| Author: | Kaushika, N D |
| Advisor: | Advisor |
| Date: | 1993
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| Citation: | Renewable
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| Item Type: | Article
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| Keywords: | paraboloidal dish solar collectors; optical profile; short focal length; cavity designs |
| Abstract: | The basic geometrical optics equations for multifaceted paraboloidal dish solar collectors are presented in the form helpful for engineering design. Trade-off strategies are discussed to establish a balance between many constraining factors related to system cost, survival, reliability and lifetime properties. Performance data for experimental dish collectors of 5 m diameter, involving undemanding accuracy of optical profile and short focal length (1.8 m), are presented. In this situation modified cavity and the semicavity receivers tend to have a higher efficiency than cavity designs. Current research and application trends of dish collector systems are indicated. |
