SOLAVG: radially averaged optical power ratio calculations. The Crosbyton Solar Power Project

Technical Report · Thu Aug 15 04:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:6139870

Ford, W T; Anderson, R M

Several analytical and computational models have been developed during the course of the Crosbyton Solar Power Project (CSPP) to aid design and prediction of performance for the solar bowl technology. The ROSA (Ratio of Solid Angles) code has been previously reported. This report deals with the SOLAVG (Solar Average) code. The SOLAVG code produces output to be used as input to the WATER1 code which is being reported elsewhere. The SOLAVG code includes much of the ROSA code to obtain concentrations to be averaged around the receiver using the Romberg algorithm. These averages vary with distance along the receiver. The WATER1 code uses these averaged solar concentrations to compute thermodynamic quantities along the length of the receiver. Sixteen examples of output from SOLAVG are listed and plotted in this report. An example of the output from WATER1 based on input from SOLAVG is given as a complete print, and three examples of such output are plotted. ROSA, SOLAVG, and WATER1 are all available on disks which were recorded on an IBM-XT. All three codes compile using Microsoft FORTRAN (c) to produce operable object codes. All listed and plotted results in this report are also available on disks upon request.

• Research Organization: Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock (USA). Dept. of Mathematics
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-83AL21557
• OSTI ID: 6139870
• Report Number(s): DOE/AL/21557-T5; ON: DE86004960
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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