Performance analysis of solar concentrator dish by various reflector and absorbent

Abstract

Recent days the availability of a conventional source of energies are limited dueto overexploitation of resources. This can be prevented by replacing the conventional source of energy to renewable energy which is believed to be the future. In renewable energy, there are many types among which solar energy is the best and most effective as it is abundant, freely available, and it has a lot of versatile applications. The main objective of the research is to study the suitability of antenna dish for thermal application by optimizing the various parameters to achieve maximum thermal collector efficiency. Considerable enhancement in the performance of the solar dish collector was observed by altering various absorbents on the receiver.