Exergetic optimization of a parabolic trough solar collector

Ceyda Gunay; Anil Erdogan; C. Ozgur Colpan

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-89845-2_48

Exergetic optimization of a parabolic trough solar collector

Ceyda Gunay^*
, Anil Erdogan
, C. Ozgur Colpan

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In this chapter, detailed thermal and optical models for PTSCs were formed. The purpose of the model is to determine the collector losses in PTSCs and thus to obtain the collector efficiency. A parametric study was conducted to assess the effect of some key design and operating parameters on the performance of the PTSC. An exergy analysis for PTSC is conducted to obtain the exergetic efficiency of PTSCs and to find the exergy destruction of the PTSCs. In addition, an optimization study using Taguchi method was applied to find the design parameters that give the maximum exergetic efficiency of the PTSC. The results show that when the solar radiation and aperture width increase, the exergetic efficiency increases for any heat transfer fluid used. On the other hand, when the outer diameter and wind speed increase, the exergetic efficiency decreases. In addition, Taguchi results show that the exergetic efficiency gets its maximum value (50.19%).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Green Energy and Technology
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	677-689
Number of pages	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89845-2_48
State	Published - 2018
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	Green Energy and Technology
ISSN (Print)	1865-3529
ISSN (Electronic)	1865-3537

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

EES
Exergy analysis
Optical model
Parabolic trough solar collectors (PTSCs)
Taguchi method
Thermal model

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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Exergetic optimization of a parabolic trough solar collector

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