The JPL parabolic dish projectThe parabolic dish solar collector is a highly versatile concentrating collector system that can produce heat for many thermal processes and electricity by coupling the collector to a suitable heat engine. This paper discusses a project for the development of these collector systems and summarizes contracts with industry for developing the dish subsystems which include concentrator, receiver, and heat engine. An early market for dishes is the dispersed small community market which depends heavily on oil to operate diesel or steam turbine plants in order to generate electricity. The present contracts with industry for conducting engineering experiments using the developed dish hardware to demonstrate the technology in these early opportunity markets is also discussed.
Document ID
19800064247
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Truscello, V. C. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Williams, A. N. (California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena Calif., United States)