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The solar field includes the parabolic, trough-shaped collectors that navigate normal solar irradiance onto tubular receivers. Each collector contains the mirrors and its structure in order to support the receivers, mirrors as well as sun tracker system; and each receiver contains a metal pipe with a solar absorbing surface.
Heat transfer modeling of a parabolic trough solar collector with ...
The solar field includes the parabolic, trough-shaped collectors that navigate normal solar irradiance onto tubular receivers. Each collector contains the mirrors and its structure in order to support the receivers, mirrors as well as sun tracker system; and each receiver contains a metal pipe with a solar absorbing surface.
Parabolic Trough
An alternative for the integration of a parabolic trough solar field in a steam turbine power plant is generating steam in the solar field called the direct steam generation technology [25]. Characteristics of the electricity production by stationary parabolic, cylindrical solar concentrator have been discussed in detail by Bojić et al. [27].
A Review of Parabolic Trough Collector (PTC): Application and ...
A review of the parabolic trough collector (PTC) which is one of the CSP technology with a focus on the components, the working principle, and thermal properties of the parabolic trough collector.
Parabolic Trough Collector
The parabolic trough collector consists of a parabolic reflecting surface with an absorber tube placed along its focal line. The position of sun is tracked for normal incidence of solar radiations at any instant of time (Fig. 8).Garcia et al. [27] presented an overview of the existing parabolic-trough collectors and their prototypes under development.
Coalitional model predictive control of parabolic-trough solar ...
Parabolic-trough solar collector fields are large-scale systems, so the application of centralized optimization-based control methods to these systems is often not suitable for real-time control. As such, this paper formulates a novel coalitional control approach as an appropriate alternative to the centralized scheme. The key idea is
Heat transfer modeling of a parabolic trough solar collector with ...
CFD simulation for heat transfer modeling of a parabolic trough solar collector with internal fins is carried out. • Fe 3 O 4 /Therminol 66 and CuO/Therminol 66 under magnetic field are proposed as working fluids.. Increasing the volume fraction and decreasing the particle size enhance the collector efficiency.
Temperature homogenization control of parabolic trough solar collector ...
Downloadable (with restrictions)! Parabolic Trough Collector fields serve as the heat-absorbing components in large-scale commercial solar trough power plants. However, they frequently encounter challenges related to uneven spatial distribution of solar irradiation and heat transfer fluid flow. These disparities often lead to temperature inhomogeneity across …
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on parabolic trough collectors in a solar field. It now requires . distances of less than 10 times the focal length and uses image . analysis tools to determine the reflector curvature and its .
Stable deep Koopman model predictive control for solar parabolic-trough …
The ACUREX solar collector field comprises 480 single-axis parabolic trough collectors arranged in 10 parallel loops with 48 collectors in each loop and each loop with a length of 174 m [17]. It can provide about 1.2 MW of peak thermal power with solar radiation of 900 W/m 2 [ 15 ].
Parabolic Trough Solar Technology
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. …
A smart grid poly-generation design for hot arid regions …
Instead of conventional combustion chambers, a sustainable parabolic trough solar collector field has been used to raise the temperature of the air entering the turbine. The simulation confirmed a substantial efficiency improvement of 33% using a MED desalination unit to recover the heat generated in the compression process. The …
Thermodynamic analysis of parabolic trough and heliostat field solar ...
The solar field with the parabolic trough collector type consists of hundreds of solar collector rows, with 10 modules of collectors in each row. Each module has a length of 12.27 m and a width of 5.76 m ( Montes et al., 2009, Zarza et al., 2006 ).
Temperature homogenization control of parabolic trough solar collector ...
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2024.120346 Corpus ID: 268659156; Temperature homogenization control of parabolic trough solar collector field based on hydraulic calculation and extended Kalman filter
Direct steam generation in parabolic trough solar collector: …
Direct Steam Generation (DSG) in parabolic trough solar collector has great potential to reduce the capital cost and improve the performance of the solar field as well as the power block, but the flow stratification in the receiver leads to dry spots and consequently higher circumferential thermal gradient in the absorber wall that induce ...
Temperature homogenization control of parabolic trough solar collector ...
DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2023.10.190 Corpus ID: 265396887; Temperature homogenization control of parabolic trough solar collector field @article{Song2023TemperatureHC, title={Temperature homogenization control of parabolic trough solar collector field}, author={Yuhui Song and Junli Zhang and Yiguo Li and Lei Pan and Zhenxiang Liu}, …
Air-borne shape measurement of parabolic trough collector fields
The optical and thermal efficiency of parabolic trough collector solar fields is dependent on the performance and assembly accuracy of its components such as the concentrator and absorber. For the purpose of optical inspection/approval, yield analysis, localization of low performing areas, and optimization of the solar field, it is essential to ...
Field measurements of boundary layer wind characteristics and …
Parabolic trough solar collector is a kind of reflector tracking the sun on support of steel structure by regulating its pitch in real time. The array field of solar collectors, with high accuracy requirements during performance, is located at open terrain or suburban terrain and it is sensitive to gust.
Solar Collectors
In parabolic trough plants, mirrors line the inside of a trough-shaped array, which follows the sun in only one direction, and concentrates the light on a linear receiver pipe. ... In particular, SETO-funded projects are working to develop solutions that enable a solar collector field to fully operate without any human input, reducing operating ...
Optimizing photothermal conversion efficiency in a parabolic trough ...
For the ferrofluid-seeded parabolic trough collector without a magnetic field, the thermal efficiency and exergy efficiency increase first and then decrease as the flow rate increases. ... The parabolic trough solar collector with 0.20 wt% ferrofluid exhibits maximum thermal efficiency and exergy efficiency of 49.1 % and 3.2 %, respectively. ...
Wind Load Effect Study on Large-Aperture Parabolic Trough Collector ...
Abstract. Large-aperture parabolic trough collectors (LPTCs) are recognized as one of the most promising next-generation linear-focus concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies. However, large apertures inevitably introduce higher wind loads and stronger inter-row interactions. In the present study, a multi-physics-coupled model …
Solar Collectors
In parabolic trough plants, mirrors line the inside of a trough-shaped array, which follows the sun in only one direction, and concentrates the light on a linear receiver pipe. ... In particular, SETO-funded projects are working to …
Airborne shape measurement of parabolic trough collector fields
1. Introduction. Solar fields consisting of parabolic trough collectors (PTCs) represent the majority of today''s CSP plants. As the optical efficiency of the solar field has a high impact on the overall plant performance, qualification methods determining the geometrical accuracy of solar concentrator systems have gained high importance.
Stable deep Koopman model predictive control for solar parabolic-trough …
The ACUREX solar collector field comprises 480 single-axis parabolic trough collectors arranged in 10 parallel loops with 48 collectors in each loop and each loop with a length of 174 m [17]. It can provide about 1.2 MW of peak thermal power with solar radiation of 900 W/m 2 [15].
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 …
Enhancement and characteristics study of parabolic trough solar ...
1 · Solar energy is the most prevalent among renewable and environmentally friendly energy sources. Its widespread applications encompass space heating, cooling, cooking, …
Estimating capital cost of parabolic trough collector based ...
Based on the type of concentrators used in the solar field, CSP technology can be classified as line focus and point focus. The line focusing solar concentrators include parabolic trough collectors (PTC) and linear Fresnel reflector (LFR) whereas the point focusing concentrators include central tower receiver (CTR) and parabolic dish (PD) [2].
Parabolic Trough Solar Technology
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 at temperature ranges of 150–500 °C at industrial scale. ... Parabolic trough collector (EuroTrough) solar field installation. Full size image. Fig. 5. Parabolic trough collector ...
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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 …
Manufacturing Cost Analysis of Advanced Parabolic Trough …
The Ultimate Trough solar field is part of the Duba Green Integrated Solar Combined Cycle Power Plant, where the solar field provides a heat input up to 50 MWeof (or ... [12]ver, the NREL analysis examined only the standard internal field . Howe solar collector elements (SCEs) for the Sunbeam-MT and Ultimate Trough designs, rather than a mix of ...
Wind speed effect on the flow field and heat transfer around a ...
Parabolic trough solar collectors (PTCs) are considered to be one of the most mature, successful, and proven solar technology for electricity generation. ... The solar field is made up of a series of several solar reflectors which concentrate the direct solar radiation by means of a Sun-tracking system. The HCE is typically composed of a …
Temperature homogenization control of parabolic trough solar …
The main motivation of this work is to develop an effective control scheme for temperature uniformity of the solar collector field by integrating the thermodynamic …
Solar Collectors
In parabolic trough plants, mirrors line the inside of a trough-shaped array, which follows the sun in only one direction, and concentrates the light on a linear receiver pipe. Learn more about how CSP works. Why are Solar …