Experimental Analysis of Solar Dish Concentrators With Cylindrical, Oval, and Conical Cavity Receivers

Zainab I. Abdulrazzaq ALhsani, RAAD KADHIM AL-DULAIMI

Abstract


Abstract

Three experimental models including cylindrical, oval, and conical cavity receivers were analyzed and tested to estimate the optimum geometry for parabolic dish collector cavity receivers .

The main contribution of this paper is that new experimental models are suggested and examined to strengthen the capability of absorbers of solar thermal dish collectors to absorb solar energy.

The models were examined for three values of mass flow rates and five values of inlet temperatures of the heat transfer fluid. The thermal performance was evaluated by estimating the thermal efficiency , exergetic performance , and pressure difference. The results recorded the highest values of  and  for the conical cavity receivers, equal to , and the lowest values of the pressure drop.

Keywords


energy; renewable energy; green energy; solar energy;

Full Text:

PDF

References


References

- R. K. M. Aldulaimi, An Innovative Receiver Design for a Parabolic Trough Solar Collector Using Overlapped and Reverse Flow: An Experimental Study, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering 44 (2019) 7529–7539.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-019-03832-8

- Fuqiang W, Ziming C, Jianyu T, Yuan Y, Yong S, Linhua L. Progress in concentrated solar power technology with parabolic trough collector system: a comprehensive review. Renew Sustain Energy Rev 79 (2017) 1314–28.

- Sasa Pavlovic, Evangelos Bellos, Willem G. Le Roux, Velimir Stefanovic, Christos Tzivanidis, Experimental investigation and parametric analysis of a solar thermal dish collector with spiral absorber, Applied Thermal Engineering, 121 (2017) 126-135

- R. K. M. Aldulaimi, Experimental investigation of the receiver of a solar thermal dish collector with a dual layer, staggered tube arrangement, and multiscale diameter, Energy Exploration & Exploitation (2020), DOI: 10.1177/0144598719900658

- Thirunavukkarasu V, Cheralathan M, An experimental study on energy and

exergy performance of a spiral tube receiver for solar parabolic dish concentrator, Energy (2020),

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2019.116635.

- Lan Xiao, Feng-Wei Guo, Shuang-Ying Wu, Zhi-Li Chen, A comprehensive simulation on optical and thermal performance of a cylindrical cavity receiver in a parabolic dish collector system, Renewable Energy 145 (2020) 878-892

- Reyhaneh Loni, E. Askari Asli-Areh, B. Ghobadian, A.B. Kasaeian, Sh. Gorjian, G. Najafi, Evangelos Bellos, Research and review study of solar dish concentrators with different nanofluids and different shapes of cavity receiver: Experimental tests, Renewable Energy 145 (2020) 783-804

- Kuldeep Awasthi, Mohd Kaleem Khan, Performance evaluation of coiled tube receiver cavity for a concentrating collector, Renewable Energy 138 (2019) 666-674

- Alireza Rafiei, Ali Sulaiman Alsagri, Shuhaimi Mahadzir, Reyhaneh Loni, Gholamhassan Najafi, Alibakhsh Kasaeian, Thermal analysis of a hybrid solar desalination system using various shapes of cavity receiver: Cubical, cylindrical, and hemispherical, Energy Conversion and Management 198 (2019) 111861

- Ovidio López, Alfonso Baños, Aurelio Arenas, On the thermal performance of flat and cavity receivers for a parabolic dish concentrator and low/medium temperatures, Solar Energy,

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2019.07.056

- Evangelos Bellos, Erion Bousi, Christos Tzivanidis, Sasa Pavlovic, Optical and thermal analysis of different cavity receiver designs for solar dish concentrators, Energy Conversion and Management: X 2 (2019) 100013

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecmx.2019.100013

- Sara Soltani, Mohammad Bonyadi, Vahid Madadi Avargani, A novel

optical-thermal modeling of a parabolic dish collector with a helically baffled cylindrical cavity receiver, Energy (2018),

doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2018.11.097

- R. Loni, A.B. Kasaeian, E. Askari Asli-Ardeh, B. Ghobadian, Sh. Gorjian, Experimental and Numerical Study on Dish Concentrator with Cubical and Cylindrical Cavity Receivers using Thermal Oil, Energy (2018),

doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2018.04.102

- Ahmed M. Daabo, Saad Mahmoud, Raya K. Al-Dadah, The effect of receiver geometry on the optical performance of a small scale solar cavity receiver for parabolic dish applications, Energy 114 (2016) 513-525

- Evangelos Bellos, Christos Tzivanidis, A review of concentrating solar thermal collectors with and without nanofluids, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry,

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-018-7183-1

- R. Loni, S. Pavlovic, E. Bellos, C. Tzivanidis, E.A. Asli-Ardeh, Thermal and exergy performance of a nanofluid-based solar dish collector with spiral cavity receiver, Applied Thermal Engineering (2018), doi:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2018.02.070

- Velimir P. Stefanovic, Sasa R. Pavlovic, Evangelos Bellosb, Christos Tzivanidis, A detailed parametric analysis of a solar dish collector, Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 25 (2018) 99–110

- E. Bellos, C. Tzivanidis, K.A. Antonopoulos, A detailed working fluid investigation for solar parabolic trough collectors, Applied Thermal Engineering (2016),

doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/ j. applthermaleng.2016.11.201

- Richard Petela, Exergy of undiluted thermal radiation, Solar Energy 74 (2003) 469–488

- Ananth, J.; Jaisankar, S.: Experimental studies on heat transfer and friction factor characteristics of thermosyphon solar water heating system fitted with regularly spaced twisted tapewith rod and spacer. Energy Convers. Manag. 73, 207–213 (2013).

- Coleman, H.W.; Steele,W.G.: Experimental and Uncertainty Analysis for Engineers. Wiley Interscience, New York (1989).




DOI (PDF): https://doi.org/10.20508/ijrer.v10i2.10594.g7928

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.


Online ISSN: 1309-0127

Publisher: Gazi University

IJRER is cited in SCOPUS, EBSCO, WEB of SCIENCE (Clarivate Analytics);

IJRER has been cited in Emerging Sources Citation Index from 2016 in web of science.

WEB of SCIENCE between 2020-2022; 

h=30,

Average citation per item=5.73

Impact Factor=(1638+1731+1808)/(189+170+221)=9.24

Category Quartile:Q4