Solar Pilot Plant, Phase I. Preliminary design report. Volume II, Book 2. Central receiver optical model users manual. CDRL item 2. [HELIAKI code]

Technical Report · Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1977

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5199792· OSTI ID:5199792

HELIAKI is a FORTRAN computer program which simulates the optical/thermal performance of a central receiver solar thermal power plant for the dynamic conversion of solar-generated heat to electricity. The solar power plant which this program simulates consists of a field of individual sun tracking mirror units, or heliostats, redirecting sunlight into a cavity, called the receiver, mounted atop a tower. The program calculates the power retained by that cavity receiver at any point in time or the energy into the receiver over a year's time using a Monte Carlo ray trace technique to solve the multiple integral equations. An artist's concept of this plant is shown.

• Research Organization: Honeywell, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (USA). Energy Resources Center
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Solar Energy
• OSTI ID: 5199792
• Report Number(s): SAN/1109-8/3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
140702* -- Solar Thermal Power Systems-- Central Receiver
CENTRAL RECEIVERS
COMPUTER CODES
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
H CODES
HELIOSTATS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MONTE CARLO METHOD
OPTICS
PERFORMANCE
PILOT PLANTS
POWER
POWER PLANTS
SOLAR POWER PLANTS
SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS
SOLAR TRACKING
TOWER FOCUS POWER PLANTS