Parabolic Trough Photovoltaic/Thermal Collectors: Design and Simulation Model

A Parabolic Trough Solar Power Plant Simulation Model: Preprint

As interest for clean renewable electric power technologies grows, a number of parabolic trough power plants of various configurations are being considered for deployment around the globe. It is essential that plant designs be optimized for each specific application. The optimum design must consider the capital cost, operations and maintenance cost, annual generation, financial requirements, an...

Designing a Solar Thermal Cylindrical Parabolic Trough Concentrator by Simulation

The focus on renewable energy in Malaysia gained momentum with the active involvement of the government and the private sector. This move can potentially help in diversifying the country's energy options besides relying on oil, natural gas, coal and hydropower. The scope of this paper is to look at the designing procedures of a solar thermal cylindrical parabolic trough concentrator (CPTC) by s...

Solar Heat in Industrial Processes Integration of Parabolic Trough Solar Collectors in Dairy Plants and Pharmaceutical Plants

Roof Integrated Mini-Parabolic Solar Collectors. Comparison Between Simulation and Experimental Results

Concentrating solar collectors systems and especially the mini Parabolic solar reflecting systems have been one of the main research topics due to their ability for integration into the building structure. In the present work the mini parabolic collector was considered in the East West orientation with such a slope so that the suns vector impinging normal to the parabola during the day. The beh...

Improvements in efficiency of solar parabolic trough

Solar energy is primary source of all type of energy which is present in nature i.e. all the energy derived from it. So, direct utilization of solar energy into useful energy is important. There are so many solar thermal equipments in which concentrating type collector heated the fluid up to 100 to 400C. It is employed for a variety of applications such as power generation, industrial steam gen...