Design of a solar dish concentrator according to the needed energy for a given application

Author

Yosra, Kadri ; Nizar, Derbel ; Houssem, Ben Aribia ; Hsan, Haj Abdallah

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., Nat. Sch. of Eng. of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

fYear

2013

Firstpage

425

Lastpage

431

Abstract

This study develops a model for the design of a solar dish concentrator in order to be operated with a given data of environmental conditions, such as Tunisian conditions and the technical documentation of Stirling engine chosen to be used. A numerical validation of the mathematical and thermal model of the receiver is made based on experimental measurements reported for the CNRS-PROMES EURODISH system. The optimal configuration and dimensions of solar dish concentrator suitable with Tunisian metrological conditions were fixed. Due to its high solar potential, Solo 161 can be mounted on a solar dish concentrator with smaller dimensions to get the same electrical power output.

Keywords

numerical analysis; solar absorber-convertors; solar energy concentrators; thermal engineering; CNRS-PROMES EURODISH system; Stirling engine technical documentation; Tunisian metrological conditions; electrical power output; environmental conditions; mathematical model; solar dish concentrator design; thermal model; Apertures; Cavity resonators; Fluids; Mathematical model; Receivers; Stirling engines; EURODISH; Stirling engine; Tunisian condition; design; model; solar dish concentrator;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sciences and Techniques of Automatic Control and Computer Engineering (STA), 2013 14th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sousse

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2953-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/STA.2013.6783166

Filename

6783166