The Solar Parabolic Trough Collector Based System consists of parabolic reflectors, absorber tube, sun tracker, piping, storage tanks and a heat exchanger. A control panel would control different devices and also measure the different parameters of the system. The system can be used to perform experiments in heat transfer, parabolic trough characteristics and heat loss at different parts of the system. The system is highly flexible – it can be used with different working fluids, different absorbing materials, different piping insulation thickness and different types of storage tanks. This gives a lot of scope for research in heat transfer and related fields. Wind speed variation and flow velocity are other parameters which can be changed to show their impact on heat transfer and heat loss.
Solar Concentrator Training System
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The Solar Concentrator system gives the flexibility to test different Working Fluidsin twin two (SS & Cu) Absorber Tubes along with the flexibility to test other reflective coatings with the system.
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| COMPONENTS: | SUB COMPONENTS: |
| Heat Generating Unit With Tracking System | Parabolic Trough Collector |
| Absorber Tube | |
| Tracking System | |
| Storage Unit | Supply Tanks |
| Storage Tank-1 | |
| Storage Tank-2 (With Heat Exchanger) | |
| Storage Tank Insulation | |
| Control Unit | Sensors And Regulators |
| Temperature Meters With Sensors | |
| Flow Meter With Sensor | |
| Flow Regulator | |
| Accessories | Radiation Meter |
| Anemometer | |
| Pump-1 | |
| Pump-2 | |
| Pipe And Fitting | |
| Manual |
Experiment & Research Options
EXPERIMENTS- Determine the Performance factors such as Heat loss coefficient (UL), Heat Removal Factor (FR), Overall efficiency (η) of the of the Parabolic Trough collector with fixed parameters with (i) water and (ii) oil as working fluid
- Determine the Performance factors such as Heat loss coefficient (UL), Heat Removal Factor (FR), Overall efficiency (η) of the Parabolic Trough collector with varying solar insulation with (i) water and (ii) oil as working fluid
- Determine the Performance factors such as Heat loss coefficient (UL), Heat Removal Factor (FR), Overall efficiency (η) of the Parabolic Trough collector with varying flow rate of fluid with (i) water and (ii) oil as working fluid
- Determine the Performance factors such as Heat loss coefficient (UL), Heat Removal Factor (FR), Overall efficiency (η) of the Parabolic Trough collector with changing insulation thickness with (i) water and (ii) oil as working fluid
- Determine the Performance factors such as Heat loss coefficient (UL), Heat Removal Factor (FR), Overall efficiency (η) of the Parabolic Trough collector with different inlet fluid temperatures with (i) water and (ii) oil as working fluid
- Determine the Performance factors such as Heat loss coefficient (UL), Heat Removal Factor (FR), Overall efficiency (η) of the Parabolic Trough collector with different wind speed with (i) water and (ii) oil as working fluid
- Determine the Performance factors such as Heat loss coefficient (UL), Heat Removal Factor (FR), Overall efficiency (η) of the Parabolic Trough collector with different ambient temperature with (i) water and (ii) oil as working fluid
- Find an optimum flow rate of fluid for getting minimum heat losses (or maximum heat gain) for different insulation thickness with (i) water and (ii) oil as working fluid
- Heat loss and heat gain analysis at different operating conditions
- System efficiency optimization with different absorber tube material
- System efficiency optimization with change in working fluid
- Optimization for maximum system efficiency with the help of control algorithm of pump
- Optimization in insulation cost and thickness for achieving maximum efficiency
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