SolarTherm: A New Modelica Library and Simulation Platform for Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Systems

Abstract

SolarTherm is a new CST technology simulation platform. Based on the Modelica language, it offers an easy and high-flexible alternative to the conventional CST simulation tools. SolarTherm is composed by a Modelica library of components and systems fulleditable and runnable with the main Modelica environments and Python-based tools and scripts that provides a simulation framework.