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Monte Carlo ray
available
any
Delphi5
receiver
Almost
tracing
Not
No
value
error
available
distributed
Normally
MATLAB
random
slope
Flat
Not
No
of
layout
Monte Carlo ray
or
cavity
Heliostat
cylinder
external
Fortran
tracing
Flat,
Yes
cylindrical
heliostat’s
of
tower
convolution
Simplified
conical
Heliostat
Fortran
layout,
each
Flat,
flux
Solar [34] Calculation Flux SolTrace LUX FIAT MIRVAL HFLCAL NREL CIEMAT.PSA SANDIA project GAST 1999 1999 1978 1986 4.3 DESIGN OF THE SOLAR TOWER POWER PLANT receiver height, and area orientation available Not available Not criteria Energy cost or Energy criteria 247
Yes
or
Concentrated or cavity tower receiver storage criteria optional
for DELSOL SANDIA 1978 Fortran/basic Hermite polynomial expansion/ convolution Flat, external cylinder Yes Heliostat boundary, layout, height, size, capacity Cost with flux/land constraints
Codes
Five or cost flux/
of UHC-RCELL Fortran/Cþþ expansion/ convolution cavity and height, or with constraint
Features Houston University 1974 Hermite polynomial Flat, external cylinder Yes Heliostats layout boundary, tower receiver geometry Energy criteria allowable land
Main
4.2 Code of team calculation type and
TABLE Name Research Development start Programming Language Flux method Receiver Annual performances Optimized components Optimization criteria constraints