How to turn off the partial defocusing function

  • Harry_Ha
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02 Nov 2020 15:43 #8962 by Harry_Ha
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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03 Nov 2020 13:31 #8966 by pgilman
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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