Measuring Concentrated Solar Radiation Flux in a Linear Fresnel-Type Solar Collector
Linear Fresnel solar collectors are a promising and emerging solution to contribute to renewable heat supply in industrial processes with thermal energy demand in the medium temperature range (<250 °C). An innovative linear Fresnel collector (LFC) prototype has been designed, patented, and built...
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| author | Jesús Fernández-Reche Loreto Valenzuela Diego Pulido-Iparraguirre |
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| description | Linear Fresnel solar collectors are a promising and emerging solution to contribute to renewable heat supply in industrial processes with thermal energy demand in the medium temperature range (<250 °C). An innovative linear Fresnel collector (LFC) prototype has been designed, patented, and built at the Plataforma Solar de Almería (PSA), Spain. This work presents the applied methodology, experimental device, and results obtained in the measurement of the flux density of concentrated solar radiation in the focal plane of the solar collector. The experimental results confirm that an average flux density of (9.8 ± 0.6) kW/m<sup>2</sup> was obtained with a direct normal solar irradiance of (870 ± 10) W/m<sup>2</sup> in tests performed in May 2002, which is a result similar to that obtained in optical simulations of the system. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-02fe03f733524afab739585573db6bd92023-11-24T18:03:36ZengMDPI AGSolar2673-99412022-09-012440141310.3390/solar2040024Measuring Concentrated Solar Radiation Flux in a Linear Fresnel-Type Solar CollectorJesús Fernández-Reche0Loreto Valenzuela1Diego Pulido-Iparraguirre2CIEMAT—Plataforma Solar de Almería, Crta. Senes, km.4.5, Tabernas, E04200 Almería, SpainCIEMAT—Plataforma Solar de Almería, Crta. Senes, km.4.5, Tabernas, E04200 Almería, SpainCentro de Desarrollo Energético Antofagasta, Universidad de Antofagasta, Avenida Angamos, Antofagasta 601, ChileLinear Fresnel solar collectors are a promising and emerging solution to contribute to renewable heat supply in industrial processes with thermal energy demand in the medium temperature range (<250 °C). An innovative linear Fresnel collector (LFC) prototype has been designed, patented, and built at the Plataforma Solar de Almería (PSA), Spain. This work presents the applied methodology, experimental device, and results obtained in the measurement of the flux density of concentrated solar radiation in the focal plane of the solar collector. The experimental results confirm that an average flux density of (9.8 ± 0.6) kW/m<sup>2</sup> was obtained with a direct normal solar irradiance of (870 ± 10) W/m<sup>2</sup> in tests performed in May 2002, which is a result similar to that obtained in optical simulations of the system.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-9941/2/4/24solar energythermal energylinear Fresnel collectorenergy flux densityoptical performancemeasurement method |
| spellingShingle | Jesús Fernández-Reche Loreto Valenzuela Diego Pulido-Iparraguirre Measuring Concentrated Solar Radiation Flux in a Linear Fresnel-Type Solar Collector Solar solar energy thermal energy linear Fresnel collector energy flux density optical performance measurement method |
| title | Measuring Concentrated Solar Radiation Flux in a Linear Fresnel-Type Solar Collector |
| title_full | Measuring Concentrated Solar Radiation Flux in a Linear Fresnel-Type Solar Collector |
| title_fullStr | Measuring Concentrated Solar Radiation Flux in a Linear Fresnel-Type Solar Collector |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measuring Concentrated Solar Radiation Flux in a Linear Fresnel-Type Solar Collector |
| title_short | Measuring Concentrated Solar Radiation Flux in a Linear Fresnel-Type Solar Collector |
| title_sort | measuring concentrated solar radiation flux in a linear fresnel type solar collector |
| topic | solar energy thermal energy linear Fresnel collector energy flux density optical performance measurement method |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-9941/2/4/24 |
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