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The Solarex Solar Power Industrial Facility

dc.creatorMacomber, H. L.
dc.creatorBumb, D. R.
dc.date.accessioned2011-04-23T18:07:41Z
dc.date.available2011-04-23T18:07:41Z
dc.date.issued1984
dc.identifier.otherESL-IE-84-04-140
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/94654
dc.description.abstractThe Solarex Corporation has designed, built and operated an industrial facility which is totally powered by a Solarex solar electric power system. The solar power system, energy-conserving building and manufacturing operations were treated as a total system for optimizing the entire design. Many special features were included to ensure that highly reliable operations could be achieved without requiring electric utility back-up. The facility was built as both an operating plant for Solarex and as a demonstration of the possibility of solar powered industrial plants. The facility has been in operation since October 1982. During this period the solar power system has operated reliably with only two incidents of short losses of power while the local electric utility has experienced more than seven incidences of power loss for a significant amount of total downtime. This paper presents summaries for the design and operational features of the solar powered facility and the potential for other solar powered plants in the U.S. and abroad.en
dc.publisherEnergy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu)
dc.publisherTexas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu)
dc.subjectSolar Electric Power Systemen
dc.subjectIndustrial Facilitiesen
dc.subjectDesign and Operationen
dc.subjectEconomicsen
dc.titleThe Solarex Solar Power Industrial Facilityen
dc.contributor.sponsorSolarex Corporation


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