Alford Smith

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Where could I find and download WinDELSOL?

I notice that many papers use WinDELSOL to optimize the heliostat layout, but I can't find the download link of this program, I know it is based on DELSOL3 code developed by Sandia Laboratories...

09 April 2020 1,759 6 View

Where could I find the heliostat layout data of solar two demonstration project or any other power station?

I wanna check my model and code of calculating heliostat field efficiency, I got some data about solar two project, but I can't find the detailed data of the heliostat layout. Does anyone know...

22 March 2020 4,354 3 View

Minimum operation load of the Solar Tower Power Plant?

I am working on the theoretical analysis of the Minimum operation load of the Solar Tower Power Plant. Right now, I think there could three factors that determine the minimum load. The minimum...

28 February 2020 7,885 4 View

How to ensure the initialization convergence in Modelica model?

Currently, I am evaluating if I could use Modelica to build a solar power plant model. But I am facing an initialization issue. Cause the Modelica model requires good start values to ensure...

08 December 2019 9,130 5 View

Looking for a free heliostat field optimization software?

I am trying to use EBSILON to simulate the CSP power plant with a solar tower, I want to optimize the layout of the heliostat field, I have searched the internet, but i can’t find any free...

20 September 2018 262 2 View

Maximum installed capacity of CSP power plant?

As the installed capacity of CSP power plant, the loss of the gelistet field might increases, so there should be a maximum installed capacity taking the total thermodynamics efficiency of the...

20 September 2018 6,577 3 View