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Solar Stirling system developmentA 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.
Document ID
19790054881
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Stearns, J. W., Jr.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Won, Y. S.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Poon, P. T.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Das, R.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Chow, E. Y.
(California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena Calif., United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1979
Subject Category
Energy Production And Conversion
Report/Patent Number
AIAA PAPER 79-1009
Meeting Information
Meeting: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Terrestrial Energy Systems Conference
Location: Orlando, FL
Start Date: June 4, 1979
End Date: June 6, 1979
Sponsors: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Accession Number
79A38894
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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