Solar Pilot Plant, Phase I. Preliminary design report. Volume II, Book 2. Central receiver optical model users manual. CDRL item 2. [HELIAKI code]

Technical Report · Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1977

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5199792· OSTI ID:5199792

HELIAKI is a FORTRAN computer program which simulates the optical/thermal performance of a central receiver solar thermal power plant for the dynamic conversion of solar-generated heat to electricity. The solar power plant which this program simulates consists of a field of individual sun tracking mirror units, or heliostats, redirecting sunlight into a cavity, called the receiver, mounted atop a tower. The program calculates the power retained by that cavity receiver at any point in time or the energy into the receiver over a year's time using a Monte Carlo ray trace technique to solve the multiple integral equations. An artist's concept of this plant is shown.

• Research Organization: Honeywell, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (USA). Energy Resources Center
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Solar Energy
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-03-1109
• OSTI ID: 5199792
• Report Number(s): SAN/1109-8/3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
COMPUTER CODES
H CODES
TOWER FOCUS POWER PLANTS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
CENTRAL RECEIVERS
HELIOSTATS
MONTE CARLO METHOD
OPTICS
PERFORMANCE
PILOT PLANTS
POWER
SOLAR TRACKING
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
POWER PLANTS
SOLAR POWER PLANTS
SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS
140702* - Solar Thermal Power Systems- Central Receiver