槽式太阳能聚光集热技术

详细讨论了槽式太阳能聚光集热技术的最新进展,对不同聚光集热器支撑机构进行了对比分析.结果表明,EUROTROUGH聚光器的支撑机构性能最优.此外,还对抛物面聚光镜和主要的槽式太阳能集热管技术进行了讨论分析.     

槽式均匀聚光系统设计及分析

为提高槽式聚光系统的聚光均匀性,提出一种槽式均匀聚光系统,建立了该系统反射聚光器模型,并对其聚光效果进行了分析.对系统的几何参数分析表明,随着反射镜面数量的增加其宽度在逐渐减小而其倾角却在逐渐增加,系统最大几何聚光比随系统的几何高宽比δ增大而增加.利用蒙特卡罗光线追迹方法对该聚光器的聚光效果进行模拟,结果表明该系统的聚光均匀性明显优于传统的槽式聚光器聚光效果,能够满足设计需求.     

蝶式光伏发电聚光器的研制

通过跟踪聚光的方法,增加太阳光伏电池板的光照强度,使得同样数量的光伏电池板产生更多电能,并大幅度降低光伏发电系统的成本。介绍了一种自动跟踪太阳的蝶式光伏发电聚光器及其聚光参数优化过程,在保证聚光器的机械强度时得到了最佳聚光比。     

太阳时角对槽式聚光器焦线位置的影响

在讨论太阳时角对槽式聚光器焦线位置影响的基础上,建立了因焦线运动导致太阳辐射损失的理论模型.通过对昆明晴天不同节气下的焦线运动和太阳辐射损失的分析和计算,得到了焦线随时角变化的一般规律以及瞬时太阳辐射强度损失和不同时段的太阳辐射相对损失率,并与实验进行了对比.针对焦线运动的特点,提出了对槽式集热系统接收器的改进措施和建议,认为对于大规模的槽式聚光集热器利用,因焦线运动造成的太阳辐射损失可不必考虑.     

槽式太阳能聚光器能流密度测试系统研制技术

设计一种用于槽式太阳聚光器焦线能流密度测试系统,系统主要由余弦反射体、CCD光学测量系统、导轨及调整系统等组成。首先在实验室内采用辐射标定装置对余弦反射体和CCD光学测量系统进行精密标定,得到CCD光学测量系统灰度与能流密度定量关系;然后再用该系统对槽式太阳聚光器焦线能流密度进行测试。介绍该测试系统的标定方法和各部分设计关键技术,通过外场定量测试的方式对该测试系统进行检定后,能流密度测试误差优于5%。     

均匀能流密度槽式聚光器设计及光学特性北大核心CSCD

太阳能聚光系统中接收器表面能流密度分布不均匀,会对其光电转换效率以及自身结构的稳定性造成一系列不良影响。为提高接收器能流密度均匀性,文章将微元法与几何构造法相结合,提出Ⅰ型和Ⅱ型两种聚光器模型,利用Trace Pro软件对这两种聚光器的光学特性进行模拟分析,确定出最优模型,进而分析几何聚光比、跟踪误差、安装误差对该模型能流密度分布的影响。结果表明:Ⅱ型聚光器光学特性最优,当几何聚光比为20时,分别以平行光及太阳光入射,接收器上能流密度均匀分布的区域分别占接收器区域的80.18%和75.17%,其光学效率达到99%和95%。此外,随着跟踪误差和安装误差的增大,接收器能流密度均匀分布的区域都减小。本研究对聚光器的优化设计和提高聚光型太阳能系统能源利用效率具有参考意义。     

考虑太阳张角的聚光器设计北大核心CSCD

通过聚光等形式提高光能密度,减少光伏材料的使用量,有助于保护环境和节约能源。文章提出一种新型聚光器设计方案,其在分析太阳张角对光路影响基础上,对聚光器模型进行改进,并得到接收器上反射光线分布规律。根据节省材料比和聚光硅电池效率选取聚光器参数,建立聚光器三维模型,在TracePro软件中进行仿真,得到接收器表面的辐照度分布和总光通量,与传统光伏聚光器聚光效果对比,验证聚光器模型的有效性,为聚光光伏发电系统的实物设计奠定了理论基础。     

具有二次聚光器的新型大开口槽式太阳集热器设计与光学性能分析

针对大开口和更高运行温度的槽式太阳能热发电系统,提出一种可实现高聚光比、低辐射热损及能流密度均匀的新型槽式太阳集热器,即在集热管内放置外壁具有太阳选择吸收膜层和内壁具有反射膜层二次聚光器的大开口槽式太阳集热器。建立圆弧为微元段的自适应设计新方法,提出3种典型的二次聚光器面型,利用蒙特卡洛光线追迹方法仿真新型集热器的能流密度分布特性,验证该光学仿真方法,分析影响集热器光学性能的各种因素。结果表明,该集热器可显著提升集热效率。     

平屋顶槽式聚光器风压分布的概率特性研究

通过风洞实验对平屋顶槽式聚光器的镜面风压进行测量,通过高阶矩与风压时程曲线和概率密度直方图对镜面风压分布的概率特性进行了分析;得到镜面风压分布的高斯判别标准,并给出典型工况下的镜面高斯区域划分。然后通过Sadek-Simiu（SAD）法计算出聚光器的极值风压系数,给出典型工况下的极值风压系数等值线图,并对极值风压系数分布规律和特征进行分析,镜面风压极值最大值出现的主要区域为镜面边缘角落区域,极值风压系数最大值出现的工况为仰角30°风向角45°,其值为6.136。     

Potential of a parabolic trough solar concentrator for electric energy production

At present, parabolic trough technology is considered as the most low‐cost and powerful large‐scale technology to utilize solar energy for electricity generation and produce steam for different industrial usages. This article recommends the generation of electricity by using a parabolic trough solar concentrator in the central area of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) at Dawadmi city. Pressurized water is used as the heat‐transfer working fluid. A computer algorithm was built using the Matlab program to simulate the performance parameters of the Euro Trough collector (ETC). The input data included the properties of the working fluid (pressurized water) and the designing parameters of ETC. The output data were the outlet water temperature, the coefficient of heat transfer, the heat loss, and the thermal, solar, and global efficiencies. The obtained results indicated the ability of this type of parabolic trough in KSA to generate electric power due to the high‐performance parameters achieved. Also, the validity of using the simulation technique was measured and it showed good conformity.     

槽式聚光热电联供系统抛物反射面的性能参数分析

分析了跟踪方式和太阳张角对理想槽式抛物面反射镜的影响,给出了几何聚光比、相对口径、能流分布、边界角之间的函数关系式。在理想情况下,边界角δ为44.87°时,槽式聚光器的最大聚光比为212.59,此时相对口径为1.652 m。讨论了北京、上海、昆明等地单轴跟踪在全年不同时刻入射角余弦值的变化规律。采取东-西水平轴跟踪时,入射角余弦值与各地纬度无关;采取南-北水平轴跟踪时,春冬两季每天不同时刻入射角的变化范围较大,夏秋两季的变化范围较小。文章针对不同宽度太阳电池和聚光比对抛物镜面参数进行了设计分析。     

Dynamic model of a parabolic trough solar concentrator with a water displacement mechanism

This paper presents a three-dimensional mathematical model for determining the dynamic behavior of a parabolic trough solar concentrator of one degree of freedom, with a water displacement mechanism capable of minimize the angle of incidence (angle between the sun's rays irradiated on a surface and the line normal to this surface). This mathematical model allows the calculation of the angle of inclination of the collecting surface and the forces acting on the system. The validity of the proposed mathematical model is verified experimentally on two solar concentrators of different dimension.     

Productivity enhancements of compound parabolic concentrator tubular solar stills

The performance of compound parabolic concentrator assisted tubular solar still (CPC-TSS) and compound parabolic concentrator-concentric tubular solar still (CPC-CTSS) (to allow cooling water) with different augmentation systems were studied. A rectangular saline water trough of dimension 2 m × 0.03 m × 0.025 m was designed and fabricated. The effective collector area of the still is 2 m × 1 m with five sets of tubular still – CPC collectors placed horizontally with north-south orientation. Hot water taken from the CPC-CTSS was integrated to a pyramid type and single slope solar still. Diurnal variations of water temperature, air temperature, cover temperature and distillate yield were recorded. The results showed that, the productivity of the un-augmented CPC-TSS and CPC-CTSS were 3710 ml/day and 4960 ml/day, respectively. With the heat extraction technique, the productivity of CPC-CTSS with a single slope solar still and CPC-CTSS with a pyramid solar still were found as 6460 ml/day and 7770 ml/day, respectively. The process integration with different systems cost was found slightly higher but the overall efficiency and the produced distilled water yield was found augmented.     

Potential of performance improvement of concentrated solar power plants by optimizing the parabolic trough receiver

This paper proposes a comprehensive thermodynamic and economic model to predict and compare the performance of concentrated solar power plants with traditional and novel receivers with different configurations involving operating temperatures and locations. The simulation results reveal that power plants with novel receivers exhibit a superior thermodynamic and economic performance compared with traditional receivers. The annual electricity productions of power plants with novel receivers in Phoenix, Sevilla, and Tuotuohe are 8.5%, 10.5%, and 14.4% higher than those with traditional receivers at the outlet temperature of 550°C. The levelized cost of electricity of power plants with double-selective-coated receivers can be decreased by 6.9%, 8.5%, and 11.6%. In Phoenix, the optimal operating temperature of the power plants is improved from 500°C to 560°C by employing a novel receiver. Furthermore, the sensitivity analysis of the receiver heat loss, solar absorption, and freeze protection temperature is also conducted to analyze the general rule of influence of the receiver performance on power plants performance. Solar absorption has a positive contribution to annual electricity productions, whereas heat loss and freeze protection temperature have a negative effect on electricity outputs. The results indicate that the novel receiver coupled with low melting temperature molten salt is the best configuration for improving the overall performance of the power plants.     

Heat losses from parabolic trough solar collectors

Parabolic trough solar collector usually consists of a parabolic solar energy concentrator, which reflects solar energy into an absorber. The absorber is a tube, painted with solar radiation absorbing material, located at the focal length of the concentrator, usually covered with a totally or partially vacuumed glass tube to minimize the heat losses. Typically, the concentration ratio ranges from 30 to 80, depending on the radius of the parabolic solar energy concentrator. The working fluid can reach a temperature up to 400°C, depending on the concentration ratio, solar intensity, working fluid flow rate and other parameters. Hence, such collectors are an ideal device for power generation and/or water desalination applications. However, as the length of the collector increases and/or the fluid flow rate decreases, the rate of heat losses increases. The length of the collector may reach a point that heat gain becomes equal to the heat losses; therefore, additional length will be passive. The current work introduces an analysis for the mentioned collector for single and double glass tubes. The main objectives of this work are to understand the thermal performance of the collector and identify the heat losses from the collector. The working fluid, tube and glass temperature's variation along the collector is calculated, and variations of the heat losses along the heated tube are estimated. It should be mentioned that the working fluid may experience a phase change as it flows through the tube. Hence, the heat transfer correlation for each phase is different and depends on the void fraction and flow characteristics. However, as a first approximation, the effect of phase change is neglected. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Performance assessment of parabolic dish and parabolic trough solar thermal power plant using nanofluids and molten salts

The present study has been conducted using nanofluids and molten salts for energy and exergy analyses of two types of solar collectors incorporated with the steam power plant. Parabolic dish (PD) and parabolic trough (PT) solar collectors are used to harness solar energy using four different solar absorption fluids. The absorption fluids used are aluminum oxide (Al₂O₃) and ferric oxide (Fe₂O₃)‐based nanofluids and LiCl‐RbCl and NaNO₃‐KNO₃ molten salts. Parametric study is carried out to observe the effects of solar irradiation and ambient temperature on the parameters such as outlet temperature of the solar collector, heat rate produced, net power produced, energy efficiency, and exergy efficiency of the solar thermal power plant. The results obtained show that the outlet temperature of PD solar collector is higher in comparison to PT solar collector under identical operating conditions. The outlet temperature of PD and PT solar collectors is noticed to increase from 480.9 to 689.7 K and 468.9 to 624.7 K, respectively, with an increase in solar irradiation from\ 400 to 1000 W/m². The overall exergy efficiency of PD‐driven and PT‐driven solar thermal power plant varies between 20.33 to 23.25% and 19.29 to 23.09%, respectively, with rise in ambient temperature from 275 to 320 K. It is observed that the nanofluids have higher energetic and exergetic efficiencies in comparison to molten salts for the both operating parameters. The overall performance of PD solar collector is observed to be higher upon using nanofluids as the solar absorbers. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

抛物槽式集热器热效率研究

介绍槽式集热器的结构及其工作过程,对集热器进行热性能分析,研究已有集热器热力学模型,并对其进行优化,利用该模型计算各个部位的热损失大小以及集热器热效率,分析得出影响集热器热效率的主要因素,定量分析这些因素对集热器效率的影响趋势,并解释其原因。     

Design,modeling, and optimization of a dual reflector parabolic trough concentration system

The aim of the present work is to enhance the thermal management avoiding the high-thermal stress on the outer surface of the parabolic trough receiver (PTR) derived from nonuniform concentrated solar flux distribution. A parabolic trough concentrating (PTC) system with second homogenizing reflector (HR) is numerically designed and optimized to ensure a uniform concentrated solar flux on the PTR walls. For this purpose, a three-dimensional optical model has been developed to analyze quantitatively the improvement made by the HR using the optical efficiency and qualitatively basing on the uniformity of the solar flux density distribution over the entire surface of the PTR. The validation of the numerical tool is presented, and the algorithm of the design process has been proposed and detailed. As a preliminary trait, it was revealed that the peak of the designed system performance is achieved with a rim angle of 68° avoiding simultaneously the aberration and the blocking effects. Despite the optical efficiency decrease by about 7% compared with the conventional PTC design, the uniformity of the solar flux distribution has been strongly improved such that the maximum local solar flux density gradient is decreased from 80 to 11 kW/m² equivalent to a decrease of 86.25% with respect to the conventional PTC and the average local density is about 25.5 kW/m².     

Optimization of parabolic trough solar collector system

Process heat produced by solar collectors can contribute significantly in the conservation of conventional energy resources, reducing CO₂ emission, and delaying global warming. One of the major problems associated with solar process heat application is fluctuation in system temperature during unsteady state radiation conditions which may cause significant thermal and operation problems. In this paper a transient simulation model is developed for analysing the performance of industrial water heating systems using parabolic trough solar collectors. The results showed that to prevent dramatic change and instability in process heat during transient radiation periods thermal storage tank size should not be lower than 14.5 l m^?2 of collector area. Small periods of radiation instability lower than 30 min do not have significant effect on system operation. During these periods when water flow rate of collector loop is doubled the time required to restore system normal operating condition increased by a ratio of 1.5. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.