MJCronin:
Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector (CLFR) technology is the concept for the boiler or solar steam generator.
There is an entire team of boiler and heat transfer "experts" on the project. Along with civil/structural engineers. I am at the end of the food chain responsible for the...
Nope. Just the tubes. One end has the feedwater in and steam out via risers with instrumentation and valves down low along with drains, etc.; other end has the turnaround weldment where the smaller pipes on each side into the larger diameter return pipes on each side.
chicopee:
From my perspective as a structural engineer I have been told it is a boiler. If it is a steam generator then what would the differences be? My general comments still apply. Can you provide guidance?
To further clarify:
First, I am a structural engineer, responsible for the foundation system for various sites around the world for this system with various modifications, and am trying to confirm the loads from the boiler receiver/reflector support structure and loads from the boiler tubes and...
To further clarify:
So, here is a similar system http://www.rechargenews.com/energy/solar/article194840.ece
First, I am a structural engineer, responsible for the foundation system for various sites around the world for this system with various modifications, and am trying to confirm the loads...
Picture pretty much sums up the structure. Concern is that the piping and overhead structural supports extend 1800 feet without any expansion joints. Practice and available literature for pipe racks has always indicated a maximum structure length of 400 feet between expansion joints. With the...
What is the maximum length of supporting steel structure for support of an 1800 foot long solar steam boiler? Any special considerations in addition to considering temperature delta for air and process?
Are there special considerations and concerns using a single pass water filled boiler tube composed of welded segments forming an 1800 foot long single pass boiler exposed to solar energy. Tube will be supported from rollers supported by steel pipe rack structure and will cycle daily.
