HELIOS: a computer program for modeling the solar thermal test facility, a users guide
HELIOS is a flexible computer code for evaluations of proposed designs for central tower 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, and for design trade-offs. Input variables include atmospheric transmission effects, reflector shape and surface errors, 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. Plotting and editing computer codes are available. Complete input instructions, code-structure details, and output explanation are given. The code is in use on CDC 6600 and CDC 7600 computers.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- EY-76-C-04-0789
- OSTI ID:
- 7312455
- Report Number(s):
- SAND76-0346
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CDC COMPUTERS
COMPUTER CALCULATIONS
COMPUTER CODES
COMPUTERS
CSP
Concentrating Solar Power
DESIGN
H CODES
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
POWER PLANTS
SAFETY
SOLAR CONCENTRATORS
SOLAR POWER PLANTS
SOLAR REFLECTORS
SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS
TEST FACILITIES
TOWER FOCUS POWER PLANTS