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User's manual for DELSOL2: a computer code for calculating the optical performance and optimal system design for solar-thermal central-receiver plants

Dellin et al., 1981

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4351996546142288236
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Dellin T
Fish M
Yang C
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DELSOL2 is a revised and substantially extended version of the DELSOL computer program for calculating collector field performance and layout, and optimal system design for solar thermal central receiver plants. The code consists of a detailed model of the optical …
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    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GASES [GHG] EMISSION, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/50—Photovoltaic [PV] energy
    • Y02E10/52—PV systems with concentrators
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GASES [GHG] EMISSION, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/40—Solar thermal energy
    • Y02E10/46—Conversion of thermal power into mechanical power, e.g. Rankine, Stirling solar thermal engines
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GASES [GHG] EMISSION, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/40—Solar thermal energy
    • Y02E10/47—Mountings or tracking
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING ENGINES OR PUMPS
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24J—PRODUCING OR USE OF HEAT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F24J2/00—Use of solar heat, e.g. solar heat collectors
    • F24J2/04—Solar heat collectors having working fluid conveyed through collector
    • F24J2/06—Solar heat collectors having working fluid conveyed through collector having concentrating elements
    • F24J2/10—Solar heat collectors having working fluid conveyed through collector having concentrating elements having reflectors as concentrating elements
    • F24J2/16—Solar heat collectors having working fluid conveyed through collector having concentrating elements having reflectors as concentrating elements having flat plates
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING ENGINES OR PUMPS
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24J—PRODUCING OR USE OF HEAT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F24J2/00—Use of solar heat, e.g. solar heat collectors
    • F24J2/04—Solar heat collectors having working fluid conveyed through collector
    • F24J2/06—Solar heat collectors having working fluid conveyed through collector having concentrating elements
    • F24J2/10—Solar heat collectors having working fluid conveyed through collector having concentrating elements having reflectors as concentrating elements
    • F24J2/14—Solar heat collectors having working fluid conveyed through collector having concentrating elements having reflectors as concentrating elements semi-cylindrical or cylindro-parabolic

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