Thermal Performance of Solar Parabolic Dish Concentrator with Hetero-Conical Cavity Receiver

Abstract:

Concentrated solar collectors have high efficiency as compared to flat plate and evacuated tube solar collectors. Cavity receivers are mainly used on the parabolic dish concentrators and tower type concentrator systems. The heat transfer surfaces of cavity receiver are composed by coiled metal tube. Heat transfer fluid flows in the internal spaces of coiled metal tube, and the external surfaces would absorb the highly concentrated solar energy. This paper explains the thermal performance of parabolic dish concentrator system with hetero-conical cavity receiver. The experimental analysis was done during the month of April 2014 on clear sunny days at Chennai [Latitude: 13.08^oN, Longitude: 80.27^oE] to study its thermal performance.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 787)
• Pages: 197-201
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.787.197
• Online since: August 2015
• Authors: V. Thirunavukkarasu, M. Cheralathan
• Keywords: Cavity Receiver, Convective Heat Loss, Parabolic Dish Concentrator, Radiative Heat Loss, Thermal Energy Efficiency, Thermal Performance

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