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THERMOFLEX & PEACE: Solar Thermal Modeling

These powerful tools are used for heat balance design of thermal power systems, and for simulation of off-design plant performance. THERMOFLEX is flexible. It provides the user full freedom to construct flowsheets using component models available in its toolbox. THERMOFLEX has all the components needed to model complete power plants of virtually every type, or to model only a small subsystem such as a pump and pipe.

Download Solar Thermal Brochure - Overview of solar thermal modeling features with examples.

Download SolarPACES 2009 Paper - White paper describing the solar thermal modeling features in Thermoflow software.  Presented at SolarPACES 2009 conference in Berlin, Germany.

THERMOFLEX Toolkit—Component Models

The icon toolkit includes all the component models and fluid properties needed to build solar thermal power plant models. The model boundary can be all-inclusive; from solar irradiance input to electric delivery on the high-voltage side of step-up transformers. Alternatively, the model can include only a steam turbine and its feedwater heating train, or anything in between.

The icons below are a small subset of the full selection of THERMOFLEX / PEACE model icons - those typically used in solar thermal power plants. As of 2009, THERMOFLEX / PEACE collectively include over one hundred and seventy-five (> 175) different icons. THERMOFLEX includes built-in properties for seven (7) fluid types representing hundreds of specific fluids used in power and process applications.