Principal difficulties with parabolic trough collector systems and performance-boosting strategies: A comprehensive review
Solar energy has become one of the prominent sources of renewable energy in recent decades. The major factors that make solar energy; the default renewable energy source are its universal availability at large, free of cost, environmental friendliness, sustainability, and other advantages. The tempe...
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| author | Umamaheshwar Hebbal Bhimasen Soragaon G. Rathnakar A.N. Mohan Das L.R. Thippeswamy N. Nagabhushana C. Durga Prasad Adem Abdirkadir Aden |
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| description | Solar energy has become one of the prominent sources of renewable energy in recent decades. The major factors that make solar energy; the default renewable energy source are its universal availability at large, free of cost, environmental friendliness, sustainability, and other advantages. The temperature range of the parabolic trough collector varies up to 400 °C. This makes the collector most suitable in the concentrated solar power generation category. This review paper mainly discusses the challenges faced by the PTC systems and their mitigation for performance enhancement. Furthermore, the current review paper also outlines the research conducted by various scholars on the parabolic trough collector performance enhancement through inserts/turbulators, and the effect of rotation of the tube on the collector performance. At last, a summary of all the literature concerning different inserts is included. It is discovered that the collector's thermal efficiency will rise with the tube's rotation, but this is dependent on several other variables, including the collector's optical characteristics, tracking errors, and the type of heat transfer fluid used, among others. This review paper is poised to be a valuable resource for researchers with a vested interest in systems based on parabolic trough solar collectors. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4338e395fa96485aa0cb62de4e026a6d2025-01-08T04:53:35ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Thermofluids2666-20272025-01-0125101009Principal difficulties with parabolic trough collector systems and performance-boosting strategies: A comprehensive reviewUmamaheshwar Hebbal0Bhimasen Soragaon1G. Rathnakar2A.N. Mohan Das3L.R. Thippeswamy4N. Nagabhushana5C. Durga Prasad6Adem Abdirkadir Aden7Department of Mechanical Engineering, JSS Academy of Technical Education, Bengaluru, 560060, (Affiliated to VTU, Belagavi), Karnataka, IndiaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, JSS Academy of Technical Education, Bengaluru, 560060, (Affiliated to VTU, Belagavi), Karnataka, IndiaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, JSS Science and Technology University, Mysuru, 570006, IndiaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bengaluru, 560111, IndiaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, RNS Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, 560098, IndiaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, New Horizon College of Engineering, Bengaluru, 560103, IndiaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, RV Institute of Technology and Management, Bengaluru, 560076, Karnataka, India; Corresponding authors.Mechanical Engineering, Bulehora University, Ethiopia; Corresponding authors.Solar energy has become one of the prominent sources of renewable energy in recent decades. The major factors that make solar energy; the default renewable energy source are its universal availability at large, free of cost, environmental friendliness, sustainability, and other advantages. The temperature range of the parabolic trough collector varies up to 400 °C. This makes the collector most suitable in the concentrated solar power generation category. This review paper mainly discusses the challenges faced by the PTC systems and their mitigation for performance enhancement. Furthermore, the current review paper also outlines the research conducted by various scholars on the parabolic trough collector performance enhancement through inserts/turbulators, and the effect of rotation of the tube on the collector performance. At last, a summary of all the literature concerning different inserts is included. It is discovered that the collector's thermal efficiency will rise with the tube's rotation, but this is dependent on several other variables, including the collector's optical characteristics, tracking errors, and the type of heat transfer fluid used, among others. This review paper is poised to be a valuable resource for researchers with a vested interest in systems based on parabolic trough solar collectors.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666202724004488Parabolic trough collector (PTC)PTC challengesHeat transfer fluidsRotationTurbulators |
| spellingShingle | Umamaheshwar Hebbal Bhimasen Soragaon G. Rathnakar A.N. Mohan Das L.R. Thippeswamy N. Nagabhushana C. Durga Prasad Adem Abdirkadir Aden Principal difficulties with parabolic trough collector systems and performance-boosting strategies: A comprehensive review International Journal of Thermofluids Parabolic trough collector (PTC) PTC challenges Heat transfer fluids Rotation Turbulators |
| title | Principal difficulties with parabolic trough collector systems and performance-boosting strategies: A comprehensive review |
| title_full | Principal difficulties with parabolic trough collector systems and performance-boosting strategies: A comprehensive review |
| title_fullStr | Principal difficulties with parabolic trough collector systems and performance-boosting strategies: A comprehensive review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Principal difficulties with parabolic trough collector systems and performance-boosting strategies: A comprehensive review |
| title_short | Principal difficulties with parabolic trough collector systems and performance-boosting strategies: A comprehensive review |
| title_sort | principal difficulties with parabolic trough collector systems and performance boosting strategies a comprehensive review |
| topic | Parabolic trough collector (PTC) PTC challenges Heat transfer fluids Rotation Turbulators |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666202724004488 |
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