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B6.1 Concentrating collectors
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B6.1 Concentrating collectors
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B6.1 Concentrating collectors
Abel Pifres Printing press (1882)
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B6.1 Concentrating collectors
Concentration ratio
C = Concentration ratio
Aa Aa = Aperture area (m2)
C
Ar Ar = Receiver area (m2)
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B6.1 Concentrating collectors
Concentration ratio: Ideal
2
R 1 R 1
Cideal 2 d Cideal 3d 2
r sin r sin
2
230 50,000
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B6.2 Concentrating collectors
Concentration ratio: Parabolic collectors
(imaging collectors)
sin cos
C2 d 1
sin
C = Concentration ratio
= Acceptance half angle
= rim angle
sin 2 cos 2
C3d
sin 2
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B6.2 Concentrating collectors
Concentration ratio: Parabolic collectors
(imaging collectors)
1 3
Cmax 2 d
2sin 2
110
1 1 3
Cmax 3d
4sin 2sin 4
2
C = Concentration ratio
13,000 = Acceptance half angle
= rim angle
When
1
2 2
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B6.3 Concentrating collectors
Non imaging collectors: Acceptance angle
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B6.3 Concentrating collectors
Non imaging collectors: Compound
parabolic concentrator (CPC)
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B6.3 Concentrating collectors
Non imaging collectors: Compound
parabolic concentrator (CPC)
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B6.3 Concentrating collectors
Non imaging collectors: Compound
parabolic concentrator (CPC)
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B6.3 Concentrating collectors
Non imaging collectors:CPC: Variations
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B6.4 Concentrating collectors
Alternative concentrators
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B6.4 Concentrating collectors
Alternative concentrators
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B6.4 Concentrating collectors
Alternative concentrators
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B6.5 Concentrating collectors
Plane reflectors
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B6.5 Concentrating collectors
Plane reflectors
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B6.6 Concentrating collectors
Receivers
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B6.6 Concentrating collectors
Tracking
Manual Seasonal adjustment for CPC Tracking for parabolic trough (E-W)
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B6.6 Concentrating collectors
Performance
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B6.6 Concentrating collectors
Reflectivity for mirror surfaces
Material
Silver 0.93-0.95
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B6.6 Concentrating collectors
Performance
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B6.7 Concentrating collectors
Examples
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B6.7 Concentrating collectors
Examples
Power tower
Solar 2 (USA - 1994)
Generates 10MW
(100MW peak)
Heat > 550C
Uses melted rock salt for
heat removal
Solar Tres, a 15MW
commercial system is
planned for Spain (and
has been for some time)
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B6.7 Concentrating collectors
Examples
Power tower
Odeillo (France - 1969)
Built for materials testing
Heat > 3,800C
(but over an area of 50
cm2
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B6.7 Concentrating collectors
Examples
Solar cooker
Haiti
Uses Fresnal reflector
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