| Description |
1 online resource (8 p.) : col. ill. |
| Series |
NREL/CP ; 5500-52467 |
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Conference paper (National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)) ; NREL/CP-5500-52467.
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| System Details |
Full text available via Internet in .pdf format. Adobe Acrobat Reader required. |
| Note |
Title from title screen (viewed September 19, 2011). |
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"August 2011." |
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"To be presented at SolarPACES 2011, Granada, Spain, September 20-23, 2011." |
| Summary |
Prior to commercial operation, large solar systems in utility-size power plants need to pass a performance acceptance test conducted by the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractor or owners. In lieu of the present absence of ASME or other international test codes developed for this purpose, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory has undertaken the development of interim guidelines to provide recommendations for test procedures that can yield results of a high level of accuracy consistent with good engineering knowledge and practice. Progress on interim guidelines was presented at SolarPACES 2010. Significant additions and modifications were made to the guidelines since that time, resulting in a final report published by NREL in April 2011. This paper summarizes those changes, which emphasize criteria for assuring thermal equilibrium and steady state conditions within the solar field. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 8). |
| Funding |
Sponsored by National Renewable Energy Laboratory DE-AC36-08GO28308 |
| Subject |
Solar power plants -- Testing -- Standards.
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Solar thermal energy -- Evaluation.
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Parabolic troughs.
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| Added Author |
Wagner, Michael J.
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Kearney, David W.
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
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Kearney & Associates.
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SolarPACES (Conference) (2011 : Granada, Spain)
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| Gpo Item No. |
0430-P-04 (online) |
| Sudoc No. |
E 9.17:NREL/CP-5500-52467 |
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