
502 Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems
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The receiver in Figure 8.30 is an external receiver with a coating emittance of 0.85 and a
receiver height of 19 m, so this should be changed in SAM in the “Tower and Receiver”
page. The values are circled in the following gure.
Figure 8.30 also showed a system with a two-tank storage system, and the problem
stated that there was 6 h of storage. These properties can be changed under the “Thermal
Storage” page and are circled as follows.
The problem also asks for an ination rate of 2% and a real discount rate of 6%. These
values can be changed in the “Financing” pa ...