Solar Heating System with a Linear Fresnel Lens

doi:10.22092/erams.2016.105951

Document Type : Original Article

https://doi.org/10.22092/erams.2016.105951

Abstract

The present study evaluated the performance of a novel solar heating system. A linear Fresnel lens was used to concentrate the heat in this system. Pre-experimentation tested the performance of the system at 5 alignment angles and 5 slope angles. The data was used to evaluate the performance of the system in December 2014 at 6 flow rates (100, 200, 300, 400, 600, and 800 ml.min^-1). In these experiments, solar radiation, wind velocity, temperature of fluid in collector, ambient temperature, and ambient relative humidity were recorded. The results demonstrated that the best performance of the system was at a 300 ml.min^-1 flow rate, due south orientation, and with monthly adjustment of the slope of the lens. The correlation between the parameters indicated that at different flow rates, the effect of solar radiation on the temperature of the ambient air, heat-absorber pipe, output fluid, and input fluid were 0.91, 0.895, 0.86 and 0.84, respectively.

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Solar Heating System with a Linear Fresnel Lens

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Volume 16, Issue 65 - Serial Number 65
March 2016
Pages 19-30

Solar Heating System with a Linear Fresnel Lens

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Volume 16, Issue 65 - Serial Number 65March 2016Pages 19-30

Volume 16, Issue 65 - Serial Number 65
March 2016
Pages 19-30