User's manual for DELSOL: a computer code for calculating the optical performance, field layout, and optimal system design for solar central receiver plants

Technical Report · Fri Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6047069· OSTI ID:6047069

Dellin, T A; Fish, M J

DELSOL is a quick and accurate computer program for calculating the collector field performance, field layout, and optimal system design for solar central receiver plants. The code consists of a detailed model of the optical performance, a simpler model of the non-optical performance, an algorithm for field layout, and a searching algorithm to find the best system design. The latter two features are coupled to a cost model of central receiver components and an economic model for calculating energy costs. The code can handle flat, focused and/or canted heliostats, and external cylindrical, multi-aperture cavities, and flat plate receivers. The program optimizes the tower height, receiver size, field layout, and power level.

• Research Organization: Sandia Labs., Livermore, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-04-0789
• OSTI ID: 6047069
• Report Number(s): SAND79-8215
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140702* -- Solar Thermal Power Systems-- Central Receiver
ALGORITHMS
CENTRAL RECEIVERS
COMPUTER CALCULATIONS
COMPUTER CODES
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
CONFIGURATION
COST
CSP
Concentrating Solar Power
D CODES
DESIGN
DOCUMENT TYPES
ECONOMICS
GEOMETRY
HELIOSTATS
MANUALS
MATHEMATICAL LOGIC
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MATHEMATICS
OPTICS
OPTIMIZATION
PERFORMANCE
POWER PLANTS
SIMULATION
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR POWER PLANTS
SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS
TOWER FOCUS COLLECTORS
TOWER FOCUS POWER PLANTS