Linear Fresnel Mirror Solar Concentrator with Tracking

Sen, Prakash Kumar; Ashutosh, K.; Bhuwanesh, K.; Engineer, Z.; Hegde, Sanjay; Sen, Prithviraj; Davies, Philip A.

doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2013.03.167

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“…A rigorous supply chain analysis of the above model will be taken up and presented in subsequent publications. In addition, the biomass boilers source may be hybridized with solar collectors thus achieving fuel economies (Sen et al, 2013;Nixon et al, 2012). Information technology may be introduced to support material procurement, logistics and marketing.…”

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Trigeneration using biomass energy for sustainable development

Vasudevan

Sen

Singh

et al. 2013

International Journal of Energy Sector Management

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Purpose – The paper aims to design and prove the concept of micro-industry using trigeneration fuelled by biomass, for sustainable development in rural NW India. Design/methodology/approach – This is being tested at village Malunga, near Jodhpur in Rajasthan. The system components comprise burning of waste biomass for steam generation and its use for power generation, cooling system for fruit ripening and the use of steam for producing distilled water. Site was selected taking into account the local economic and social needs, biomass resources available from agricultural activities, and the presence of a NGO which is competent to facilitate running of the enterprise. The trigeneration system was designed to integrate off-the-shelf equipment for power generation using boilers of approximate total capacity 1 tonne of fuel per hour, and a back-pressure steam turbo-generator (200 kW). Cooling is provided by a vapour absorption machine (VAM). Findings – The financial analysis indicates a payback time of less than two years. Nevertheless, this is sensitive to market fluctuations and availabilities of raw materials. Originality/value – Although comparable trigeneration systems already exist in large food processing industries and in space heating and cooling applications, they have not previously been used for rural micro-industry. The small-scale (1-2 m3/h output) multiple effect distillation (3 effect plus condenser) unit has not previously been deployed at field level.

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Trigeneration using biomass energy for sustainable development

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Sen

Singh

et al. 2013

International Journal of Energy Sector Management

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“…Solar energy is the most widespread and available and is a clean source of energy, and since the solar radiation intensity is only 500-1000W/m 2 (P.K. Sen et al, 2013) the solar concentrating system (SCS) is needed to make greater use of solar radiation. In this research, Linear Fresnel Reflectors Flat Mirrors (LFRFM) was chosen to be the mechanism of the concentrating solar radiation, as shown in Fig.…”

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The performance of water cooled photovoltaic panel, under concentrating system

2019

Aust. J. Basic & Appl. Sci

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INTRODUCTION Nowadays, 80 percent of the world energy is produced from fossil fuels (Efstartios Channiotakis, 2001). The exhaust products of using these resources affect the environment, mainly through global warming and acid rain. Currently, oil provides more than 35% of the global primary energy, coal, and natural gas add 23% and 21% respectively (Goldemberg, 2000; Johansson and Goldemberg, 2002). The fossil fuels distribution around the world is uneven, with more than half of them in the Middle East. This leads to an unbalanced economy around the world that affects the whole political geography. The burning of fossil fuel produces atmospheric emission of CO 2 (carbon dioxide), where its concentration will cause an average temperature rise of 3-5 ºC (Efstartios Channiotakis, 2001). Taking into account above, as well as the fact that oil is running out quickly, alternatives should be adopted. Renewable energy is one of the promising options for the above problems. PV (Photovoltaic) panels, in particular, can provide a good source of producing clean electricity. The efficiency range of conversion solar radiation is about 5-20%, depend on the type of the cell (JohnTwidell and Tony Weir, 2006). Most commercial PV cells are made from silicone and come in two general types, mono-crystalline, and multi-crystalline (Paul A. lynn, 2010). This type of PV cells is the most efficient, with approximately 15% efficiency. The amount of sun energy converted to electrical power depends on the intensity of solar radiation fall in PV cells (He W et al., 2006).

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“…Concentrators use refractive lenses or reflective mirrors to focus sunlight onto a smaller area of the photovoltaic (PV) solar cell, and PV concentrating systems are more advantageous than flat plate systems because they require fewer PV cells to produce the same amount of power [6]. Since solar cell is manufactured using semiconductor materials, their properties allow solar cells to work more efficiently under focused light [7]- [9]. During the manufacturing process of the solar cell multiple other elements like annealing temperature, pressure etc.…”

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Performance Optimization of Solar Photovoltaic System using Parabolic Trough and Fresnel Mirror Solar Concentrator

Masud

Abedien²,

Arafi³

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IJIE

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An attempt has been taken to design parabolic trough and Fresnel mirror solar concentrator with the purpose of optimizing the output power of a photovoltaic system for both bright sunny day and cloudy day by using a 72-cell 5W photovoltaic solar panel. The PV system's efficiency has been analyzed in terms of output voltage, current, and power of the solar panel. Accordingly, to our expectation, we observed that on a bright sunny day, the output power improvement of the solar panel is 26.81% for the parabolic trough and 17.89% for the Fresnel mirror concentrator. On a cloudy day, both concentrators improve output power by 22.3% and 14.1%, respectively. In terms of power optimization of a photovoltaic system, the following has been discerned: a solar photovoltaic concentrator system with a parabolic trough is much more effective than one with a Fresnel mirror.

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Linear Fresnel Mirror Solar Concentrator with Tracking

Cited by 12 publications

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Trigeneration using biomass energy for sustainable development

Trigeneration using biomass energy for sustainable development

The performance of water cooled photovoltaic panel, under concentrating system

Performance Optimization of Solar Photovoltaic System using Parabolic Trough and Fresnel Mirror Solar Concentrator

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