Technical Status of the Dish/Stirling Joint Venture Program

Abstract

Initiated in 1991; the Dish/Sterling Joint Venture Program (DSJVP) is a 5-year, $17.2 million joint venture which is funded by Cummins Power Generation, Inc. (CPG) of Columbus, Indiana and the United States Department of Energy's (DOE) Solar Thermal and Biomass Power Division. Sandia National Laboratories administers and provides technical management for this contract on the DOE's behalf. In January, 1995; CPG advanced to Phase 3 of this three-phase contract. The objective of the DSJVP is to develop and commercialize a 7-kWe Dish/Stirling System for remote power markets by 1997. In this paper, the technical status of the major subsystems which comprise the CPG 7-kWe Dish/Stirling System is presented. These subsystems include the solar concentrator, heat pipe receiver, engine/alternator, power conditioning, and automatic controls.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA350583

Entities

People

  • John R. Bean
  • Richard B. Diver

Organizations

  • Sandia National Laboratories

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alternators
  • Automatic
  • Contracts
  • Control Systems
  • Dacron
  • Energy
  • Engineering
  • Field Tests
  • Heat Pipes
  • Light Sources
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Power Conditioning
  • Solar Energy
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • United States

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