Modelling, optimisation and performance evaluation of a parabolic trough solar collector steam generation system

Kalogirou, Soteris A.; Lloyd, S. J.; Ward, John

doi:10.1016/s0038-092x(96)00131-4

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“…Water (Thomas 1995) or synthetic oil (Montes et al 2009) can be used as heat transfer fluid pumped throughout the system. Hot water is then sent to storage tank or steam is directed passed over turbine blade to produce electricity (Kalogirou et al 1997). Cylindrical parabolic collectors can provide hot water and electricity for domestic, industrial (Mekhilef et al 2011), agricultural and commercial applications (Kalogirou 2004).…”

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Design and Development of Prototype Cylindrical Parabolic Solar Collector for Water Heating Application

Kulkarni

2016

Int. J. Renew. Energy Dev.

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Concentrating collectors absorbs solar energy and convert it into heat for generating hot water, steam at required temperature, which can be further used for solar thermal applications. The developing countries like India where solar energy is abundantly available; there is need to develop technology for harnessing solar energy for power production, but the main problem associated with concentrating solar power technology is the high cost of installation and low output efficiency. To solve this problem, a prototype cylindrical parabolic solar collector having aperture area of 1.89 m2 is designed and developed using low cost highly reflecting and absorbing material to reduce initial cost of project and improve thermal efficiency. ASHRAE Standard 93, 1986 was used to evaluate the thermal performance and it was observed that this system can generate hot water at an average temperature of 500C per day with an average efficiency of 49% which is considerable higher than flat plate solar collectors. Hot water produced by this system can be useful for domestic, agricultural, industrial process heat applications.Article History: Received Sept 19, 2015; Received in revised form Dec 23, 2015; Accepted February 2, 2016; Available online How to Cite This Article: Bhujangrao, K.H. (2016). Design and Development of Prototype Cylindrical Parabolic Solar Collector for Water Heating Application. International Journal of Renewable Energy Development, 5(1), 49-55 http://dx.doi.org/10.14710/ijred.5.1.49-55

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Design and Development of Prototype Cylindrical Parabolic Solar Collector for Water Heating Application

Kulkarni

2016

Int. J. Renew. Energy Dev.

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“…A modelling program called PTCDES was used in the past to predict the quantity of steam produced by the system [10]. The values of solar radiation and ambient air temperature used in this modelled performance of the system were 500 W/m 2 and 30 °C, respectively.…”

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Simulation of a Standalone, Portable Steam Generator Driven by a Solar Concentrator

2015

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Solar energy is a good solution for energy-deficiency problems, especially in regions such as rural areas in the Middle East that have not been electrified yet or are under electrification. In this paper, with the aid of a Computational Fluid Dynamics simulation, we propose a system that comprises a trough solar concentrator and a pipe-with flowing water-that is set in the concentrator focus. The aim of this work is to investigate the feasibility of generating steam from such a system as well as analyzing the generated steam quantitatively and qualitatively. Effects of variation of solar radiation intensity, ambient temperature, water flow rate and pipe diameter on the quantity and quality of the generated steam have been investigated. The results show that a quantity of about 130 kg of steam could be generated per day with a 0.01 m diameter with 0.0042 kg/s flowing water, although qualitatively, a narrower pipe achieves better performance than a wider one. About 74 kg of daily accumulated steam mass with a temperature >423 K could be achieved for a 0.005 m diameter tube compared to about 50 kg for the 0.01 m diameter tube. Steam quality factor is higher at all flow rates for the 0.005 m diameter tube compared to that of 0.01 m.

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“…Systems with light structures and low-cost technology for process heat applications up to 400 C could be obtained with parabolic trough collectors (PTCs) [5,6]. Tyagi et al [7] performed a comprehensive exergy analysis and parametric study on PTCs and investigated effect of PTC design and environmental conditions and specified optimal value for concentration ratio of PTCs.…”

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Thermodynamic Analysis of a Solar Driven Tri-generation System for Building Applications

Özcan

Dinçer

2014

Progress in Exergy, Energy, and the Environment

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Energy and exergy analyses and sustainability assessment of a conceptual solar driven tri-generation system with thermal energy storage option for power, water heating and air cooling are performed. The present tri-generation system includes parabolic trough solar collectors (PTC), an organic Rankine cycle for power generation (ORC), an absorption chiller for cooling (AC) and a thermal energy storage system (TES). The effects of solar collector dimension variations, system parameters, environmental conditions and system integration on system energy and exergy efficiencies are parametrically studied. The largest irreversibility occurs in solar collectors due to very high exergy input to solar panels and less conversion of exergy to working fluid. Energy and exergy efficiencies of the present system become 77.1 % and 27 % during day time and 37.6 % and 18.7 % during night time, respectively. The proposed system performs better performance at lower ambient temperature and higher solar radiation and PTC concentration ratio.

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Modelling, optimisation and performance evaluation of a parabolic trough solar collector steam generation system

Cited by 72 publications

References 2 publications

Design and Development of Prototype Cylindrical Parabolic Solar Collector for Water Heating Application

Design and Development of Prototype Cylindrical Parabolic Solar Collector for Water Heating Application

Simulation of a Standalone, Portable Steam Generator Driven by a Solar Concentrator

Thermodynamic Analysis of a Solar Driven Tri-generation System for Building Applications

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