Fresnel/photovoltaic concentrator application experiment for the Dallas-Fort Worth airport. Phase 1 system design, final technical report, 1 June 1978-28 February 1979.

Fresnel/photovoltaic concentrator application experiment for the Dallas-Fort Worth airport. Phase 1 [electronic resource] : system design, final technical report, 1 June 1978-28 February 1979.

This Phase I Final Report summarizes the analytical, experimental, design, and specification efforts for the first nine months of the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Fresnel/Photovoltaic Concentrator Application Experiment. The overall objective of the complete three-phase program is to develop and demons...

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Corporate Author: Alabama A & M University (Researcher)
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C : Oak Ridge, Tenn. : United States. Department of Energy ; distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy, 1979.
Subjects:
Steam Turbines.
Space Heating.
Electronic Equipment.
Power Supplies.
Feedwater.
Water.
Gas Appliances.
Southwest Region.
Heating.
Power Plants.
Solar Water Heaters.
Solar Heating.
Economics.
Solar Space Heating.
Efficiency.
Airports.
Photovoltaic Cells.
Solar Power Plants.
Hydrogen Compounds.
Design.
Solar Water Heating.
Texas.
Turbomachinery.
Solar Thermal Power Plants.
Photovoltaic Power Supplies.
Direct Energy Converters.
Heating Systems.
Equipment.
Solar Equipment.
Turbines.
Power Range 10-100 Kw.
Combined Collectors.
Oxygen Compounds.
Lighting Systems.
Concentrator Solar Cells.
Water Heaters.
Solar Cells.
Solar Heating Systems.
Solar Collectors.
Appliances.
Fresnel Lens.
Total Energy Systems.
Heaters.
Solar Cooling Systems.
Boilers.
Photoelectric Cells.
Usa.
Lenses.
North America.
Machinery.
Solar Energy.
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Summary:This Phase I Final Report summarizes the analytical, experimental, design, and specification efforts for the first nine months of the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Fresnel/Photovoltaic Concentrator Application Experiment. The overall objective of the complete three-phase program is to develop and demonstrate a unique photovoltaic concentrator total energy system which, when mass-produced, will provide electrical and thermal energy at costs competitive with conventional energy sources. Toward this objective, the Phase I - System Design contract has been completed, resulting in a final system design, analytical definition of system performance and economics, and a successfully tested prototype collector which fully verified performance predictions. The proposed system will utilize 245 m² of E-Systems linear Fresnel photovoltaic collectors to provide 25 kW/sub e/ (AC) of power and 140 kW/sub t/ of heat to the Central Utility Facility of Dallas/Fort Worth Airport. The electric power will be used to meet a continuous lighting load, while the thermal energy will be used to preheat boiler feedwater. Peak system efficiencies will be 10.2% electric (insolation to net AC output) and 56% thermal (insolation to net heat delivered). Annual efficiencies will be 8.4% electric and 49% thermal. Production system economics are attractive in the near term: 7 cents/kWh electricity and $7/MMBtu heat (1975 $) could be achieved by 1981 with limited production. With higher production, these costs could be halved by 1990.
Item Description:Published through SciTech Connect.
03/01/1979.
"doe/cs/95311-1"
O'Neill, M. J.
Physical Description:Pages: 104 : digital, PDF file.

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