Utility-Scale Power Tower Solar Systems: Performance Acceptance Test Guidelines

Kearney, D.

关键词: SOLAR POWER TOWER;    PERFORMANCE ACCEPTANCE TEST GUIDELINES;    CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER;    CSP;    THERMAL POWER OUTPUT;    SOLAR THERMAL EFFICIENCY;    CSP TESTS;    Solar Energy - Thermal;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1069189
RP-ID  :  NREL/SR-5500-57272
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1069189
Others  :  Other: AXL-9-99218-01

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

The purpose of these Guidelines is to provide direction for conducting performance acceptance testing for large power tower solar systems that can yield results of a high level of accuracy consistent with good engineering knowledge and practice. The recommendations have been developed under a National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) subcontract and reviewed by stakeholders representing concerned organizations and interests throughout the concentrating solar power (CSP) community. An earlier NREL report provided similar guidelines for parabolic trough systems. These Guidelines recommend certain methods, instrumentation, equipment operating requirements, and calculation methods. When tests are run in accordance with these Guidelines, we expect that the test results will yield a valid indication of the actual performance of the tested equipment. But these are only recommendations--to be carefully considered by the contractual parties involved in the Acceptance Tests--and we expect that modifications may be required to fit the particular characteristics of a specific project.