1975 JPL DistributedNetwork Collectors

Cover	1
Title Page	2
Distribution - Internal JPL	3
Distribution - External	4
Acknowledgments	5
Foreword	6
Table of Contents	7
Summary	9
Section I Introduction	13
Section II System Definition	16
2.1 Distributed Generation	16
2.1.1 Collector Subsystem	19
2.1.2 Brayton Engine Subsystem	22
2.1.3 Electric Power Collection	25
2.2 Central Generation	27
2.2.1 Collectors	28
2.2.2 Energy Transport	30
2.2.3 Rankine Engine	36
Section III Subsystem Performance Characteristics	37
3.1 Parabolic Dish And Cavity Collector Subsystem	37
3.1.1 Performance	37
3.1.2 Collector Cost	43
3.2 Energy Transport	49
3.2.1 Fluid Transport	49
3.2.1.1 Analytical Approach	49
3.2.1.2 Pipe Network and Cost Data	53
3.2.1.3 Economic Performance	59
3.2.1.4 Initial Energy Investment	64
3.2.2 Electric Power Transport	68
3.3 Heat Engine	72
3.3.1 Brayton Heat Engine	72
3.3.2 Rankine Heat Engine	76
3.3.2.1 Rankine Plant Performance.	76
3.3.2.2 Rankine Plant Costs	80
Section IV System Performance	83
4.1 Brayton Distributed Generation System	83
4.1.1 Sizing for Optimum Performance and Cost	83
4.1.2 Preliminary Impact Characteristics	90
4.2 Central Generation	93
4.2.1 System Performance and Economics	94
4.2.1.1 Water Transport	96
4.2.1.2 Steam Transport	99
4.2.1.3 NaK and Helium Transport	103
4.2.2 Impact Characteristics	105
Section V References	108
Section VI Appendix	110

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