Title :
Characteristics of a Novel Solar Dish System
Author :
Zhang, Yanmei ; Luo, Zhongyang ; Xiao, Gang ; Ni, Mingjiang
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Clean Energy Utilization, Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China
Abstract :
The advantages and disadvantages of the current solar thermal power systems are discussed and a novel solar dish system is proposed. A secondary reflector is used to make the concentrated solar beams on the ground instead of on the top of the basic dish. It is convenient to arrange the Stirling engine and heat storage. This design is verified by ASAP software, and the results show that the focal plane moves from designed -350 mm to -320 mm and the average heat flux on the absorber is about 1880 suns and the optical efficiency of the system is about 77.5%.
Keywords :
focal planes; power engineering computing; solar absorber-convertors; solar cells; solar energy concentrators; thermal energy storage; ASAP software; Stirling engine; concentrated solar beams; current solar thermal power systems; focal plane; heat flux; heat storage; optical efficiency; secondary reflector; solar dish system; Apertures; Educational institutions; Heating; Optical reflection; Power system stability; Solar energy; Stirling engines;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering and Technology (S-CET), 2012 Spring Congress on
Conference_Location :
Xian
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1965-3
DOI :
10.1109/SCET.2012.6342111
