Description of the capabilities of the individual heliostat code

Technical Report · Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6510070· OSTI ID:6510070

Walzel, M. D.

The individual heliostat, or IH, computer code developed at the University of Houston is available to define heliostat location coordinates of an optimized collector field, and compute in detail the performance of the defined field. In order for IH to generate optimized fields specified by the RC optimization code, IH requires output from CELLAY. CELLAY is a stand-alone program that takes output from the RC system and generates input for the IH programs. A subroutine called LAYOUT and its associated subroutines are the primary source for generating heliostat location coordinates. Boundaries, slip planes, and deletes are all controlled by specification of key variables which occurs before the general sequence of calculations. The IH performance code is similar to the cellwise performance code (NS) with the sum over cells being replaced by a sum over heliostats. Each heliostat has associated with it several quantities which are calculated and output so that the action of the system can be monitored over the course of time. The IH system of computer programs is a collector field layout and performance code for solar central receiver systems.

• Research Organization: Houston Univ., TX (USA). Energy Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-79SF10763
• OSTI ID: 6510070
• Report Number(s): DOE/SF/10763-T8; SAN-0763-2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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