ABSTRACT:
This report presents the highlights of the Solar Total Energy Technology Symposium held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on July 10 and 11, 1975. Abstracts of the individual presentations were used, if available, in preparing these highlights. The report was prepared by the Energy Programs Group of the Energy and Transportation Division of the Aerospace Corporation under Task 6.0 of the Energy Resources and development Agency (ERDA) Contract No. E(04-3)-1101, Project Agreement No. 2. Mr. George Kaplan is the ERDA Program Manager for this contract. The Solar Total Energy Technology Symposium was sponsored by ERDA and hosted by Sandia Laboratories. Mr. Robert P. Stromberg of Sandia Laboratories and Mr. Howard Webb of The Aerospace Corporation supervised the selection of invited speakers and technical papers to provide ERDA with a balanced review of the state-of-the-art of Total Energy Systems. This highlights report was prepared by Mr. Allen F. Latta under the supervision of Mr. H. M. Webb, the Director of the Solar Thermal Energy Conversion Management Support Contract. The author wishes to acknowledge the efforts of other Aerospace Corporation personnel who have aided in the preparation of this document. Special thanks go to Mr. F. C. Eggers for technical editing and to Ms. Mari Bythway, Ms. Bobbie Devaney, Mrs. Joan Kelley, Mrs. Lydia Hocking, and Mrs. Marga Weber for typing and preparing this report.