Reliability of the Solar One plant during the power production phase (August 1, 1984 through July 31, 1987)

by Albuquerque Sandia National Laboratories, NM

Technical Report, 1988

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CSP Unique ID 190708086

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Electronic Resource

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Publication

SAND Report: SAND88-2664, October 1988.

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Library's review

ABSTRACT:
The power production phase at Solar One spanned three years from August I, 1984 through July 31, 1987. In that period the plant achieved an average availability, during hours of sunshine, of 81.7%. This report presents the frequencies and causes of the plant outages that occurred. The
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eleven most important causes composed 75% of the total outage time. Qualitative insights related to the origin and mitigation of these causes are provided. Also presented are insights and statistics regarding the reliability of the heliostat field. The quantitative and qualitative information presented in this report will be useful to studies aimed at improving the reliability of future solar central receiver power plants.
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