Solar energy trough systems

L. Moens, D. M. Blake, D. L. Rudnicki, and M. J. Hale, Advanced thermal storage fluids for solar parabolic trough systems. Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, 125 (2003), 112-16. 

A historical introduction into the uses of solar energy was attempted followed by a description of the various types of collectors including flat-plate, compound parabolic, evacuated tube, parabolic trough, Fresnel lens, parabolic dish and heliostat field collectors (Kalogirou, 2004a, 2004b). Solar thermal electricity systems utilize... 

Parabolic Disk System — In this system, dishes rather than troughs are used to concentrate the power of the sun. An example of this type of solar project is the 500-megawatt Solar Energy Systems plant being constructed in the Mojave Desert in California. By the end of 2006, the company expects to begin supplying electricity to... 

The solar energy is the only major renewable energy that can meet the primary energy requirement on a global scale. There are two possible ways to produce solar electricity by PV and STP. The commercial STP (Solar Electricity Generation System, SEGS plant in California, Table 1, STP ) uses trough-shaped... 

Photocatalytic destruction of chlorinated solvents in water with solar energy was investigated [436] using a nearcommercial scale, single-axis tracking parabolic trough system with a glass pipe reactor mounted at its focus. In... 

The assumed conditions used in evaluating characteristics of the systems are summarized in Table 2. The total areas of the solar collectors and photovoltaic arrays are assumed to be 10 ha. In the solar thermal and hybrid systems, the type of collector is parabolic trough, the condenser outlet pressure 0.1 kg/cm a, and the capacity (maximum net power output) has been determined so as to minimize the unit cost of generated power energy. In the solar photovaltaic system, the conversion efficiency at the array is assumed to be 15 %. The tracking scheme of the solar collector and photovoltaic array is single north-south axis. 

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