NASA NTRS · 19790054881
Solar Stirling system development
Abstract
A low-cost, high-efficiency dish-Stirling solar thermal-electric power system is being developed for test in 1981. System components are the solar concentrator, receiver, fossil fuel combustor, thermal energy storage (TES), engine-generator, and power processing. System conceptualization is completed and design is in progress. Two receiver alternatives are being evaluated, a direct-coupled receiver-engine configuration with no TES and a heat pipe receiver with TES. System cost projections are being made. Goals for the system development task are (1) to develop an advanced dish-Stirling technology, utilizing a team of industrial contractors, (2) to demonstrate that technology at the system level, and (3) to determine how to achieve low production cost.
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Stearns, J. W., Jr., Won, Y. S., Poon, P. T., Das, R., Chow, E. Y.. 1979-06-01. Solar Stirling system development. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19790054881
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