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BR 1156; Report; January 1980.
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ABSTRACT:
The Department of Energy has embarked on an extensive program to use solar energy to replace fossil fuel. One expanding effort is directed toward generating electric power with solar energy. Stand-alone plants utilizing thermal storage systems when solar is unavailable represents one facet
The Department of Energy has embarked on an extensive program to use solar energy to replace fossil fuel. One expanding effort is directed toward generating electric power with solar energy. Stand-alone plants utilizing thermal storage systems when solar is unavailable represents one facet
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of the program. Another facet involves demonstration and first-generation plants which "repower" present gas- and oil-fired fossil plants with solar energy for both industrial and utility boilers. The steam/water solar steam generators represent the best chance for early demonstration projects, although they have recognized shortcomings in the areas of thermal storage and steam-side pressure drop. Systems with either sodium or fused salts as their heat transfer medium have a greater potential for future development of stand-alone plants. Babcock & Wilcox, as a supplier of fossil and nuclear steam generators, has been involved in several solar power projects including both water/steam and sodium systems. The paper describes such solar power generation systems. Show Less