How to turn off the partial defocusing function

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Harry
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02 Nov 2020 22:43 #8962 by Harry

How to turn off the partial defocusing function was created by Harry

Hi, Paul
Due to the nature of our project (industry heat generation), we actually do not need the SCA to defocus in case there is excess solar power available at the solar field. We have sufficient heat sink resources to take what solar filed can generate. In that regards, I would like to turn off the "Allow partial defocusing" function, and allow the SAM to generate more power than design if it can. So is there a way to do this in SAM?
An potential alternative way ( I think) can be to define a higher over design operation value (default is 1.05). But I am not able to find where to change this either. Could you please direct me to see if there is a way to do this?
Thank you!
Harry

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Paul Gilman

03 Nov 2020 20:31 #8966 by Paul Gilman

Replied by Paul Gilman on topic How to turn off the partial defocusing function

Hi Harry,

It is not possible to turn off defocusing. For the Industrial Process Heat (IPH) Trough model, you can set the heat sink output fraction for different times on the System Control page.

Best regards,
Paul.

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