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Image and Ray Tracing Analysis of a Parabolic Dish Collector to Achieve High Flux on a Solar Volumetric Reactor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2020

Nidia Aracely Cisneros-Cárdenas ,
Rafael Enrique Cabanillas-López ,
Ramiro Alberto Calleja-Valdez ,
Ricardo Arturo Pérez-Enciso ,
Carlos Alberto Pérez-Rábago  and
Rafael Gutiérrez-García
Nidia Aracely Cisneros-Cárdenas*
Affiliation:
Chemical Engineering Department, University of Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Rafael Enrique Cabanillas-López
Affiliation:
Chemical Engineering Department, University of Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Ramiro Alberto Calleja-Valdez
Affiliation:
Chemical Engineering Department, University of Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Ricardo Arturo Pérez-Enciso
Affiliation:
Chemical Engineering Department, University of Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Carlos Alberto Pérez-Rábago
Affiliation:
Renewables Energies Institute, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Temixco, Morelos, Mexico
Rafael Gutiérrez-García
Affiliation:
Physics Research Department (DIFUS), University of Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
*
*(Email: aracely.cisneros@hotmail.com)
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Abstract

The need to achieve a uniform distribution of concentrated solar flux in the photovoltaic, thermal or any other receivers is a common problem; therefore, the optical characterization of the concentration system is necessary to determinate the physical characteristics of the receptors. In this work, a parabolic dish concentrator of 1.65x1.65 m2, developed by research from the University of Arizona, is optically characterized under normal operating conditions, also known as environmental conditions that refer to non-controlled conditions as solar radiation, environmental temperature and wind velocity that could affect slightly, by thermal and mechanical efforts, the distribution profiles of the concentrated solar radiation. The set used for the evaluation consisted of the parabolic mirror and Chilled Lambertian Flat Surface installed in the focal point on the optical axis of the mirror. The evaluation was divided into two parts: a theoretical part that consist on using ray tracing simulation and an experimental part that corresponds to image analysis. The used methodology in this work has been stablish in many researches, so this is a reliable method. The global optical error was 2.3 mrad under normal operating conditions.

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optical propertiesenergy generationsimulation
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MRS Advances , Volume 5 , Issue 50: Energy, Storage and Conversion , 2020 , pp. 2545 - 2553
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