solstice

commit 1922e64fe5ce68cd51b6a38245e6a26578422599
parent 2cd107e1e3193cdfd197c67fe881f8d4ea4d247d
Author: Christophe Coustet <christophe.coustet@meso-star.com>
Date:   Fri,  8 Sep 2017 10:30:20 +0200

Some renames and fixes in the documentation.

Diffstat:
M
doc/solstice-output.5.txt
 | 
38
+++++++++++++++++++-------------------
M
doc/solstice.1.txt.in
 | 
4
++--

2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/solstice-output.5.txt b/doc/solstice-output.5.txt
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ _______
                           <cos-factor>
                           <shadow-loss>
                           <missing-loss>
-                          <reflectivity-loss>
-                          <absorptivity-loss>
+                          <materials-loss>
+                          <atmospheric-loss>
 
 -------------------------------------
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ _______
 <back>                ::= <side>
 
 <side>                ::= "<absorbed-irradiance> <irradiance>
-                           <reflectivity-loss> <absorptivity-loss>
+                           <materials-loss> <atmospheric-loss>
                            <efficiency>"
 
 -------------------------------------
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ _______
 <rcvXprim-back>       ::= <rcvXprim-side>
 
 <rcvXprim-side>       ::= "<absorbed-irradiance> <irradiance>
-                           <reflectivity-loss> <absorptivity-loss>"
+                           <materials-loss> <atmospheric-loss>"
 
 -------------------------------------
 
@@ -162,11 +162,11 @@ _______
 
 <potential-irradiance>::= <estimate>
 <absorbed-irradiance> ::= <estimate>
-<absorptivity-loss>   ::= <estimate>
+<atmospheric-loss>    ::= <estimate>
 <cos-factor>          ::= <estimate>
 <irradiance>          ::= <estimate>
 <missing-loss>        ::= <estimate>
-<reflectivity-loss>   ::= <estimate>
+<materials-loss>      ::= <estimate>
 <shadow-loss>         ::= <estimate>
 <efficiency>          ::= <estimate>
 
@@ -212,10 +212,10 @@ standard error. The global results are, in this order:
   absorbed by a receiver; this irradiance could have been blocked along its
   path, can have missed the receivers, or can have reach a receiver but
   without being absorbed;
-- *reflectivity-loss*: additional irradiance that could have been absorbed
-  by receivers if reflections had occurred on materials with reflectivity 1.0;
-- *absorptivity-loss*: irradiance that could have been absorbed by
-  receivers if atmospheric absorption had not been taken into account.
+- *materials-loss*: additional irradiance that could have been absorbed
+  by receivers if no absorption had occurred on non-receivers material until then;
+- *atmospheric-loss*: irradiance that could have been absorbed by
+  receivers if atmospheric extinction had not been taken into account.
 
 Per receiver results
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -238,10 +238,10 @@ expected value and its standard error.
 
 - *absorbed-irradiance*: irradiance absorbed by the receiver side;
 - *irradiance*: irradiance that reaches the receiver side;
-- *reflectivity-loss*: irradiance that could have been absorbed by the
-  receiver side if reflections had occurred on materials with reflectivity 1.0;
-- *absorptivity-loss*: irradiance that could have been absorbed by the
-  receiver side if atmospheric absorption had not been taken into account;
+- *materials-loss*: irradiance that could have been absorbed by the
+  receiver side if no absorption had occurred on non-receivers material until then;
+- *atmospheric-loss*: irradiance that could have been absorbed by the
+  receiver side if atmospheric extinction had not been taken into account;
 - *efficiency*: fraction of incoming irradiance absorbed by the receiver side.
 
 Both *front* and *back* side estimates are output, even if the receiver has
@@ -288,12 +288,12 @@ expected value and its standard error.
   from the primary geometry;
 - *irradiance*: irradiance reaching the receiver side coming from the primary
   geometry;
-- *reflectivity-loss*: irradiance that could have been absorbed by the
-  receiver side coming from the primary geometry if reflections had occurred
-  on materials with reflectivity 1.0;
-- *absorptivity-loss*: irradiance that could have been absorbed by
+- *materials-loss*: irradiance that could have been absorbed by the
+  receiver side coming from the primary geometry if no absorption had occurred
+  on non-receivers material until then;
+- *atmospheric-loss*: irradiance that could have been absorbed by
   the receiver side coming from the primary geometry if atmospheric
-  absorption had not been taken into account.
+  extinction had not been taken into account.
 
 Both front and back side estimates are output, even if the receiver has only a
 single receiving side. In this case, the results of the non-receiving side are
diff --git a/doc/solstice.1.txt.in b/doc/solstice.1.txt.in
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ described in the *solstice-input*(5) _file_. If the _file_ argument is not
 provided, the solar plant is read from standard input. To evaluate various
 efficiencies for each primary reflector, it computes losses due to cosine
 effect, shadowing and masking, orientation and surface irregularities,
-reflectivity and atmospheric transmission. The efficiency for each one of these
-effects is subsequently computed for each reflector.
+materials properties and atmospheric extinction. The efficiency for each
+one of these effects is subsequently computed for each reflector.
 
 The entities on which computations must be performed are listed in the
 *solstice-receiver*(5) file submitted through the *-R* option. The estimated