troughPhysical

Hi, 
What does ud_ind_od mean? I had searched its definition, but still it is unclear to me.
Thank you. 

Hello DM,

You can see definitions of the Physical Trough model here. For example ud_ind_od is defined around Line 260:

github.com/NREL/ssc/blob/develop/ssc/cmod_tcstrough_physical.cpp

Please also see this post:

sam.nrel.gov/forum/forum-sdk/3019

Best regards,
Paul.

hi, thank you for the reply! I have browsed the links you have sent.
What does [ND] in m_dot_htf [ND] mean?

Also, I have observed in line 35 that says "Local weather file with path". Is this true for all, like the file path must be written in the code? or is there another way so that we can write only the file name of the weather file in the code? 

The "ND" means "normalized to design point." I found that in SAM's Help topic for the user-defined power cycle:



The variable for the weather file input for the Physical Trough compute module is file_name. I found that by using the SDKtool to explore the trough_physical module:

 

Best regards,
Paul.