Design and Development of a Uni-Directional Solar Collector for Producing Hot Water & Steam

Abstract

Science is basically "passive" observation of the universe, as it exists to generate knowledge. Engineering is making use of that knowledge to meet human needs by creating machine, systems, process and technologies that have not previously existed. Design and manufacturing are the synthetic part of engineering practice. Manufacturer has received a lot of attention recently for very good economic reasons. The use of renewable energy resources is increasing rapidly. Following this trend, the implementation of large area solar arrays is to be considered. Due to energy drivers that include uncertainty in oil prices and environmental concerns, effective management of energy system is a priority. Energy policy can focus on three areas to improve energy system like renewable energy supply, efficiency improvement and demand reduction. The solar collectors used in the solar heating plants are flat plate solar collectors and compound parabolic solar collector. If the solar irradiance is high the volume flow rate is high, if the solar irradiance is low the volume flow rate is low. When the efficiency of a solar collector is determine often only one volume flow rate. The flat plate solar collector is the simplest form of solar energy collector. It has been widely and efficiency used in many low temperature application in the field of solar energy utilization. This paper emphasis on the maximum utilization of solar power as energy. It can be most often used at various locations such as house and industry. The additional advantage of this project is it can be used as portable solar collector.
DOI: 10.17762/ijritcc2321-8169.150781