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EPRI GS 6577 Volume 2; Report; December 1989.
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ABSTRACT:
The Molten Salt Electric Experiment, built at the Department of Energy's Central Receiver Test Facility located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was the first large-scale demonstration in the United States of the technical feasibility of operating a solar central receiver power plant with
The experiment was sponsored jointly by the Department of Energy, the Electric Power Research Institute and a consortium of utilities and industry. The main purpose of the project was to make a preliminary, experimental evaluation of this concept's potential as applied to a utility power plant.
In summary, the molten salt central receiver solar power system is technically feasible, and has certain attractive features. It does, however, require engineering development and performance verification in order to establish its potential for economical power production.
The Molten Salt Electric Experiment, built at the Department of Energy's Central Receiver Test Facility located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was the first large-scale demonstration in the United States of the technical feasibility of operating a solar central receiver power plant with
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molten nitrate salt as the receiver heat transfer fluid and thermal storage medium.The experiment was sponsored jointly by the Department of Energy, the Electric Power Research Institute and a consortium of utilities and industry. The main purpose of the project was to make a preliminary, experimental evaluation of this concept's potential as applied to a utility power plant.
In summary, the molten salt central receiver solar power system is technically feasible, and has certain attractive features. It does, however, require engineering development and performance verification in order to establish its potential for economical power production.
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