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SolTrace (Optical Analysis Software)

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Publicly Accessible Repository
https://github.com/NREL/SolTrace
https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20190312.6
Documentation
https://www.nrel.gov/csp/soltrace.html

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Abstract

SolTrace is a software tool developed at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to model concentrating solar power (CSP) systems and analyze their optical performance. Although ideally suited for solar applications, the code can also be used to model and characterize many general optical systems. The creation of the code evolved out of a need to model more complex solar optical systems than could be modeled with existing tools. SolTrace can be installed either using the official NREL packaged distribution or from source code at the SolTrace open source project website. NREL welcomes contributions from programmers to the simulation engine or to the interface and encourages interested persons to get involved. More information on contributing, compiling the source code, and license requirements is available on the project website.(https://www.nrel.gov/csp/soltrace.html). For details on integration with SAM, see the SAM website. (https://sam.nrel.gov/)
Developers:
Wendelin, Tim [1] ;  Jorgensen, Gary [1]
  1. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Release Date:
2018-07-27
Project Type:
Open Source, Publicly Available Repository
Software Type:
Scientific
Programming Languages:
C++
css
html
Tex
JavaScript
Python
Version:
v3.0.0
Licenses:
GNU General Public License v3.0
MIT License
Sponsoring Org.:
Code ID:
23824
Site Accession Number:
NREL SWR-01-45
Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Country of Origin:
United States

RESOURCE

Publicly Accessible Repository
https://github.com/NREL/SolTrace
https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20190312.6
Documentation
https://www.nrel.gov/csp/soltrace.html

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Citation Formats

Wendelin, Tim, and Jorgensen, Gary. SolTrace (Optical Analysis Software). Computer Software. https://github.com/NREL/SolTrace. USDOE. 27 Jul. 2018. Web. doi:10.11578/dc.20190312.6.
Wendelin, Tim, & Jorgensen, Gary. (2018, July 27). SolTrace (Optical Analysis Software). [Computer software]. https://github.com/NREL/SolTrace. https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20190312.6.
Wendelin, Tim, and Jorgensen, Gary. "SolTrace (Optical Analysis Software)." Computer software. July 27, 2018. https://github.com/NREL/SolTrace. https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20190312.6.
@misc{ doecode_23824,
title = {SolTrace (Optical Analysis Software)},
author = {Wendelin, Tim and Jorgensen, Gary},
abstractNote = {SolTrace is a software tool developed at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to model concentrating solar power (CSP) systems and analyze their optical performance. Although ideally suited for solar applications, the code can also be used to model and characterize many general optical systems. The creation of the code evolved out of a need to model more complex solar optical systems than could be modeled with existing tools. SolTrace can be installed either using the official NREL packaged distribution or from source code at the SolTrace open source project website. NREL welcomes contributions from programmers to the simulation engine or to the interface and encourages interested persons to get involved. More information on contributing, compiling the source code, and license requirements is available on the project website.(https://www.nrel.gov/csp/soltrace.html). For details on integration with SAM, see the SAM website. (https://sam.nrel.gov/)},
doi = {10.11578/dc.20190312.6},
url = {https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20190312.6},
howpublished = {[Computer Software] \url{https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20190312.6}},
year = {2018},
month = {jul}
}