Performance of Cylindrical Parabolic Collector with Automated Tracking System
- Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science (India)
Parabolic solar collector collects the radiant energy emitted from the sun and focuses it at a point. Parabolic trough collectors are the low cost implementation of concentrated solar power technology that focuses incident sun light on to a tube filled with a heat transfer fluid. However, the basic problem with the cylindrical parabolic collector without tracking was the solar collector does not move with the orientation of sun. Development of automatic tracking system for cylindrical parabolic collectors will increase solar collection as well as efficiency of devices. The main aim of this paper is to design, fabricate and analyze the performance of parabolic collector with automated tracking system. The automated tracking mechanism is used to receive the maximum possible energy of solar radiation as it tracks the path of sun. The performance of the parabolic trough collector is experimentally investigated with the water circulated as heat transfer fluid. The collector efficiency will be noted.
- OSTI ID:
- 22793144
- Journal Information:
- Applied Solar Energy (Online), Vol. 54, Issue 2; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2018 Allerton Press, Inc.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1934-9424
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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