Jr., R. W. & Gervais, R. L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Central receiver solar thermal power system, Phase 1: CDRL Item 2, pilot plant preliminary design report. Volume VII. Pilot plant cost and commercial plant cost and performance

Description: Detailed cost and performance data for the proposed tower focus pilot plant and commercial plant are given. The baseline central receiver concept defined by the MDAC team consists of the following features: (A) an external receiver mounted on a tower, and located in a 360/sup 0/ array of sun-tracking heliostats which comprise the collector subsystem. (B) feedwater from the electrical power generation subsystem is pumped through a riser to the receiver, where the feedwater is converted to superh… more
Date: May 1, 1980
Creator: Hallet, Jr., R. W. & Gervais, R. L.
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Central Receiver Solar Thermal Power System, Phase 1. CDRL Item 10. Final technical progress report

Description: Results of analysis and design efforts by McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company (MDAC), Rocketdyne, Stearns-Roger, Inc., Sheldahl, Inc., and the University of Houston between 1 July 1975 and 30 June 1977 are summarized. This is the Final Technical Progress Report published on the Phase 1 Central Receiver Solar Thermal Power System contract. Historical summaries and final selection of 10-MWe pilot plant and 100-MWe commercial systems are presented, with emphasis on the collector field character… more
Date: May 1, 1978
Creator: Hallet, Jr., R. W. & Gervais, R. L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Central Receiver Solar Thermal Power System, Phase 1. CDRL Item 10. First quarterly technical progress report

Description: The current definition of a 10-MWe pilot plant preliminary design base line is presented, as well as a summary of a 100-MWe commercial plant base line. The subsystems described for the plants include the collector, receiver, thermal storage, and electrical power generation. A master control concept employing a centralized computer is also described. The subsystem research experiment activities for the collector, receiver, and thermal storage subsystems are presented, including a summary of SRE … more
Date: January 1, 1976
Creator: Hallet, Jr., R. W. & Gervais, R. L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Central Receiver Solar Thermal Power System, Phase 1. CDRL Item 10. Third quarterly technical progress report, 1 April 1976--30 June 1976. [10 MW]

Description: Results of analysis and design efforts by McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company (MDAC), Rocketdyne, Stearns-Roger, Inc., Sheldahl, Inc., and the University of Houston between 1 April 1976 and 30 June 1976 on ERDA Contract No. EY-76-C-03-1108 are summarized. This is the third quarterly technical progress report published on the Phase 1 Central Receiver Solar Thermal Power System contract. The dominant activities during the reporting period have involved the preparation of test facilities for th… more
Date: July 1, 1976
Creator: Hallet, Jr., R. W. & Gervais, R. L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Central receiver solar thermal power system, Phase 1. CRDL Item 2. Pilot plant preliminary design report. Volume III, Book 2. Collector subsystem

Description: The methods and plans for the manufacture of the 10-MW collector heliostats and associated controls for the pilot plant are detailed. An in-depth description of the production, installation, and verification testing of heliostats for the pilot plant is presented. Specifications for the performance, design, and test requirements for the pilot plant collector subsystem are included. Also, a heliostat location summary report is given. (WHK)
Date: October 1, 1977
Creator: Hallet, Jr., R. W. & Gervais, R. L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Central receiver solar thermal power system, Phase 1. Pilot plant cost and commercial plant cost and performance preliminary design report. [150 MW commercial tower focus plant and 10 MW pilot plant]

Description: Detailed cost and performance data for the 10 MWe Pilot Plant and the 150 MWe Commercial Plant are given. The Commercial Plant consists of 15 integrated collector - receiver modules. Each module contains 1325 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 sto… more
Date: January 1, 1977
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Central receiver solar thermal power system, phase 1. Progress report for period ending December 31, 1975

Description: The program objective is the preliminary design of a 10 MWe pilot solar power plant supported by major subsystem experiments. Progress is reported on the following task elements: 10 MWe pilot plant; collector subsystem design and analysis; receiver subsystem requirements; receiver subsystem design; thermal storage subsystem; electrical power generation subsystem; and pilot plant architectural engineering and support. (WDM)
Date: April 1, 1976
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Central receiver solar thermal power system, phase 1. Quarterly progress report (final) for period ending June 30, 1976

Description: During this report period, the major program activities were aimed toward the fabrication of the three major research experiments and continued evaluation of the Pilot Plant performance and operating modes. The detail designs were completed early in this period. Effort was continued in the evaluation of Pilot Plant start transients. Both warm and hot starts from thermal storage were evaluated as was a cold start from the Receiver. In the Collector Subsystem Experiment the heliostat structures a… more
Date: October 1, 1976
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Central receiver solar thermal power system, Phase 1. Quarterly progress report (final) for period ending March 31, 1976

Description: During this period (January 1976 through March 1976), the primary program effort was expended toward the completion of the detail design of the three major research experiments. Also, the Preliminary Pilot Plant Economic Cost Study was completed. In the Collector Subsystem, the designs for both the twenty-five mirror and the nine-mirror heliostats were completed and released. In the Receiver Subsystem, Foster Wheeler continued with the detail design of the 5 MW research experiment receiver. A p… more
Date: October 1, 1976
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Central receiver solar thermal power system, phase 1. Quarterly progress report for period ending June 30, 1976

Description: The major program activities were aimed toward the fabrication of the three major research experiments and continued evaluation of the pilot plant performance and operating modes. The detail designs were completed early in this period. Effort was continued in the evaluation of pilot plant start transients. Both warm and hot starts from thermal storage were evaluated as was a cold start from the receiver. In the collector subsystem experiment the heliostat structures and drive mechanisms were co… more
Date: July 1, 1976
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Central receiver solar thermal system. Phase 1, CDRL item 10. Second quarterly technical progress report

Description: Results of analysis and design efforts are summarized. This is the second quarterly technical progress report published on the Phase 1 Central Receiver Solar Thermal Power System contract. The dominant activities during the reporting period have involved the detailed definition of the subsystem research experiments and the design of the test articles and test facilities. Summaries of these activities are presented. Design changes to the 10-MWe pilot plant preliminary design baseline which have … more
Date: April 1, 1976
Creator: Hallet, Jr., R. W. & Gervais, R. L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Central Receiver Test Facility (CRTF) experiment manual

Description: The Central Receiver Test Facility is operated by Sandia Laboratories for the US Department of Energy. The CRTF is being used for component and subsystem evaluation within the Solar Thermal Large Power Systems Program. This experiment manual provides users of the CRTF detailed information about: (1) implementation of testing at the CRTF; (2) details of the CRTF capabilities and interfaces, and (3) requirements of experimenters.
Date: October 1, 1979
Creator: Holmes, J. T.; Matthews, L. K.; Seamons, L. O.; Davis, D. B. & King, D. L.
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A Central Refrigeration System to Support Multiple Environmental Test Chambers: Design, Development, and Evaluation

Description: A pilot plant project was undertaken to develop a central refrigeration compressor station capable of providing the necessary cooling to a network of nine independently-controlled environmental test chambers operating at temperatures of {minus}85{degree}F to 350{degree}F. Design features of the central two-stage (cascade) vapor compression refrigeration system are described. Computer control of the central refrigeration station is a major contribution to the improved efficiency of the overall s… more
Date: November 1, 1990
Creator: Baca, R.G.; Miller, K.M. & Shipley, K.L.
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Central Solenoid Insert Technical Specification

Description: The US ITER Project Office (USIPO) is responsible for the ITER central solenoid (CS) contribution to the ITER project. The Central Solenoid Insert (CSI) project will allow ITER validation the appropriate lengths of the conductors to be used in the full-scale CS coils under relevant conditions. The ITER Program plans to build and test a CSI to verify the performance of the CS conductor. The CSI is a one-layer solenoid with an inner diameter of 1.48 m and a height of 4.45 m between electric termi… more
Date: September 1, 2011
Creator: Martovetsky, Nicolai N & Smirnov, Alexandre
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