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CSP Parabolic Trough
25 Sep 2015 16:15 #3734
by Paul Gilman
Replied by Paul Gilman on topic CSP Parabolic Trough
Dear Carlo,
There are a couple of situations that may cause the solar field thermal power produced to be greater than the thermal power absorbed by the field.
1. At night, SAM shows the absorbed thermal power as negative due to receiver and header pipe losses, but it sets the power generated by the field to zero:
2. At the end of the day, some heat remains in the field HTF and receiver tubes:
Best regards,
Paul.
There are a couple of situations that may cause the solar field thermal power produced to be greater than the thermal power absorbed by the field.
1. At night, SAM shows the absorbed thermal power as negative due to receiver and header pipe losses, but it sets the power generated by the field to zero:
2. At the end of the day, some heat remains in the field HTF and receiver tubes:
Best regards,
Paul.
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