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Under the Department of Energy's Small community solar Experiment {number sign}2, Power Kinetics, Incorporated, designed and built a solar thermal electric power module with a nominal power rating of 50 kW{sub e}, which included a 295-m{sup 2} point-focus collector, an oil-fired superheater/boiler, and a reciprocating steam engine. In this report, the operation and performance of the module are characterized. The system was evaluated in both a hybrid configuration with an 1900-RPM engine/generator and a solar-only configuration with a 900-RPM engine/generator. 10 refs., 42 figs., 7 tabs. |
