Open AccessEXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON PARABOLIC TROUGH SOLAR COLLECTOR HOT WATER GENERATION SYSTEM
Author(s) -
Vijayan Gopalsmy,
R. Karunakaran
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of advances in chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2321-807X
DOI - 10.24297/jac.v13i0.5599
Subject(s) - parabolic trough , radiation , wind speed , trough (economics) , materials science , environmental science , optics , atmospheric sciences , maximum temperature , meteorology , physics , mechanics , thermal , economics , macroeconomics
In this work, we investigated the performance of parabolic trough solar collector with hot water generation system for 3 days day time. We observed the differences in temperature in the range of 6.7°C to 24°C. The average beam radiation during the testing period is 658W/m2. The temperature difference, useful heat gain, wind velocity, direct beam radiation, absorber temperature and solar flux are found in the test period from 9.00 a.m to 16.00 p.m.