Analysis of a solar heating industrial plant based on a parabolic dish collector
Author
López Espinosa, OvidioDirector/a
Baños Torrico, Alfonso; Arenas Dalla Vecchia, AurelioCenter
Escuela Internacional de Doctorado de la Universidad Politécnica de CartagenaUniversity
Universidad Politécnica de CartagenaPrograma de doctorado
Programa de Doctorado en Energías Renovables y Eficiencia EnergéticaFecha de lectura
2020-02-25Publication date
2019Publisher
Ovidio López EspinosaKeywords
Fuentes no convencionales de energíaGeneración de energía
Ingeniería de procesos
Transferencia de calor
Dynamic simulation
Industrial process heat
Process heating
Solar thermal energy utilization
Concentrated solar power
Abstract
[ENG] With the aim of reducing costs and weight and increasing thermal efficiency of parabolic dish collectors (PDCs), a modified cavity receiver for a PDC is proposed and analysed. The application is generation of steam at 150 _C in an industrial pilot plant of thermal treatment. The diameter of the PDC is 4:5m. The proposed cavity receiver does not use molten salts due to the maze-like design of its interior. The performance in the absorption of solar radiation of the proposed cavity receiver is studied with a ray-tracing model. It is found that there is a range of positions where the amount of absorbed radiation does not significantly change. Energy losses by natural and forced convection are studied by using a CFD model. Two correlations for natural and forced convection are developed and it is found that the use of a window can help to suppress convection. The interior is analysed with a CFD model for different HTF mass flow rates. An accurate distribution of radiation in the walls ...
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