H. Akhbari and M. Bidi and A. Bakhtiari and S. Eslami
Design and Fabrication of a Parabolic Trough Collector and Experimental Investigation of Wind Impact on Direct Steam Production in Tehran
140 - 146
2019
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International Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10010069
https://publications.waset.org/vol/146
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
The present paper aims to the technoeconomic feasibility of enhancing lowcost parabolic trough collectors in the light of developing the use of solar energy in underdeveloped regions where expensive hightech solar devices cannot be afforded. Moreover, the collector is aimed to produce steam so that its performance is based on heat which can be discovered. In this regard, the manufacturing process and the detailed design models in Solidworks software are elaborated. Furthermore, the colletor’s material is chosen in a way to minimize the costs. Finally, to assess the performance of the built collector, it is installed in the site of Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, and the values of the effective peripheral parameters, such as temperature, wind speed, and most importantly, solar irradiance, are recorded simultaneously in June. According to the results obtained, the manufactured collector with the aperture area of 2 m2 (1×2 m) is capable of producing 350 ml.h1 steam. Also, the wind influence is comprehensively investigated in this paper. As a case in point, it was measured that as the wind speed maximized to 9.77 kmh, the amount of steam outlet is minimized to 580 ml.
Open Science Index 146, 2019