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A non-tracking concentrating collector for solar thermal applications

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  • Ratismith, Wattana
  • Favre, Yann
  • Canaff, Maxime
  • Briggs, John

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We report the development of a solar thermal collector module based on our proposed design (Ratismith et.al., 2014) of a large acceptance-angle multiple-parabolic trough which surrounds a standard evacuated cylindrical tube containing a planar absorber plate. The concentrator accepts diffuse solar radiation with an intercept factor of near 100% and so is suitable particularly for tropical climates. The module incorporates a novel direct metal-to-water contact resulting in an improved efficiency of heat transfer to the working liquid. Comparison with the performance characteristics, principally power output and temperatures attained, of a commercially-available non-concentrating assembly of evacuated absorber tubes is made. The experimental results, obtained by testing under typical conditions of solar irradiation throughout the day in Bangkok, indicate that the improvement over a non-concentrating collector, suggested theoretically on the basis of ray-tracing studies, is attained in practice. The superior performance of the concentrating collector indicates its suitability both for residential and industrial applications.

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  • Ratismith, Wattana & Favre, Yann & Canaff, Maxime & Briggs, John, 2017. "A non-tracking concentrating collector for solar thermal applications," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 200(C), pages 39-46.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:200:y:2017:i:c:p:39-46
    DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.05.044
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