modelHeliostatsFieldSAM

Information

Type	Name	Default	Description
SI.Time	t_startup	720	Receiver startup delay time
System location
nSI.Angle_deg	lon	133.889	Longitude (+ve East)
nSI.Angle_deg	lat	-23.795	Latitude (+ve North)
Technical data
Integer	n_h	1	Number of heliostats
SI.Area	A_h	4	Heliostat's Area
Real	he_av	0.99	Heliostat availability
Operating strategy
Boolean	use_on	false	= true to display when solar field is connected
Boolean	use_defocus	false	= true to use defocus strategy
Boolean	use_wind	false	= true to use Wind-stop strategy
SI.Angle	ele_min	from_deg(8)	Heliostat stow deploy angle
SI.HeatFlowRate	Q_design	529.412	Receiver design thermal power (with heat losses)
Real	nu_start	0.60	Receiver energy start-up fraction
Real	nu_min	0.25	Minimum receiver turndown energy fraction
Real	nu_defocus	1	Receiver limiter energy fraction at defocus state
SI.Velocity	Wspd_max	15	Wind stow speed
Parasitic loads
SI.Energy	E_start	90e3	Start-up energy of a single heliostat
SI.Power	W_track	0.055e3	Tracking power for a single heliostat

Type	Name	Default	Description
Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.BooleanOutput	on
Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.BooleanInput	defocus
Modelica.Blocks.Interfaces.RealInput	Wspd

Type	Name	Description
Connectors.SolarPort_a	solar (from Heliostats)
Modelica.Thermal.HeatTransfer.Interfaces.HeatPort_a	heat (from Heliostats)
Optical	optical
SI.HeatFlowRate	Q_raw
SI.HeatFlowRate	Q_net
SI.Time	t_ramp_start	current time of simulation when ramping starts
SI.Time	t_ramp_end	current time of simulation when ramping starts
Real	rec_ramp_fraction
SI.Angle	elo
SI.Angle	ele
SI.Angle	zen
SI.Angle	zen2
SI.Angle	azi
SI.Energy	E_raw
SI.Energy	E_dni
SI.Energy	E_field
SI.Power	W_loss
Real	damping
Boolean	on_hf

Name	Description
Optical