[TRNSYS-users] Type71 IAM .dat file and how to use it?

[Mario Leroy Ortiz]

Lucas Witmer,

Attached is a .dat file for vacuum tube collectors.  I 
have also attached a performance sheet from the 
manufacturer and a spreed sheet that I used to calculate 
the .dat values.

Thank you,

Mario Ortiz

On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:55:21 -0400
  Lucas Witmer <ltw110 at psu.edu> wrote:
> Hi,
> I am unable to get a simple evacuated tube simulation to 
>work.  I am in need
> of help.  TRNSYS seems to be in need of an incident 
>angle modifier data
> file, and I cannot find one anywhere to work with or 
>base my own file format
> off of.
> 
> I have a basic understanding of what numbers I need 
>(Theta, KTauAlpha) and
> how to find them, but I am unsure of the format of the 
>.dat file.  I do not
> need to model any specific evacuated tube collector, so 
>if anyone has a
> functioning model, with the IAM data file, for any 
>evacuated tube collector,
> and doesn't mind passing them along to me for reference 
>to help me build my
> own IAM file, I would greatly appreciate it.
> 
> Thanks,
> Luke
> 
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> --
> ltw110 at psu.edu
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