User's guide to HELIOS: a computer program for modeling the optical behavior of reflecting solar concentrators. Part III. Appendices concerning HELIOS-code details
HELIOS is a flexible computer code for evaluating designs for central-receiver, parabolic-dish, and other reflecting solar-energy collector systems; for safety calculations on the threat to personnel and to the facility itself; for determination of how various input parameters alter the power collected; for design trade-offs; and for heliostat evaluations. Input variables include atmospheric transmission effects; reflector shape, surface, and suntracking errors; focusing and alignment strategies; receiver design; placement positions of the tower and mirrors; time-of-day and day-of-year for the calculation. Part III is a series of appendices giving code details for subroutine and function descriptions, how common blocks are used, sample jobstreams, and magnetic tape use within the code.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 6152995
- Report Number(s):
- SAND81-1562; ON: DE82003077
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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COMPUTER CODES
CSP
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EQUIPMENT
H CODES
HELIOSTATS
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
PARABOLIC DISH REFLECTORS
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PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SOLAR CONCENTRATORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR RECEIVERS
SOLAR REFLECTORS