System and components design of a sodium heat transfer circuit for solar power plants

Autor: S. Kostrzewa, F. K. Boese, D. Stahl
Rok vydání: 1980
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Zdroj: Electric Power Systems Research. 3:151-161
ISSN: 0378-7796
DOI: 10.1016/0378-7796(80)90002-4
Popis: The first part of the paper briefly compares the characteristic properties of different heat transfer fluids to show the advantages of sodium; the second part details design features of a small sodium heat transfer system, including the main components comprising receiver, steam generator, pumps, vessels, etc., on the basis of the CRS solar power plant at Almeria, Spain (IEA-SSPS Project); the final part indicates aspects of the scaling-up of such systems for larger solar power plants.
Databáze: OpenAIRE