Development of SOLIPH - a detailed computer model of solar industrial-process-heat systems
In an effort to generate design tools for solar thermal applications to industrial process heat, the need to develop a detailed computer model which could simulate hot water and steam systems (unfired boiler and flash tank) was recognized. Developing the program resulted in a model suited to specific needs and led to a better understanding of the algorithms used and assumptions made. SOLIPH (for SOLar Industrial Process Heat) is a quasi-steady-state, hour-by-hour model. For each hour of the year, climatological data are read from a TMY (Typical Meteorological Year) weather tape. Outputs are supplied on an hourly, daily, and monthly basis with a cumulative summary for the year. Before making thousands of SOLIPH runs to generate design tools, SOLIPH was verified against other computer models. In mid-1980 the SSEA working group of ASME proposed an IPH system sample problem to allow comparison of various codes. Results from TRNSYS and DOE-2 (CBS) agreed well. The same system was modeled SOLIPH and the results showed excellent agreement.
- Research Organization:
- Solar Energy Research Inst. (SERI), Golden, CO (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-77CH00178
- OSTI ID:
- 6394194
- Report Number(s):
- SERI/TP-253-1831; CONF-830405-14; ON: DE83005301
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 6. annual ASME technical conference on commercial building heating and cooling applications, Orlando, FL, USA, 19 Apr 1983; Other Information: 6
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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