Performance Enhancement of Solar Parabolic Trough Collector Using Intensified Ray Convergence System

Abstract:

Solar Energy is one of the forms of Renewable Energy that is available abundantly. This work is executed on the enhancement of the performance of solar parabolic trough collector using Intensified Ray Convergence System (IRCS). This paper distinguishes between the performance of solar parabolic trough collector with continuous dual axis tracking and a fixed solar parabolic trough collector (PTC) facing south (single axis tracking). The simulation and performance of the solar radiations are visualized and analyzed using TRACEPRO 6.0.2 software. The improvement in absorption of solar flux was found to be enhanced by 39.06% in PTC using dual axis tracking, absorption of solar flux increases by 52% to 200% in PTC receiver using perfect mirror than PTC using black chrome coating.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 867)
• Pages: 191-194
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.867.191
• Online since: July 2017
• Authors: Anbu Manimaran Sukanta*, M. Niranjan Sakthivel, Gopalsamy Manoranjith, Loganathan Naveen Kumar
• Keywords: Dual Axis Tracking, Parabolic Trough Collector, Ray Convergence, Solar Flux

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