Model for calculating the output thermal power of heliostat field
Based on the distribution data of the heliostat field of the CUMCM and the solar apparent motion meth-od,the solar tracking motion model,the theoretical model of shadow blocking efficiency,the model of neighboring helio-stat shading selection and the light cone model of specular reflection were established,and the corresponding average an-nual optical efficiency,the average annual output thermal power,as well as the average annual output thermal power per unit area of the mirror surface were obtained,and finally,the reasonableness of the model is shown by the results of the output power fitting.