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Suggested Citation:"FRONT MATTER." National Research Council. 1991. Potential Applications of Concentrated Solar Energy: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1838.
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PROCEEDINGS OF A WORKSHOP

POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS OF CONCENTRATED SOLAR ENERGY

held at the

Solar Energy Research Institute

1617 Cole Boulevard

Golden, Colorado

November 7 and 8, 1990

Committee on Potential Applications of Concentrated Solar Photons

Energy Engineering Board

Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems

National Research Council

NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
Washington, D.C.
1991

Suggested Citation:"FRONT MATTER." National Research Council. 1991. Potential Applications of Concentrated Solar Energy: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1838.
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NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.

The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit, self-perpetuating society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. Upon the authority of the charter granted to it by the Congress in 1863, the Academy has a mandate that requires it to advise the federal government on scientific and technical matters. Dr. Frank Press is president of the National Academy of Sciences.

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The National Research Council was organized by the National Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community of science and technology with the Academy's purposes of furthering knowledge and advising the federal government. Functioning in accordance with general policies determined by the Academy, the council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Frank Press and Dr. Robert M. White are chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of the National Research Council.

This is a report of work supported by Subcontract No. XX-9-19012-1 from the Solar Energy Research Institute Division of the Midwest Research Institute through the U.S. Department of Energy to the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council.

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Suggested Citation:"FRONT MATTER." National Research Council. 1991. Potential Applications of Concentrated Solar Energy: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1838.
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COMMITTEE ON POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS OF CONCENTRATED SOLAR PHOTONS

ALLEN J. BARD, (Chairman),

Department of Chemistry, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, Texas

ADAM HELLER, (Vice Chairman),

Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, Texas

J. LAMBERT BATES,

Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, Washington

ELSA M. GARMIRE,

Center for Laser Studies, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

ARTHUR GOLDSTEIN,

Ionic, Incorporated, Watertown, Massachusetts

JACK ST. CLAIR KILBY, Consultant,

Dallas, Texas

DAVID F. OLLIS,

Department of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina

ADEL F. SAROFIM,

Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts

NICK SERPONE,

Department of Chemistry, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

MICHAEL A. TENHOVER,

B. P. Research, Warrensville Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio

VERONICA VAIDA,

Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado

National Research Council Staff

KAMAL J. ARAJ, Study Director,

Energy Engineering Board

JAN C. KRONENBURG, Study Assistant (to February, 1991)

Suggested Citation:"FRONT MATTER." National Research Council. 1991. Potential Applications of Concentrated Solar Energy: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1838.
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ENERGY ENGINEERING BOARD

JOHN A. TILLINGHAST (Chairman),

Tiltec, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

DONALD B. ANTHONY,

Bechtel Corporation, Houston, Texas

RICHARD E. BALZHISER,

Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto California

BARBARA R. BARKOVICH,

Barkovich and Yap, Consultants, San Rafael California

JOHN A. CASAZZA,

CSA Energy Consultants, Arlington, Virginia

RALPH C. CAVANAGH,

Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco CA

DAVID E. COLE,

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

H. M. (HUB) HUBBARD,

Midwest Research Institute, Golden, Colorado

ARTHUR E. HUMPHREY,

Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (to February, 1991)

CHARLES IMBRECHT,

California Energy Commission, Sacramento, California

CHARLES D. KOLSTAD,

University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois

HENRY R. LINDEN,

Gas Research Institute, Chicago, Illinois

JAMES J. MARKOWSKY,

American Electric Power Service Corporation, Columbus OH (to February, 1991)

SEYMOUR L. MEISEL,

Mobile R&D Corporation (retired), Princeton, New Jersey

DAVID L. MORRISON,

The MITRE Corporation, McLean, Virginia

MARC H. ROSS,

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

MAXINE L. SAVITZ,

Garrett Ceramic Component Division, Torrance, California

HAROLD H. SCHOBERT,

The Pennsylvania State University, University Park PA

GLEN A. SCHURMAN,

Chevron Corporation (retired), San Francisco, California

JON M. VEIGEL,

Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

BERTRAM WOLFE,

GE Nuclear Energy, San Jose, California

Staff

ARCHIE L. WOOD, Executive Director,

Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems and Director, Energy Engineering Board (to January, 1991)

MAHADEVAN (DEV) MANI, Director,

Energy Engineering Board

KAMAL J. ARAJ, Senior Program Officer

ROBERT COHEN, Senior Program Officer (retired)

GEORGE LALOS, Senior Program Officer

JAMES J. ZUCCHETTO, Senior Program Officer

JUDITH A. AMRI, Administrative Coordinator

THERESA M. FISHER, Administrative Secretary

JAN C. KRONENBURG, Administrative Secretary (until February, 1991)

PHILOMINA MAMMEN, Administrative Secretary

NANCY WHITNEY, Administrative Secretary

Suggested Citation:"FRONT MATTER." National Research Council. 1991. Potential Applications of Concentrated Solar Energy: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/1838.
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Preface

The Committee on Potential Applications of Concentrated Solar Photons was formed on May 7, 1990 by the Energy Engineering Board of the National Research Council. Its task was to assess potential applications of concentrated solar energy in nonelectric areas and recommend research needed for further development.

To carry out its task, the Committee convened a workshop to assess the current state of the field in a number of potential applications and to discuss technologies for which concentrated solar energy might be utilized. The workshop was held at the facilities of the Solar Energy Institute (SERI) in Golden, Colorado, on November 7–8, 1990. This proceeding is the record of that workshop containing all the summary papers submitted by the speakers as well as the rapporteur reports summarizing the presentations and the discussion.

The committee's final report, which will be published separately, draws on these proceedings for background material.

The committee trusts that papers included in these proceedings will stimulate further interest and study by the technical community.

The committee acknowledges the contribution of Kamal J. Araj, the study director, in organizing and coordinating the workshop and editing the papers that form the proceedings. Administrative secretaries Jan Kronenburg and Susan Clarendon carried out the word processing, revising and rerevising many hundreds of pages of highly technical documents with patience and aplomb.

The committee would like to extend its gratitude to Meir Carasso, SERI Project Manger, for his assistance in coordinating SERI technical presentations; and to Diane Christodaro and Linda Horrell, for their assistance in logistical support and administrative arrangements during the workshop.

Allen J. Bard, Chairman

Committee on Potential Applications of Concentrated Solar Photons

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