Heat Input To Fluid(Qeff)

Identification
Number of Branch
Fluid mass flow at inlet in one branch
Enthalpy at inlet
Enthalpy at outlet
Effective heat input in one brach
Total Effective heat

Solar Heat Input (Qsolar) QSOLAR = DNI * ANET * FOPT_0 * KIA * FOCUS * ETASHAD * ETAENDL * ETASPILL

Direct normal irradiance

Collector length
Gross aperture width
Gross collector area
Active reflective area
Optical active portion of aperture

Net aperture area

Peak optical efficiency
Incident angle correction longitudinal
Incident angle (Trough+Fresnel)

Incident angle correction

Focus state of the collector
Tuning factor shading model (0=no shading, 1=based on model
Row spacing (absolute)
Track / Transversal angle
Factor to include shading losses
Focal length / height of absorber above mirrors
Tuning factor optical end loss
Collector spacing (serial)
Tuning factor optical end gain
depends on FELOSS
Factor to correct end loss effect from model
Factor to include optical losses due to wind impact
factor to correct for actual mirror cleanliness
Solar Heat Input
Total Solar Heat Input
Heat loss (const. term in dT)
Heat loss (lin. term in dT)
Heat loss (quad. Term in dT)
Heat loss (cubic. term in dT)
Heat loss (^4 Term in dT)
Heat loss DNI-part (const. term in dT)
Heat loss DNI-part (lin. term in dT)
Heat loss DNI-part (quad. term in dT)
Temprature of the fluid

Amient temp
Temperature Difference

Symbol
N
m1
hin
hout
Q
Qeff

Formulae

m1*(hout-hin)
Q*N

Unit
kg/s
kj/kg
kj/kg
KW
KW

Value

W/m2

750
150
5.76
864
817.4304
0.9461
817.4304
0.75
0.8755122091 has to compute
24.978083771 has to compute
0.8755122091
1
1
17.28
0.5717656466
1
1.71
1
0
1
1
0
1.0017772879
1
0.93
375.0504132
67509.074376
0
0
0.00237
0
0
0
0
0
292.3

45
5.4064430981
555.0735615
804.27480989
1347.2923694
60628.156622

* ETAENDL * ETASPILL * ETA_CLEAN

DNI
L
W
Ag
Aarfl
Nratio
ANET
FOPT_0
KIAINC
RPHIINC
KIA
FOCUS
CORSHAD
ROWDIST
RPHITRAN
ETASHAD
LFOCAL
CORELOS
CDIST
COREGAI
kel
keg
ETAENDL
ETASPILL
ETA_CLEAN
Qsolar
QLOSSA0
QLOSSA1
QLOSSA2
QLOSSA3
QLOSSA4
QLOSSB0
QLOSSB1
QLOSSB2
TFLUID

L*W
Aarfl/Ag

m
m
m2
m2
m2
deg
m
deg
m
m
-

KW
KW
W/m
W/(m*K)
W/mK2
W/mK3
W/mK4
m
m/k2
m/K2
degC

TAMB
dT
r_opt
q_Loss
Q_Loss

degC

KW
KW

30
262.3
0.8156734691
163.0590573
24458.858595

292.3753
30
262.3753

32.35517
5823.93

SUN Height
Day of the year
Day Angle

DOY
JS

deg
deg

Equation of Time

EoT

min

Declination

decl

Local Time
Zone local Time
Longitude
Latitude
Mean Local Time
SolarTime
Hour angle
Sine of the sun height
Sun height

OZ
FTZONE
LONG
LATI
MOZ
WOZ
omega
SIN(RSHEIGHT)
RSHEIGHT

Cosin of sun azimuth

cos(rsazim)
rsazim
RSAZIM

rad
deg

3/21/2010 12:30
21
20.6557377049
20.7123287671
15.1318203878
15.8323962218
2.6532110661
1.3578079494
12:30
5.5
76.3
25.2
0.1075
0.3596970065
174.6045449031
-1
-1.5707963268
-90
-1
3.1415926536
176.8584073464

DOY is calculated from date month and time. This value is standardise to to a day angle in deg
For Leap Year
for regular year
For Leap Year
for regular year
For Leap Year
for regular year

IN DEG

IN RAD

o a day angle in deg

EG

AD