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Articles

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2015)

Design and Simulation of a New Solar Paraboloid Dish Collector

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15377/2410-2199.2015.02.02.4
Submitted
September 12, 2015
Published
2021-11-26

Abstract

Solar energy utilization is vital for our society which faces the global warming problem and the increase in the prize of fossil fuels. Concentrating solar collectors are a promising technology for producing useful energy from the sun. In this study, an innovative concentrating collector with a paraboloid dish reflector is presented and simulated. The main idea of this collector is the use of a dish reflector for continuous heat production with a high concentration ratio. For this reason, a spherical receiver absorber with two linear insulated ducts is used. The cost of this system is relative low because there is not a glass cover but a tracking system is required. The final results show better performance than the typical collectors such as the flat plate collectors and the evacuated tube collectors, fact that makes this collector a promising solution. The design and the simulation are carried out with the commercial software Solidworks, in the flow simulation studio.

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