Thermal output analysis of a designed parabolic trough solar field for moderate temperature industrial load

This paper presents an overview of the Parabolic Trough Solar Collectors, which is a fastest growing technology amongst concentrated solar power technologies. It is largely being used in developed countries; mainly in steam power cycles for electricity generation but its use is not limited to electr...

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Main Authors: Masood, R., Gilani, S.I.U.-H., Al-Kayiem, H.H.
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Published: Engg Journals Publications 2016
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spelling utp-eprints.255112021-08-27T13:03:06Z Thermal output analysis of a designed parabolic trough solar field for moderate temperature industrial load Masood, R. Gilani, S.I.U.-H. Al-Kayiem, H.H. This paper presents an overview of the Parabolic Trough Solar Collectors, which is a fastest growing technology amongst concentrated solar power technologies. It is largely being used in developed countries; mainly in steam power cycles for electricity generation but its use is not limited to electric power generation. This technology is also being used for many other applications like refrigeration and air-conditioning, desalination of sea water, pumping of irrigation water and many other heating applications for process industry. Though this technology is already being used in many developed countries but there is barely any development in Malaysia. There is thus need for assessment of this technology to explore the potential industrial applications, under local environmental conditions. In this article basic design and development considerations for a parabolic trough collector system have been discussed. This paper also includes a thermal output analysis of a designed parabolic trough solar field to provide the baseline information for industrial applications feasibility study. System Advisor Model (SAM) has been used for this analysis, under environmental conditions of Ipoh, Malaysia. The results of simulation indicate that considerable amount of high temperature thermal energy can be obtained. The heat transfer fluid temperature reached up to 200 to 230°C, which can be used to operate an unfired boiler to produce steam or in some other industrial thermal application. Engg Journals Publications 2016 Article NonPeerReviewed https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84971576747&partnerID=40&md5=830e8b38d44c3e9660b3570b26621c84 Masood, R. and Gilani, S.I.U.-H. and Al-Kayiem, H.H. (2016) Thermal output analysis of a designed parabolic trough solar field for moderate temperature industrial load. International Journal of Engineering and Technology, 8 (2). pp. 1018-1024. http://eprints.utp.edu.my/25511/
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description This paper presents an overview of the Parabolic Trough Solar Collectors, which is a fastest growing technology amongst concentrated solar power technologies. It is largely being used in developed countries; mainly in steam power cycles for electricity generation but its use is not limited to electric power generation. This technology is also being used for many other applications like refrigeration and air-conditioning, desalination of sea water, pumping of irrigation water and many other heating applications for process industry. Though this technology is already being used in many developed countries but there is barely any development in Malaysia. There is thus need for assessment of this technology to explore the potential industrial applications, under local environmental conditions. In this article basic design and development considerations for a parabolic trough collector system have been discussed. This paper also includes a thermal output analysis of a designed parabolic trough solar field to provide the baseline information for industrial applications feasibility study. System Advisor Model (SAM) has been used for this analysis, under environmental conditions of Ipoh, Malaysia. The results of simulation indicate that considerable amount of high temperature thermal energy can be obtained. The heat transfer fluid temperature reached up to 200 to 230°C, which can be used to operate an unfired boiler to produce steam or in some other industrial thermal application.
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author Masood, R.
Gilani, S.I.U.-H.
Al-Kayiem, H.H.
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Gilani, S.I.U.-H.
Al-Kayiem, H.H.
Thermal output analysis of a designed parabolic trough solar field for moderate temperature industrial load
author_sort Masood, R.
title Thermal output analysis of a designed parabolic trough solar field for moderate temperature industrial load
title_short Thermal output analysis of a designed parabolic trough solar field for moderate temperature industrial load
title_full Thermal output analysis of a designed parabolic trough solar field for moderate temperature industrial load
title_fullStr Thermal output analysis of a designed parabolic trough solar field for moderate temperature industrial load
title_full_unstemmed Thermal output analysis of a designed parabolic trough solar field for moderate temperature industrial load
title_sort thermal output analysis of a designed parabolic trough solar field for moderate temperature industrial load
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