The experience gained and the technical trends of the DOE-sponsored terrestrial solar thermal power systems project are summarized with respect to concentrator and receiver/storage development. Relevance of this experience to space power applications, and the perceived critical barriers of this technology, are discussed. It is concluded that, despite different objectives, the terrestrial program provides a strong basis of expertise valuable to space power applications development.


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    Title :

    Trends in Concentrator, Receiver, and Storage Development for Terrestrial Applications


    Contributors:
    Roschke, E. J. (author) / Owen, W. A. (author) / Menard, W. A. (author) / Fujita, T. (author)


    Publication date :

    1984-04-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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