Class SolarPanel

java.lang.Object

neqsim.util.NamedBaseClass

neqsim.process.SimulationBaseClass

neqsim.process.equipment.ProcessEquipmentBaseClass

neqsim.process.equipment.powergeneration.SolarPanel

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Runnable, ProcessEquipmentInterface, SimulationInterface, NamedInterface

public class SolarPanel
extends ProcessEquipmentBaseClass

Simple solar panel model converting solar irradiance to electrical power.

Author:

esol

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
private double	efficiency
private double	irradiance
(package private) static org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger	logger
private double	panelArea
private double	power
private static final long	serialVersionUID

Fields inherited from class ProcessEquipmentBaseClass

conditionAnalysisMessage, energyStream, hasController, isSolved, properties, report

Fields inherited from class SimulationBaseClass

calcIdentifier, calculateSteadyState, time

Fields inherited from class NamedBaseClass

name

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
SolarPanel()	Default constructor.
SolarPanel(String name)	Create a solar panel with a given name.
SolarPanel(String name, double irradiance, double panelArea, double efficiency)	Create a solar panel with initial parameters.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
double	getPower()	Get produced electrical power.
void	run(UUID id)	In this method all thermodynamic and unit operations will be calculated in a steady state calculation.
void	setEfficiency(double efficiency)	Set electrical efficiency of the panel.
void	setIrradiance(double irradiance)	Set incoming solar irradiance.
void	setPanelArea(double panelArea)	Set panel area.

Methods inherited from class ProcessEquipmentBaseClass

copy, displayResult, equals, getConditionAnalysisMessage, getController, getEnergyStream, getEntropyProduction, getExergyChange, getMassBalance, getMassBalance, getMechanicalDesign, getMinimumFlow, getPressure, getPressure, getProperty, getReport_json, getResultTable, getSpecification, getTemperature, getTemperature, getThermoSystem, hashCode, initMechanicalDesign, isActive, isActive, isSetEnergyStream, reportResults, run_step, runConditionAnalysis, setController, setEnergyStream, setEnergyStream, setFlowValveController, setMinimumFlow, setPressure, setRegulatorOutSignal, setSpecification, setTemperature, solved, toJson, toJson

Methods inherited from class SimulationBaseClass

getCalculateSteadyState, getCalculationIdentifier, getTime, increaseTime, isRunInSteps, setCalculateSteadyState, setCalculationIdentifier, setRunInSteps, setTime

Methods inherited from class NamedBaseClass

getName, getTagName, setName, setTagName

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface NamedInterface

getName, getTagName, setName, setTagName

Methods inherited from interface ProcessEquipmentInterface

getCapacityDuty, getCapacityMax, getExergyChange, getFluid, getRestCapacity, needRecalculation, validateSetup

Methods inherited from interface SimulationInterface

getCalculateSteadyState, getCalculationIdentifier, getTime, increaseTime, isRunInSteps, run, run_step, runTransient, runTransient, setCalculateSteadyState, setCalculationIdentifier, setRunInSteps, setTime

Field Details

serialVersionUID

private static final long serialVersionUID

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

logger

static org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger logger

irradiance

private double irradiance

panelArea

private double panelArea

efficiency

private double efficiency

power

private double power

Constructor Details

SolarPanel

public SolarPanel()

Default constructor.

SolarPanel

public SolarPanel(String name)

Create a solar panel with a given name.

Parameters:

name - name of equipment

SolarPanel

public SolarPanel(String name,
 double irradiance,
 double panelArea,
 double efficiency)

Create a solar panel with initial parameters.

Parameters:

name - name of equipment

irradiance - solar irradiance [W/m^2]

panelArea - panel area [m^2]

efficiency - electrical efficiency (0-1)

Method Details

setIrradiance

public void setIrradiance(double irradiance)

Set incoming solar irradiance.

Parameters:

irradiance - solar irradiance [W/m^2]

setPanelArea

public void setPanelArea(double panelArea)

Set panel area.

Parameters:

panelArea - panel area [m^2]

setEfficiency

public void setEfficiency(double efficiency)

Set electrical efficiency of the panel.

Parameters:

efficiency - efficiency (0-1)

getPower

public double getPower()

Get produced electrical power.

Returns:

power [W]

run

public void run(UUID id)

In this method all thermodynamic and unit operations will be calculated in a steady state calculation.

Parameters:

id - UUID