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ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT
Volume 41, Issue 7, Pages 713-726Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-8904(99)00133-8
Keywords
dish collector system; solar steam generating system; modified cavity receiver; focal flux distribution; stagnation temperature; cost data
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This paper presents the design, development and performance characteristics of a low cost solar steam generating system which incorporates recent design and materials innovations of parabolic dish technology. The concentrator is a deep dish of rather imperfect optics, made of silvered polymer reflectors fitted in the aluminum frame of a satellite communication dish. Conventional cavity receivers tend to be inadequate for this concentrator. Semi-cavity and modified cavity receivers, thermally optimised, with the fuzzy focal image have, therefore, been investigated. Preliminary field measurements and cost, as well as performance analyses of the system, indicate a solar to steam conversion efficiency of 70-80% at 450 degrees C and a collector system cost of Rs 8000-9000/m(2) (US$1 = Rs, 40.0). (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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