Hi Peter,
I don't think I quite understand what you want to do, but it sounds like it may not be possible with SAM. What exactly do you want to use as input to the model? '
If you have your own weather data that you would like to use with SAM's physical trough model, you can either use SAM's
TMY3 Creator
, or use a text editor or spreadsheet program to create a file in the
SMW format
. You will need data for each of the columns that appear in the table on the TMY3 Creator window.
If you have solar field thermal output data from a different model that you would like to use as input to SAM's thermal energy storage and power block models, there is not a way to use that data in SAM.
Best regards,
Paul.