Experimental Investigation on Novel Parabolic Trough Collector
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.13052/dgaej2156-3306.3534Keywords:
Parabolic trough collector, solar energy, heat transfer, solar tracking.Abstract
With the increase in demand of the cleaner energy, the use of renewable
sources of energy is increasing day by day and solar energy is the answer
to it. Several methods are used to harness solar thermal energy among them
Concentrating Parabolic Collectors (CPC) are widely used. In this paper,
A novel CPC is made, and an experimental study is carried out to find
out its efficiency in manual and automated single axis tracking mode using
water as working fluid. It was observed that the automated tracking method
outperforms the manual tracking method with efficiency reaching up to 48%
as compared to 42% in the later. Methods to improve efficiency of the CPC
are not used in this study. CPC was found suitable for domestic use.
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