SIMULATION OF YEARLY ENERGY FOR SOLAR HEATING SYSTEM

Olivier Farges (1, 2) , Jean-Jacques Bézian (1) , Mouna El-Hafi (1) , Hélène Bru (2)

1 RAPSODEE - Centre de recherche d'Albi en génie des procédés des solides divisés, de l'énergie et de l'environnement
2 Total New Energies

PROBLEM The preliminary design step is one of the most important stage of the project process of a solar concentrating facility. In order to improve performances of the central receiver system (CRS), we developed a simulation tool based on Monte Carlo methods taking into account sun positions over the year to evaluate yearly energy at receiver in one simulation. With the efficient Monte Carlo Sun Tracking (MCST) algorithm, we obtain a fast and accurate code that permits to achieve optimization step in a reasonable time.

Mots clés: Monte Carlo algorithm; Central solar receiver; Sun tracking; Yearly average energy

Domaines: Thermique [physics.class-ph]

Olivier Farges, Jean-Jacques Bézian, Mouna El-Hafi, Hélène Bru. SIMULATION OF YEARLY ENERGY FOR SOLAR HEATING SYSTEM. 18th SolarPACES Conference, Sep 2012, Marrakech, Morocco. ⟨hal-01165305⟩