ABSTRACT:
This report documents the main technical activities of the Point-Focusing Thermal and Electric Applications (PFTEA) Project in FY 1979.

During the course of the year, the project's name was changed. It had been the Small Power Systems Applications Project. The present name denotes a realignment of the project's charter and reflects two significant changes: 1) technologies considered will be restricted to point-focusing distributed receiver systems, and 2) the project will be responsible for both thermal and electric applications.

The PFTEA Project is one of three managed by JPL for DOE's Thermal Power Systems Branch. The other two are the Advanced Solar Thermal Technology Project and the Point-Focusing Distributed Receiver Technology Project.

This report (Volume II) is a detailed compilation of key activities and results for FY 1979. Volume I of this report is an Executive Summary.