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SAND Report: SAND91-1747, February 1992.
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The purpose of the molten-salt pump and valve loop test is to demonstrate the performance, reliability, and service life of full-scale hot- and cold-salt pumps and valves for use in commercial central receiver solar power plants. This test was in operation at Sandia National Laboratories
The purpose of the molten-salt pump and valve loop test is to demonstrate the performance, reliability, and service life of full-scale hot- and cold-salt pumps and valves for use in commercial central receiver solar power plants. This test was in operation at Sandia National Laboratories
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National Solar Thermal Test Facility from January 1988 to September 1990. The test hardware consists of two pumped loops; the “hot-salt loop” to simulate the piping and components on the hot (565 ‘C) side of the receiver and the “cold-salt loop” to simulate piping and components on the receiver’s cold (285 0C) side. Each loop contains a pump and five valves sized to be representative of a conceptual 60-MW. commercial solar power plant design. The hot-salt loop accumulated over 6700 hours of operation and the cold-salt loop over 2500 hours during the test period. This project has demonstrated the performance and reliability required for commercial-scale molten-salt pumps and valves. Show Less