10 MWe Solar Thermal Central Receiver Pilot Plant control system evaluation

by Livermore Sandia National Laboratories, CA

Other authorsDuncan N. Tanner
Technical Report, 1986

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CSP Unique ID 190707732

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Electronic Resource

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SAND Report: SAND86-8239, September 1986.

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ABSTRACT:
This report describes the results of the evaluation of the Master Control System for the 10 MWe Solar Thermal Central Receiver Pilot plant located near Barstow, Ca. The plant, called Solar One, is a cooperative activity between the Department of Energy and the Associates: Southern
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California Edison, the Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power and the California Energy Commission. This report provides a description of the plant and control systems and compares the original control system requirements with the actual operation. It provides a qualitative evaluation of various plant control systems and summarizes an independent evaluation of the plant displays provided by Honeywell on contract to the Electric Power Research Institute. finally the report describes the desired features of a future control system. The control system with its automated features has substantially increased electrical output of the plant by extending the number of hours of operation and increasing reliability over that which could be obtained with a conventional control system.
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