SAM.zsam and corresponding excel spreadsheet files for power tower thermocline thermal storage

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25 Oct 2013 05:02 #1888 by yanping
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Dear Paul,

I am working on economic analysis of solar thermal storage project. I would like to use SAM thermocline thermal storage as a benchmark as my research. I cannot find these files in the website of sam.nrel.gov/cost.

Could you advise me how I can get them?

Thanks,

Susan

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01 Nov 2013 21:35 #1889 by Paul Gilman
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Dear Susan,
SAM's molten salt power tower model includes a thermocline model for the thermal energy storage system. The thermocline option is not available for the other CSP models. As far as I know, the baseline systems described in the documents on the System Cost Data  page do not use thermocline storage.
Here is a link to search results from the NREL Publications database on the keyword 'thermocline' that may be helpful.
Best regards,

Paul.

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