Adapting television satellite dish for low-temperature solar thermal application: Experimental evaluation

Stirling Engines for Low-Temperature Solar-Thermal- Electric Power Generation

Stirling Engines for Low-Temperature Solar-Thermal-Electric Power Generation

Low Temperature Solar Collectors

Scalability of a Satellite Dish Solar Reflector for Use in the Synthesis of Biodiesel

Recently, solar reflectors developed from and demonstrated using repurposed satellite dishes have been incorporated as the sole thermal heat source for lab-scale synthetic chemical reactions. These solar reflectors use directed solar irradiation to conduct synthetic reactions, rather than the traditional route of collecting solar irradiation and then using an intermediate heat exchanger to tran...

Modelling of a 400m steam based Paraboloidal Dish concentrator for solar thermal power production

The Australian National University has a 400m Paraboloidal dish solar concentrator system, informally named “the Big Dish” that produces superheated steam via a receiver mounted monotube boiler. The system, (shown in Figure 1) which is the worlds largest was constructed in 1994. This paper describes the results of the latest experimental tests plus associated system performance modelling. The s...

Design of a 2.5kW Low Temperature Stirling Engine for Distributed Solar Thermal Generation

This paper focuses on the design of a Stirling engine for distributed solar thermal applications. In particular, we design for the low temperature differential that is attainable with distributed solar collectors and the low cost that is required to be competitive in this space. We will describe how these considerations drive the core design, the methodology for improving the design, and summar...