Parabolic trough solar collectors: A general overview of technology, industrial applications, energy market, modeling…
This study aims to present the state-of-the-art of parabolic trough solar collector technology with a focus on different thermal performance analysis methods and components used in the fabrication ...
Research Paper An optimized tracking strategy for small-scale double-axis parabolic trough collector …
Small-scale double-axis parabolic trough collector (PTC) is suitable for solar thermochemical reactions and solar-aided coal-fired power plants. In the present work, the double-axis PTC is numerically investigated and an optimized tracking strategy is proposed. That ...
Analysis and Optimization of Parabolic Trough Solar Collector to …
Abstract. This article presents a detailed analysis of parameters that affect the optical performance of parabolic trough solar collector (PTSC) and proposes a suitable method to optimize the relevant ones. A mathematical model is drafted and simulated for known geometry and parameters of industrial solar technology (IST) PTSC. The model …
SMALL-SIZED parabolic-trough solar collectors: Development of …
Where Gb is the direct solar irradiance, Ta is the ambient temperature, m ˙ is the mass flow rate of the heat transfer fluid, Tin is the collector inlet temperature, ΔT is the temperature increase in the collector and vwin is the wind speed. As can be seen in Table 1, there is no agreement among the different methods, except a partial agreement …
Parabolic trough solar collector: A review on geometrical …
[5] Ferna A 2010 Parabolic-trough solar collectors and their applications 14 1695–721 Google Scholar [6] Kalogirou S A, Lloyd S, Ward J and Eleftheriou P 2000 Design and performance characteristics of a parabolic …
Performance Evaluation of Novel Concentrating Photovoltaic Thermal Solar Collector …
transparent PV modules [26,27]; use of phase change material [28]; systems with a multi-fluid and collector surface-covering arrangement [24,29]. Solar collectors such as linear Fresnel reflectors (LFR), parabolic trough collectors (PTC), and other concentrating
Parabolic trough solar collectors: A sustainable and efficient …
Parabolic trough solar collectors are a type of solar thermal collector that can be used to generate electricity. This paper discusses the potential advantages …
Modeling, simulation and performance analysis of parabolic trough solar collectors: A comprehensive review …
1. Introduction Solar energy is the world''s most abundant source of energy, it has been shown to have significant potential to meet a considerable portion of the world''s energy demand [1], [2].With 1.7 × 10 14 kW of the sun''s energy received by the earth surface, only 84 min of solar radiation was estimated to give 900 EJ which was …
Small Organic Rankine Cycle Coupled to Parabolic Trough Solar Concentrator …
In this paper, the design and performance of small Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) coupled to parabolic trough solar collector (PTC) are showed. The system is analyzed using the first and second laws of thermodynamics. This small ORC is …
Efficient, low-cost solar thermoelectric cogenerators comprising evacuated tubular solar collectors and thermoelectric modules …
The optical efficiency, η opt, which is usually defined as the ratio between the net solar energy absorbed by the SSA of an evacuated tube and the total solar incident energy impinged (solar insolation), can be rewritten as [27] (1) η opt = τ e α T f ref where τ e is the transmittance of the evacuated tubular glass; α T is the solar absorbance of the …
Design, modelling, environmental, economic and performance analysis of parabolic trough solar collector …
Parabolic dish collectors are point-focused systems that concentrate the sun''s radiations on the receiver at the focal point of a dish-type collector. It requires tracking the sun''s rays in two axes. The solar energy absorbed by the …
e CIEMAT Plataforma Solar, Apartado 22, E-04200 Tabernas (Almería), Spain f DLR Plataforma Solar, Apartado 39, E-04200 Tabernas (Almería), Spain Abstract - The high-performance EuroTrough parabolic trough collector models ET100 and ET150 have been
Mean Wind Loading on Parabolic-Trough Solar Collectors
Two wind-tunnel force and moment tests have been conducted on parabolic-trough solar collector configurations. The two tests were conducted in different flow field environments, one a uniform flow infinite airstream, the second a simulated atmospheric boundary layer flow with the models simulating a ground-mounted installation. The force and moment …
Proposing and optimization of a parabolic trough solar collector integrated with a photovoltaic module …
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.119999 Corpus ID: 255736975 Proposing and optimization of a parabolic trough solar collector integrated with a photovoltaic module layer @article{Yan2023ProposingAO, title={Proposing and optimization of a parabolic trough ...
Performance Investigation of Solar Parabolic Trough Collector …
Parabolic trough collectors (PTCs) are the most advanced and widely used technology in solar concentrating systems. However, their high-cost and high-technology requirements for parabolic mirror manufacturing constituted real shortcomings for their implementation in low-income countries, which urged the need for finding …
A parabolic trough collector (PTC) is a type of solar thermal collector that is straight in one dimension and curved as a parabola in the other two, lined with a polished metal mirror. The sunlight which enters the mirror parallel to its plane of symmetry is focused along the focal line, where objects are positioned that are intended to be heated. In a solar cooker, for example, food is placed at the foc…
The SunBeam is a new utility-scale parabolic trough solar collector developed by our experienced team. With large 8.2m x 21m (27ftx 68ft) concentrator modules that generate economies of size and simplification throughout the solar field, the SunBeam is well adapted for concentrating solar thermal heating and power generation applications 10MWth and …
Solar collectors are of various types namely, Flat-plate collector with reflectors, Parabolic Trough Collector (PTC), Compound parabolic collector and Fresnel lens concentrating collector. Flat plate collectors are mostly used for hot water generation because of its temperature range of about 120–140 °C.
Parabolic trough solar collectors: A sustainable and efficient …
The integration of small-scale parabolic trough solar collectors into residential buildings to provide hot water offers several advantages. Firstly, it leads to a …
Proposing and optimization of a parabolic trough solar collector integrated with a photovoltaic module …
A SEGS LS-2 parabolic trough solar collector was tested to determine the collector efficiency and thermal losses with two types of receiver selective coatings, combined with three ...
THE PARABOLIC TROUGH FOR A WIDE RANGE OF APPLICATIONS. The technology of PTMx makes it available for a wide range of applications. Thanks to its exceptional ease of use, PTMx delivers also to small scale systems (1''000 m 2 or less) all the benefits of solar concentration with parabolic troughs that, up to today, have been available exclusively to …
Review A comparison and evaluation of innovative parabolic trough collector concepts …
Solar thermal power plant with parabolic trough collectors and molten salt as HTF in the solar field (ArchiemedeSolarEnergy, 2019). Alongside the use of molten salt as a promising solution for linear industrial plants, there is the integration of Brayton cycles with super critical carbon dioxide (see Fig. 6 ).
Effects of environmental factors on the conversion efficiency of solar thermoelectric co-generators comprising parabola trough collectors …
Semantic Scholar extracted view of "Effects of environmental factors on the conversion efficiency of solar thermoelectric co-generators comprising parabola trough collectors and thermoelectric modules without evacuated tubular collector" by C. Li et al. DOI: 10.1016/J.ENCONMAN.2014.06.010
PTC (Parabolic Trough Solar Collector) | HANJUNG …
A PTC (Parabolic Trough Solar Collector) is a type of solar thermal collector. Using a parabolic shape reflector to concentrate direct solar radiation, solar thermal energy at 200 ~ 300 ℃ can be collected.
SOLAR PARABOLIC TROUGH Local Controller Drive Pylon Intermediate Pylon F igure 3. Luz System Three Solar Collector Assembly (LS-3 SCA) [1]. Figure 3 shows a diagram of the LS-3 collector. The LS-3 reflectors are made from hot-formed mirrored glass
Low-cost small scale parabolic trough collector design for manufacturing and deployment …
Mathematical modeling of a prototype of parabolic trough solar collector J. Renewable Sustainable Energy 4, 023110 (2012); 10.1063/1. ... Low-Cost Small Scale Parabolic Trough Collector Design for ...
Parabolic Trough Solar Collectors (Ultimate Guide)
Parabolic trough solar collectors are an ingenious solution for capturing the sun''s energy on a massive scale. These collectors consist of curved mirrors that …
Effects of environmental factors on the conversion efficiency of solar thermoelectric co-generators comprising parabola trough collectors …
Fig. 1 shows the pilot set-up, which comprises 10 TEMs array with a parabolic trough concentrator but without evacuated tubular collectors. The representative parameters of the STECG and TEMs are listed in Table 1 …
Parabolic trough solar collector: A review on geometrical …
Because of its wide temperature range (up to 400 C), the parabolic trough solar collector is the most commonly used in concentrated solar power technology. A …
A semicircular trough solar collector for air-conditioning system …
This paper reports on the feasibility of a non-tracking semi-circular trough (SCT) solar thermal collector to operate a 17.6 kW single effect NH 3 –H 2 O absorption chiller. The SCT solar collector module employs a novel direct metal-to-water contact resulting in an ...
Designing a novel small-scale parabolic trough solar thermal …
This paper investigates a new parabolic trough solar collector design strategy that uses a secondary parabolic reflector to homogenise the concentrated …
A comprehensive review of parabolic trough solar collectors …
Parabolic Trough Solar Collector (PTSC) is one of such concentrating collectors which concentrates the solar insolation on the focal axis of parabolic reflectors …
Passive techniques for the thermal performance enhancement of …
Omidi B, Rahbar N, Kargarsharifabad H, et al. Performance evaluation of a solar desalination-hot water system using heat pipe vacuum tube parabolic trough solar …
Designing a novel small-scale parabolic trough solar thermal collector …
Solar thermal energy conversion systems are now regarded as one of the most promising future power generation alternatives to fossil fuel power plants, which emit greenhouse gases and contribute to global warming. …
A Review of the Modeling of Parabolic Trough Solar Collectors Coupled to Solar …
This paper is a summary of the last ten years of work on the study of parabolic trough collectors (PTCs) and compound parabolic collectors (CPCs) coupled to photovoltaic and thermal solar receiver collectors (SCR-PVTs). While reviewing the state of the art, numerous review papers were found that focused on conventional solar receiver …
Research Paper Proposing and optimization of a parabolic trough solar collector integrated with a photovoltaic module …
Parabolic trough collector (PTC) is a type of solar system that generates thermal energy by concentrating solar radiation on the surface of a circular receiver tube. However, the overall output of this solar system can be significantly enhanced by the integration of this system with Photovoltaic (PV) modules which is proposed and …
Research team develops parabolic trough solar module for hybrid …
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Design optimization, fabrication, and performance …
In this paper, a brief study of small scale solar parabolic trough collector design, simulation, fabrication, and analyzed for heating water as a domestic purpose in the backward regions of ...
Parabolic trough (solar) collectors (PTCs) are technical devices to collect the energy in the form of solar radiation and convert it typically into thermal energy …
A solar thermal collector collects heat by absorbing sunlight.The term "solar collector" commonly refers to a device for solar hot water heating, but may refer to large power generating installations such as solar …
