TY - GEN
T1 - Approach to designing a solar concentrator for small scale remote power application
AU - Metwally, Khaled
AU - El-Gabry, Lamyaa A.
AU - Makhlouf, Ahmed
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - A small-scale concentrated solar power unit was designed to provide electricity and hot water using an organic Rankine cycle for Egypt as part of an undergraduate capstone project. The system was designed for a target power output of 3 KW. It uses parabolic troughs to heat ethylene glycol used as the heat transfer fluid which absorbs heat in the trough collector and transfers it to the working fluid through a heat exchanger. The system consists of 9 parabolic troughs and a total aperture area of 67 square meters, providing the required 3 KW of energy to the ORC. One parabolic trough was manufactured to test its thermal efficiency according to ASHRAE standard 93-2003 and compare it to its calculated value. A simple microcontroller-based system was used to track the sun. , ,.
AB - A small-scale concentrated solar power unit was designed to provide electricity and hot water using an organic Rankine cycle for Egypt as part of an undergraduate capstone project. The system was designed for a target power output of 3 KW. It uses parabolic troughs to heat ethylene glycol used as the heat transfer fluid which absorbs heat in the trough collector and transfers it to the working fluid through a heat exchanger. The system consists of 9 parabolic troughs and a total aperture area of 67 square meters, providing the required 3 KW of energy to the ORC. One parabolic trough was manufactured to test its thermal efficiency according to ASHRAE standard 93-2003 and compare it to its calculated value. A simple microcontroller-based system was used to track the sun. , ,.
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U2 - 10.1115/IMECE2010-38218
DO - 10.1115/IMECE2010-38218
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84881443089
SN - 9780791844434
T3 - ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)
SP - 171
EP - 177
BT - ASME 2010 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2010
T2 - ASME 2010 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2010
Y2 - 12 November 2010 through 18 November 2010
ER -