Design and modelling of novel evacuated receiver tube of concentration solar power system by using heliostat stadium arrangement

A novel concentration solar evacuated receiver tube collector is proposed in this study. Details of design and simulation of the heliostat field are presented. The proposed system uses a heliostat stadium arrangement to focus sunlight towards a receiver (evacuated receiver tube). Heliostat field whi...

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Main Authors: Kadhim Khlief, A., Ihtsham-Ul-Haq Gilani, S., Al-Kayiem, H.H., Mohammad, S.T.
Format: Article
Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
Record Id / ISBN-0: utp-eprints.19963 /
Published: EDP Sciences 2017
Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85033218966&doi=10.1051%2fmatecconf%2f201713102002&partnerID=40&md5=6c79de091d0a581e3489540f61c34cdf
http://eprints.utp.edu.my/19963/
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Summary: A novel concentration solar evacuated receiver tube collector is proposed in this study. Details of design and simulation of the heliostat field are presented. The proposed system uses a heliostat stadium arrangement to focus sunlight towards a receiver (evacuated receiver tube). Heliostat field which looks like stadium arrangement is proposed an alternative system of the tower in the power tower plants to cancel the shading / blocking losses. In this study, simulation results showed that the energy input increases with increased solar irradiation; the increase ranges from 288 to 470W/m.The maximum amount of energy inputs that can be obtained in the receiver for the collector is around 470W/m for the maximum solar density of 688W.m2. In the solar is 402 W/m2, and the useful energy of collectors is about 288 W/m and the thermal efficiency of the receiver was around 23. © The authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2017.