Gast the Gas-Cooled Solar Tower Technology Program: Proceedings of the Final Presentation May 30-31, Lahnstein, Federal Republic of Germany

ISBN-13: 9783540501213 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 379 str.

Manfred Becker; Manfred Bahmer

Opis

The Technology Program GAST was executed from 1981 to 1987 as a German-Spanish joint program aiming at the development and the investigation of necessary solar specific components and software for a gas-cooled tower power station of medium size. After the tests had been successfully completed at the Plata- forma Solar de Almeria in 1987, the proceedings are now presented to inform the experts and the public about these developments and their results. Not intending to anticipate a detailed valuation of the results, however, we as the project monitors of the Technology program resume that the intended aims are nearly entirely achieved and that principally the way for the construction and operation of a gas cooled solar tower power plant has been prepared. Essential for this successful completion were not only a promising concept, a careful design, a precise plan- ning, solid fabrication and installation as well as careful tests, but also the extraordinarily good cooperation between the engaged companies, institutes, organisations and advisory groups.

Spis treści

Goals, Structure and Main Results of the Technology Program GAST.- System Engineering.- System/Subsytem, Requirements and Efficiencies.- System Dynamic Behaviour.- Measuring Equipment and Data Analysis.- System Facilities.- Adaptation of the CESA-1 Facility to the GAST Technology Program.- CESA-1 Field Control-Aiming Strategy.- Heliostat Field.- Computer Codes, Requirements, Comparison of Methods.- System Cost Optimization.- Heliostat Development.- Development of a Cost-Effective High Performance Heliostat.- Spanish (ASINEL) Heliostats including Field Control.- Beam Measuring System (HMS).- Measurement and Analysis of Heliostat Images.- Surface — Treatment and Measurements.- Receiver.- Receiver Concepts and Design, Construction and Tests of Components.- Metal Panel Design — Tests and Evaluation.- Development of Ceramic Materials.- Joining Techniques for Ceramic Tube Components.- Ceramic Panel — Design, Assembling and Tests.- Global Receiver Transfer Functions of the GAST Metallic Receiver.- GAST Gas Cycle/Hot Gas Piping.- Insulation Materials.- Potential of GAST Know How.- Comparison of Advanced GAST Concepts — Power/Heat Co-Generation, Solar Fuels and Chemicals.- Economic Comparison of Solar Power Electricity Generating Systems.- Evaluation Report.- Future Programs with Utilization of GAST Know How.- Index of Authors.- List of Participants.

O autorze

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Manfred Becker, seit 1993 Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Allgemeine Betriebswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere Organisation und Personalwirtschaft an der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, von 1990 bis 1993 Universitätsprofessor für Betriebswirtschaftslehre an der Gerhard-Merkator-Universität Duisburg; von 1980 bis 1990 in leitenden Funktionen der Personalwirtschaft eines internationalen Industrieunternehmens tätig; Promotion 1979, Habilitation 1987 an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.