Sentences with phrase «thermal test facility»
The National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF) is a national user facility for solar energy research.
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STACEE uses a large field of solar mirrors (heliostats) at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility near Albuquerque, NM.
The reactor is located at the National Solar ‑ Thermal Test Facility at Sandia National Laboratories in NM, and available for use with external collaborators.
«Given our unique facilities at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility, we have the capability of developing prototype hardware and testing the concepts we've simulated, which include innovations such as air recirculation and particle recirculation.
The SunCatcher solar thermal system, developed by Tessera Solar and built by Stirling Energy Systems at the Sandia National Laboratories» National Solar Thermal Test Facility, captures solar energy at 31.25 percent efficiency, the highest ever achieved by this technology.
These solar dishes at the US National Solar Thermal Test Facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico, focus the sun's rays onto a receiver that collects their heat.
Fellows were given a behind - the - scenes tour of NREL's research facilities, including the Research Support Facility, Vehicles Testing and Integration Facility, Thermal Test Facility, Advanced Energy Storage Laboratory, Integrated Biorefinery Research Facility, Thermochemical User Facility, Solar PV Outdoor Test Facility, Process Development Integration Laboratory, and the National Wind Technology Center.
Sandia engineers developed and tested the new receivers at the National Solar Thermal Testing Facility, studying their ability to withstand high temperatures and pressures while absorbing sunlight as heat that can be stored or transferred to a power cycle to generate electricity.
Year - round Sandia National Laboratories intern Jesus Ortega inspects one of the new bladed receivers at Sandia's National Solar Thermal Testing Facility.