Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1510378 | Energy Procedia | 2015 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Solar energy application through parabolic dish collector is promising finite green energy such as electric generation. A study of solar parabolic dish collector had been carried out on the geometry and flux distribution at focal region. Rim angle is an important parameter to determine the imaging and non-imaging diameter of the flux radiation. The imaging and non-imaging geometry were simulated using the ray tracing simulation and 2D computer aided drawing. The flux distribution was then tabulated on coordinated graph to obtain the diameter. The imaging diameters are in the ranges of 17Â mm to 286Â mm while the non-imaging diameter values are in the ranges of 23Â mm to 345Â mm. Reflex rim angle yields small imaging and non-imaging diameters which values are 37Â mm and 53Â mm respectively. An acute rim angle yields larger imaging and non-imaging diameter. It shows that the optimum parameter of the parabolic dish is important to achieve high intensity of focus point.
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Authors
Billy Anak Sup, Mohd. Farid Zainudin, Tanti Zanariah Shamsir Ali, Rosli Abu Bakar, Gan Leong Ming,