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On Mac OS, SAM stores its application files in the following folder:.../SAM.app/Contents/MacOS/exelib For example, the weather data files are in the following folder SAM.app/Contents/MacOS/exelib/climate_files When you use the TMY3 Creator, the first...
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If you download a typical year weather file from the for the years 2000 or 2004, please be aware that the Solar Prospector files include data for February 29th. The standard TMY2 files in the do not include February 29 data for leap years. SAM does not...
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This week, we improved our procedure for receiving CEC database updates from the California Energy Commission so we can do a better job of keeping SAM's CEC module library consistent with the CEC database monthly updates. After we work out the kinks in...
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If you would like to help us test the Beta version and provide feedback, please download and install it, and reply to this post to make suggestions and comments. Your feedback will help us make improvements to include in this spring's version of SAM....
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Google "Power from the Sun" and open the free e-book by that title. It has formulas in chapter 10 (10.2 to 10.5) for spacing heliostats as a function of distance from tower. You can use the formulas in an excel spreadsheet to allocate the nunber of...
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energysteven follow these steps and you will not have any problems installing and running the beta SAM 1. Insert a new CDR in your CD drive 2. From the SAM downloads page right click the beta download and select Save Target As and browse to the CD Drive...
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Hi Joe, As you observed, when you run PTGen from a SamUL script using the PtOptimize() function, the Command window takes focus for the few seconds that PTGen is running and displays itself on top of other windows that are open on your desktop. That can...
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SAM 2012.11.30 and the January 2013 versions of SAM are the last versions that will run with Windows XP. Microsoft plans to stop providing updates for Windows XP in 2014, and we are switching to a new software development environment that does not...
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Hello, You can use SAM's TMY3 Creator to cut and paste data from your SolarAnywhere file into the table, and then save that data as a TMY3 file. But first, you have to open a valid TMY3 file, which can be any of the TMY3 files in the...
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Hello, The input variables are described in SAM's Help system, which you can open by pressing the F1 key in Windows, or command-? in OS X. For example, here is the description for the design loop outlet temperature: "The temperature of the HTF at the...
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Dear Aika Kamel, The sum Global horizontal irradiance = Beam irradiance + Diffuse irradiance is valid for a surface oriented toward the sun, such as a PV array with 2-axis tracking. You can test that in SAM's flat plate PV model by simulating a system...
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Hi Joe, When you use Excel Exchange, SAM works with a copy of the Excel file (that's the copy you see flashing open and then closed). It does not save values to the file, so you will not see them in the worksheet cells. Regarding the LCOE, are you...
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Dear David, There is a description of how to model a system with Enphase inverters in SAM's help system, which you can find in SAM by clicking the Help menu. Here's a link to the online copy: As mentioned in that description, SAM comes with a sample...
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I am trying to assess PV plant in SAM using a .tm2 weather file from NASA, But SAM not able to simulate. The problem is shown in below picture. Here with this mail I am attaching that weather file. This weather file is working fine with CSP technology...
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Hi, I have tried for a couple hours to get SAM to function on my Mac after recently installing the latest version (Ver. 2014.1.14 (SIL 3.0.1, SSC 34) Rev 1). As my uploaded screen shots suggest, my first error says, "ERROR The SAM temporary workspace...
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Dear Tom, When you use SAM's download rate structure feature, it is up to you to ensure that the data is correct for your analysis. SAM communicates with the to download the data. There are a couple of possible explanations for the discrepancy. One is...
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Hello, Did you use Excel or another spreadsheet program open and save the TMY3 file? Spreadsheet programs may add commas to rows or change number formatting in a way that causes the files to be unreadable in SAM. Please try opening your TMY3 file with a...
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Hello, The "non-solar field land area" and "solar field land area multiplier" for the CSP models are inputs that allow you to estimate the land area required for the project as a multiple of the solar field's total reflective area plus a fixed area for...
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Is it possible to save SAM data to open it later? Yes. To save a SAM file, click the SAM start button and choose either Save or Save as from the menu. You can also use the Ctrl-S keyboard shortcut to save a file. SAM saves project data in files with the...
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Yes. You can export hourly data from either the Data page or Time Series page after you run simulations. From the Data page, use the check boxes to display the variables you want to export under Hourly Data, and then click Send to Excel or Save as CSV....
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