Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
A low-cost, high-efficiency dish-Stirling solar thermal-electric power system is being developed for test in 1981. System components are the solar concentrator, receiver, fossil fuel combustor, thermal energy storage (TES), engine-generator, and power processing. System conceptualization is completed and design is in progress. Two receiver alternatives are being evaluated, a direct-coupled receiver-engine configuration with no TES and a heat pipe receiver with TES. System cost projections are being made. Goals for the system development task are (1) to develop an advanced dish-Stirling technology, utilizing a team of industrial contractors, (2) to demonstrate that technology at the system level, and (3) to determine how to achieve low production cost.
Keywords:
ENERGY PRODUCTION AND CONVERSION
Type:
AIAA PAPER 79-1009
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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Terrestrial Energy Systems Conference; Jun 04, 1979 - Jun 06, 1979; Orlando, FL
Format:
text
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