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1428; Report; November 1982.
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Solar One is a 10 MWe Solar Thermal Central Receiver Pilot Plant which generates electricity exclusively from solar energy. The pilot plant is a joint under taking between the U.S. Department of Energy and the Utility Associates composed of the Southern California Edison Company, the Los
Solar One is a 10 MWe Solar Thermal Central Receiver Pilot Plant which generates electricity exclusively from solar energy. The pilot plant is a joint under taking between the U.S. Department of Energy and the Utility Associates composed of the Southern California Edison Company, the Los
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Angeles Department of Water and Power, and the California Energy ' Resources Conservation and Development Commission. The pilot plant consists of several major systems (shown in Figure l) including the Thermal Storage System. The Thermal Storage System is designed to absorb and store thermal energy by condensing receiver generated steam and to serve as a source of thermal energy for a simultaneous or subsequent steam generation process (see Figure 2.) The thermal energy is absorbed into the subsystem (charging process) by circulating low temperature (nominally 425°F) Caloria HT-43 (heat transfer oil) through charging heat exchangers which condenses receiver steam and exits from the heat exchangers at an elevated temperature (580°F). The high temperature Caloria flows to either the storage tank (thermal storage unit) or on to the inlet of the steam generating heat exchangers. Show Less