Hi paul,
I encountered similar problems when I tried to use a user-defined power block for the molten salt power plant. The swich between different versions of SAM doesn't have any effects on the results. In fact, several sets of data for the user-defined power plant work well. But for the cases with other sets of data, the simulations always break off due to the error "exec fail(tcsmolten_salt): At time = 1.39896e+07, CR_OFF__PC_TARGET__TES_DC__AUX_OFF failed Simulation tcsmolten_salt failed."
Attached are two cases with different sets of data for the user-defined power plant, the one named "Flex_no_opt_32" works well while the other one named "Flex_no_opt_41" always encounters errors.
I still have several sets of data for thefollowing user-defined cycle simulations. So I will appreciate if you can explain how this user-defined cycle works during simulation, like how is it integrated in the simulation process.
Besides, The look-up table for user-defined cycle has lots of limiit espacially for the cycle with unique performance like the one in my case. Is it possible to defined a user defined cycle in other platform like Matlab and connect it with SAM to use the annual-simulation function. I know SAM is now an open-source software. Is there any examples of cross-platform simulation cases, especially matlab-SAM?
These questions are of much importance to my Ph.D work, your help will be greatly appreciated.
Looking forward to your reply.
Best regards,
Juergen Ma