AWARD
M -- RECOVERY ACTION. For Informational Purposes Only. Agency FAR 5.705(b) announcement: Concentrating Solar Power.
- Notice Date
- 3/4/2010
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- NAICS
- 561210
— Facilities Support Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Energy, Federal Locations, All DOE Federal Contracting Offices, Various, Various locations, 20585
- ZIP Code
- 20585
- Solicitation Number
- DEAC5206NA25396A112
- Archive Date
- 3/19/2010
- Point of Contact
- Denise A. Apodaca, Phone: 5058455124
- E-Mail Address
-
dapodaca@doeal.gov
(dapodaca@doeal.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Award Number
- DEAC5206NA25396A112
- Award Date
- 3/3/2010
- Awardee
- Los Alamos National Security, LLC. , P.O. Box 1663, MS722, Los Alamos , New Mexico 87545, United States
- Award Amount
- $966,957.00
- Line Number
- N/A
- Description
- RECOVERY ACTION. For Informational Purposes Only. This action is awarded under Modification no. A112 that recognizes Work Authorization (WA) No. SL-100036-20479-10, Revision 1 (no Revision 0 issued) (LASO # RA-10-022) and is issued under Management and Operating (M&O) Contract number DE-AC52-06NA25396. This action is funded by Recovery Act dollars. The M&O Contractor DUNS number is 175252894. The description of the work involved under this Work Authorization is shown below: The objective of this project is the development of the new heat transfer fluid technology designed to reduce Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE) to make Solar Thermal Energy (STE) production competitive with other base load power production methodologies helping the Department of Energy (DOE) meet its 2015 and 2030 solar power production goals. This will be achieved by increasing the thermal stability of the Heat Transfer Fluid (HTF) to allow operation at 600°C and the development of Thermal Energy Storage materials to allow STE to expand power production to times when sunlight is less available. The proposed technology development effort is comprised of three technical thrusts working in concert to form an integrated heat transfer fluid package. The first focuses on methodologies to stabilize a silicone working fluid at temperatures approaching 600°C. These silicone stabilizing methodologies are built upon the premise of introducing structural elements into the silicone fluid that inhibit the formation of the requisite transition state necessary for degradation. The second thrust focuses on the development of a new latent heat storage mechanism utilizing reversible chemical reactions for capturing, storing, and releasing high quality heat. The proposed technical effort addresses the development of these reactions by tuning reaction enthalpies and entropies to maximize thermal heat transfer performance. The third technical thrust involves integrating the latent heat storage chemical reactions into the silicone-based working fluid. The integration of fluid and latent heat reaction will be supported by detailed reaction product analysis to elucidate the presence of side reactions that could inhibit fluid performance and attenuate latent heat storage. The proposed effort is supported by detailed analysis of fluid properties which will be symbiotically relayed back into fluid development tasks as well as engineering analysis. Although the primary end results of these engineering analyses is to evaluate the utility of this fluid mixture for applications, these studies will also be used to iteratively guide the Research and Development (R&D) efforts toward optimizing desirable chemical properties. Once suitable integration methodologies are developed, an instrumented test bed will be constructed to allow performance evaluation. The resulting latent heat storage material and fluids will be performance tested for their ability to capture, store and release thermal heat as both a HTF as well as the ability to act as a secondary Thermal Energy Storage material. It is expected that when these development efforts are assembled the resulting heat transfer fluid package will operate at temperatures approaching 600°C with extremely high latent heat storage capability. Justification for Non-Fixed Price Type of Contract for WA* (added to description in FedBizOpps): Los Alamos National Security (LANS) was selected by DOE to participate in this ARRA work as part of a Laboratory-industry collaboration due to Los Alamos National Laboratory’s expertise in the subject matter. The work falls within the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy work scope, which is allowed under the prime contract Section J, Appendix B. Statement of Work Section 3.4 entitled Energy Supply of the current Contract based on the following paragraph: “The Contractor shall conduct research that addresses energy supply issues by applying capabilities in the areas of exploration, reservoir modeling, integrated assessments, and environmental transport. The Contractor shall support DOE/NNSA’s efforts in the broad areas of energy efficiency, renewable energy, fossil energy, and nuclear energy.” This is a Cost-Reimbursable type contract. Place of Contract Performance: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87544 Site Office Contracting Point of Contact(s): Caroline T. Crooks, Contracting Officer, 505 606-0249. Site Office Contracting Office Address: Los Alamos Site Office, 3747 West Jemez Road, Los Alamos, NM 87544.
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