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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Dear Hadi,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The Type 15 used for weather data has option parameter named "tracking mode", <span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;">You should set to number 4. </span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The type of surface for the radiation calculations: <b>1</b> = fixed surface (no tracking), <b>2</b> = the surface rotates about a vertical axis in order to track the sun, <b>3</b> = the surface rotates about a fixed (user-defined) axis, <b>4</b> = the surface 2-axis tracks such that the beam radiation is always normal to the surface.<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Arian</div><div><br></div>
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On Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at 04:01:59 PM GMT+2, Hadi Tannous (Doctoral Researcher) via TRNSYS-users <trnsys-users@lists.onebuilding.org> wrote:
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<p class="yiv3401107570MsoNormal">I am simulating a novel solar Fresnel collector that has double axis tracking features. I am using for that the linear Fresnel (type 1288). I am trying to find a way to enable double tracking for this type. Is it possible to consider single
tracking or double tracking for this type?</p>
<p class="yiv3401107570MsoNormal">One of the solutions I tried is setting the collectors azimuth equal to 90 degrees plus the sun’s azimuthal angle and it seems to improve the performance.
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<p class="yiv3401107570MsoNormal">Any thoughts will be really helpful</p>
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<p class="yiv3401107570MsoNormal">Thanks in advance,</p>
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<p class="yiv3401107570MsoNormal">Kind regards,</p>
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<b><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:#00325B;">Hadi Tannous</span></b><span style="font-family:sans-serif;color:#00325B;">
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