Image and Ray Tracing Analysis of a Parabolic Dish Collector to Achieve High Flux on a Solar Volumetric Reactor
Autor: | Carlos Pérez-Rábago, Nidia Aracely Cisneros-Cárdenas, Ricardo Perez-Enciso, Rafael Gutiérrez-García, Ramiro Alberto Calleja-Valdez, Rafael Enrique Cabanillas-López |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Materials science business.industry Parabolic reflector Mechanical Engineering Photovoltaic system 02 engineering and technology Radiation 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Condensed Matter Physics Concentrator 01 natural sciences 0104 chemical sciences Ray tracing (physics) Optical axis Optics Mechanics of Materials Thermal General Materials Science 0210 nano-technology business |
Zdroj: | MRS Advances. 5:2545-2553 |
ISSN: | 2059-8521 |
Popis: | The need to achieve a uniform distribution of concentrated solar flux in the photovoltaic, thermal or any other receivers is a common problem; therefore, the optical characterization of the concentration system is necessary to determinate the physical characteristics of the receptors. In this work, a parabolic dish concentrator of 1.65x1.65 m2, developed by research from the University of Arizona, is optically characterized under normal operating conditions, also known as environmental conditions that refer to non-controlled conditions as solar radiation, environmental temperature and wind velocity that could affect slightly, by thermal and mechanical efforts, the distribution profiles of the concentrated solar radiation. The set used for the evaluation consisted of the parabolic mirror and Chilled Lambertian Flat Surface installed in the focal point on the optical axis of the mirror. The evaluation was divided into two parts: a theoretical part that consist on using ray tracing simulation and an experimental part that corresponds to image analysis. The used methodology in this work has been stablish in many researches, so this is a reliable method. The global optical error was 2.3 mrad under normal operating conditions. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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