<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Re Type1288.</div><div><br></div><div>Type 1288 can model a variety of collector types and you should choose an incidence angle modifier file that represents your technology. Even better, find the IAM characteristics of the actual collector that you'll be using and create your custom IAM file.</div><div><br></div><div>Jeff Thornton</div><div>TESS<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On May 7, 2015, at 9:53 AM, ALEXANDROS PECHTELIDIS <<a href="mailto:apechtelidis@gmail.com">apechtelidis@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">Hi,<div><br></div><div>Trying to understand how this PARABOLIC collector works (Type 1288:<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Solar Library (TESS)\Concentrating
Collectors\Parabolic Trough Collectrors\EN12975 Dynamic Efficiency
Approach\Type 1288_Concentrator), double clicking on the model in the "External Files" label </span></b></div><div><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I saw smth about Linear Fresnel (</span></b><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6666669845581px;line-height:15.6933336257935px"><b>.\Tess Models\SampleCatalogData\Bi-Axial IAMs\Typical_LinearFresnel_IAM_2d.dat)!!! SEE THE ATTACHED JPEG. I thought that this module represents a linear parabolic collector, which is a different type!! </b></span></font></div><div><b style="font-size:14.6666669845581px;line-height:15.6933336257935px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></b></div><div><b style="font-size:14.6666669845581px;line-height:15.6933336257935px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Do I have to worry about it?</b><br></div><div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6666669845581px;line-height:15.6933336257935px"><b><br></b></span></font></div></div>
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