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1275; Report; August 1984.
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ABSTRACT:
A complete molten salt system experiment has been built at the Department of Energy (DOE) Central Receiver Test Facility (CRTF) located at Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico. The CRTF heliostat field concentrates reflected solar energy onto a molten salt cooled solar receiver
A complete molten salt system experiment has been built at the Department of Energy (DOE) Central Receiver Test Facility (CRTF) located at Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico. The CRTF heliostat field concentrates reflected solar energy onto a molten salt cooled solar receiver
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located on top of the 200-foot-tall CRTF test tower. Molten salt is pumped from a 0 warm 0 salt storage tank at ground level up the tower to the solar receiver where it is heated by absorbing solar energy and then returns to a 0 hot" salt storage tank at ground level. A hot salt pump delivers salt from the hot tank to a molten salt steam generator which produces steam to power a turbine/generator which feeds electricity 1nto the local power grid. Show Less