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Thermal performance investigation of enhanced receiver tube for concentrated solar collector

  • Mohammed Al-Harrasi (Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University) ;
  • Afzal Husain (Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University) ;
  • M. Zunaid (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Delhi Technological University)
  • Received : 2022.08.20
  • Accepted : 2022.09.07
  • Published : 2022.09.25
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Abstract

This study presents an experimental investigation of conventional and enhanced receiver tube performance for the application of a concentrated parabolic trough collector (CPC). The CPC system is fabricated and tested for the conventional and enhanced receiver tubes. The experiments were performed on both tubes for the change of flow rates. The temperature rise of the tube surface, as well as working fluid, were monitored for varying flow rates. The results were compared and discussed in view of enhanced CPC system performance. The results exhibited that the temperature rise of the working fluid passing through the tube was more in the case of the enhanced tube compared to the conventional receiver tube under the same flow rates.

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Acknowledgement

The authors acknowledge the support from the Sultan Qaboos University, Oman, (Grant No. (IG/ENG/MEID/21/01) for conducting this research.

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