Design Basis Document / Owner’s Technical Specification for Nitrate Salt Systems in CSP Projects

Hypothesis of Hot Tank Failure

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https://doi.org/10.52825/solarpaces.v1i.635

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Salt Central Receiver, Hot Tank Failure Hypothesis

Abstract

Work has begun on a Design Basis Document / Owner’s Technical Specification for parabolic trough and central receiver power plants using nitrate salt as the heat transport fluid and the thermal storage medium.  A principal topic of recent interest is the failures of the hot salt tanks in central receiver projects.  The paper outlines a hypothesis for the source of the failures, and discusses a range of possible solutions.

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Young, W. C., and Budynas, R. G., ‘Roark’s Formulas for Stress and Strain’, Seventh Addition, 2002 ISBN 9781260453751

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2024-02-07

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Kelly, B., Imponenti, L., Sambor, T., & Bollinger, B. (2024). Design Basis Document / Owner’s Technical Specification for Nitrate Salt Systems in CSP Projects: Hypothesis of Hot Tank Failure. SolarPACES Conference Proceedings, 1. https://doi.org/10.52825/solarpaces.v1i.635

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Vol. 1 (2022): SolarPACES 2022, 28th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems

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Commercial Projects

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Copyright (c) 2024 Bruce Kelly, Luca Imponenti, Thomas Sambor, Benjamin Bollinger

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