User manual for the University of Houston solar central receiver, cellwise performance model: NS
This is a user manual for the University of Houston solar central receiver cellwise performance model. This program simulates the optical performance of a solar central receiver system (i.e., power-tower). The system contains a collector field having a large number of identical, individually-guided, heliostats which reflect sunlight to a tower top receiver (i.e., the central receiver). For simulation, the collector field is divided into cells, and a representative heliostat at each cell center is used to estimate the effect of the heliostats in that cell. The cellwise performance model of the central receiver system is an efficient tool in system studies. Typical applications include: a receiver flux density run, an annual performance summary run, a start-up performance study, and a study of performance during a cloud passage.
- Research Organization:
- Houston Univ., TX (USA). Energy Lab.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-79SF10763
- OSTI ID:
- 6602053
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/SF/10763-T9(Vol.1); SAN-0763-4(Vol.1)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
140702* -- Solar Thermal Power Systems-- Central Receiver
COMPUTER CODES
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
CONCENTRATING COLLECTORS
COORDINATES
DISTRIBUTION
DOCUMENT TYPES
EQUIPMENT
FLUX DENSITY
GEOMETRY
HELIOSTATS
MANUALS
MATHEMATICS
N CODES
OPTICS
OPTIMIZATION
PERFORMANCE
RADIANT FLUX DENSITY
SHADING
SIMULATION
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
TOWER FOCUS COLLECTORS