Design, Fabrication And Experimental Evaluation Of Parabolic Trough Solar Concentrator At Bangi, Malaysia
Solar thermal energy is one of' the potential sources of energy that compliments the fossil fuels for electricity and water heating system. Solar thermal collectors (STC) are among the costeffective systems of, this technology. The parabolic trough solar collector (PTC) is among the most pro...
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my-usim-ddms-126032024-05-29T19:49:30Z Design, Fabrication And Experimental Evaluation Of Parabolic Trough Solar Concentrator At Bangi, Malaysia Ibrahim Magaji Kotorkoshi Solar thermal energy is one of' the potential sources of energy that compliments the fossil fuels for electricity and water heating system. Solar thermal collectors (STC) are among the costeffective systems of, this technology. The parabolic trough solar collector (PTC) is among the most promising technology of' solar thermal collector design. However, implementation of solar thermal system in tropical regions like Malaysia face challenges due to the characteristic nature of' the country that characterized by heavy rainfall, fönnation of clouds, occasional winds, varying temperatures and high humidity. Therefore, this study investigates the maximum thermal efficiency of' water heating system achieved from a simple solar thermal collector design under climatic conditions of Ban-i, Malaysia. The design used is parabolic trough solar collector of aperture area of 0.96 in embedded with automatic tracking system with aluminum toil reflecting material. Receiver of' the system was tested using copper and aluminum tube with difi'erent diameter, size and conditions (covered and uncovered). Experimental evaluation of water heating system was carried out under the static and flowing water conditions. Experimental results indicate that the automatic tracking PTC together with 2 cm aluminum and copper tube receivers performed adequately with an average thermal efficiencies of' 36 °o and 30 °o respectively. Results also indicate that the solar thermal system with automatic tracking together with smaller 1 cm diameter tube receiver enclosed inside a cover box achieves efficiency of 27 `%,. Most importantly, inexpensive parabolic trough reflector with low-cost design successfully used as water heating system up to temperature 100° C adequately under tropical climatic condition of Bangi, Malaysia. Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia 2017-08 Thesis en https://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/12603 https://oarep.usim.edu.my/bitstreams/6b7938cc-6b0c-4725-bd82-6079093f32fb/download 8a4605be74aa9ea9d79846c1fba20a33 https://oarep.usim.edu.my/bitstreams/d7735688-8924-4bbe-a1c5-bad68890d1a5/download 6a6df37c050c8a6fc8ba48a6348d956a https://oarep.usim.edu.my/bitstreams/d40157bc-95c1-4768-a019-628ca079986d/download 8c4d9b824252c429c7b3a34107b6a4e6 https://oarep.usim.edu.my/bitstreams/7a3d464b-efd2-43c2-b760-1c61af18d332/download 5c62d215977532bae01ac733811bc4fa https://oarep.usim.edu.my/bitstreams/e5ded49a-c0f1-4e30-b617-c612a2a2eb97/download 0b6ebc1f66fef824ea4d22d2defd5b60 https://oarep.usim.edu.my/bitstreams/f7ce2a55-9fbd-4396-86e5-d434669223c9/download c8617ce0e805a93788c627bc7ee3e4ee https://oarep.usim.edu.my/bitstreams/995be303-2da5-4cd6-861b-35913998938a/download 56585dba0d0c5947e59bb2f66292cd38 https://oarep.usim.edu.my/bitstreams/e4fd3fab-b347-4fdc-b251-a776505959ac/download d274b663a41ec58c7790ce3fbbd8eff1 https://oarep.usim.edu.my/bitstreams/0aa1f86b-4196-4fb0-b469-afcb718389df/download 9a6c558e883fb0d37c1817d7a3dbbae6 https://oarep.usim.edu.my/bitstreams/2b06b967-a3ae-4456-833b-d1b7ceba6d90/download ed564d3f93029a650e46f20c3d3ee59f https://oarep.usim.edu.my/bitstreams/aa90ac4d-f9fb-4098-bc61-1e3b47034429/download 5534d6d17de740ed582aeb67113d87a5 https://oarep.usim.edu.my/bitstreams/f661844d-5e17-47d0-a443-187936ff9a6c/download ba6837b0a2f9c9f212d31bb5ba462a79 https://oarep.usim.edu.my/bitstreams/12c38487-9306-43fc-9a21-e68b17a04331/download 1708bf5d34d0b8a5a8f23a8c9fb421c0 https://oarep.usim.edu.my/bitstreams/67829f7e-269e-4d9d-8f20-eef14ad9afe8/download eb3b42266d1ffb391a03ec052a6856f3 https://oarep.usim.edu.my/bitstreams/67c36218-47b2-4968-b76e-f9b76949f078/download 7d271e310883a13e1ce4d9f88f03fae9 https://oarep.usim.edu.my/bitstreams/a9909fa8-d243-400b-bf26-d673fe95d1b1/download e0632b520ec4ddeef3a3220002bb2a13 https://oarep.usim.edu.my/bitstreams/eb216bb3-2b36-4bff-a51a-bd60be7add62/download d9fdcf3f8f33a7036c6d8863758df1f6 Energy efficiency Solar energy |
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Solar thermal energy is one of' the potential sources of energy that compliments the fossil fuels
for electricity and water heating system. Solar thermal collectors (STC) are among the costeffective
systems of, this technology. The parabolic trough solar collector (PTC) is among the
most promising technology of' solar thermal collector design. However, implementation of solar
thermal system in tropical regions like Malaysia face challenges due to the characteristic nature
of' the country that characterized by heavy rainfall, fönnation of clouds, occasional winds,
varying temperatures and high humidity. Therefore, this study investigates the maximum thermal
efficiency of' water heating system achieved from a simple solar thermal collector design under
climatic conditions of Ban-i, Malaysia. The design used is parabolic trough solar collector of
aperture area of 0.96 in embedded with automatic tracking system with aluminum toil reflecting
material. Receiver of' the system was tested using copper and aluminum tube with difi'erent
diameter, size and conditions (covered and uncovered). Experimental evaluation of water heating
system was carried out under the static and flowing water conditions. Experimental results
indicate that the automatic tracking PTC together with 2 cm aluminum and copper tube
receivers performed adequately with an average thermal efficiencies of' 36 °o and 30 °o
respectively. Results also indicate that the solar thermal system with automatic tracking together
with smaller 1 cm diameter tube receiver enclosed inside a cover box achieves efficiency of 27
`%,. Most importantly, inexpensive parabolic trough reflector with low-cost design successfully
used as water heating system up to temperature 100° C adequately under tropical climatic
condition of Bangi, Malaysia. |
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