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On November 19, 2012, in

User Fees for NSTTF Capabilities

On September 26, 2012, in

  Solar Tower Solar Furnace Molten Salt Test Loop (MSTL) Rotating Platform Optics Lab & Associated Tools Facility Use Fee $750/hour (typical 4 hour test day charges are $9K – includes labor below) $500 per test day up to a maximum of 8 hours $1000 per 12 hour test day $500 per test day up [...]


Solar Tower

On September 26, 2012, in

The tower is a 61 m (200 ft) high concrete structure with three test locations on the north side and the top of the tower. The tower can support testing for CSP experiments and large-scale, high-flux materials samples. The equipment in the tower includes a 100-ton capacity elevating module for lifting experiments to the top [...]


Thermal Pulses for Boeing Test Article

On September 6, 2012, in Concentrating Solar Power, ECIS, Energy, National Solar Thermal Test Facility, News, Partnership, Renewable Energy, Solar

On June 26 and 27, a series of exposures were made to multiple Boeing test articles using the heliostat field and the high speed shutter located at the test bay 140 above ground in the solar tower at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility. The exposures were made at various flux levels and used between [...]


Molten Salt Test Loop Pump Installed

On August 30, 2012, in Concentrating Solar Power, Energy, Energy Storage Systems, News, Renewable Energy, Solar

  The pump was delivered and installed in the Molten Salt Test Loop (MSTL) system at Sandia National Laboratories’ National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF). MSTL is designed to allow customers and internal researchers to test Concentrating Solar Power components and subsystems with nitrate salts flowing at realistic pressure, temperature, and flow rates. The pump, [...]


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