Development of a High-Flux Solar Simulator for Experimental Testing of High-Temperature Applications
In the last few years, several studies have been carried out on concentrating solar thermal and thermochemical applications. These studies can be further enhanced by means of high-flux solar simulators (HFSS), since they allow the development of experimental tests under controlled irradiance conditi...
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| description | In the last few years, several studies have been carried out on concentrating solar thermal and thermochemical applications. These studies can be further enhanced by means of high-flux solar simulators (HFSS), since they allow the development of experimental tests under controlled irradiance conditions, regardless of sunshine. In this work, a new high-flux solar simulator, capable of reaching levels of irradiance higher than 100 W/cm<sup>2</sup> (1000 suns), has been designed, built and characterized. This simulator is composed of 8 ellipsoidal specular reflectors, arranged face-down on a horizontal plane, in order to irradiate from the upper side any system requiring the simulation of concentrated solar radiation; differently from the HFSSs described in the scientific literature, this configuration allows the avoidance of any distortion of fluid-dynamic or convective phenomena within the system under investigation. As a first step, a numerical analysis of the HFSS has been carried out, simulating each real light source (Xe-arc), having a length of 6.5 mm, as a line of 5 sub-sources. Therefore, the HFSS has been built and characterized, measuring a maximum irradiance of 120 W/cm<sup>2</sup> and a maximum temperature of 1007 °C; these values will be enough to develop experimental tests on lab-scale thermal and thermochemical solar applications. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-aaa7325e6c2f403cb5d4d945ae6189df2023-11-21T21:36:18ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732021-05-011411312410.3390/en14113124Development of a High-Flux Solar Simulator for Experimental Testing of High-Temperature ApplicationsMarco Milanese0Gianpiero Colangelo1Arturo de Risi2Department of Engineering for Innovation, University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, ItalyDepartment of Engineering for Innovation, University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, ItalyDepartment of Engineering for Innovation, University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, ItalyIn the last few years, several studies have been carried out on concentrating solar thermal and thermochemical applications. These studies can be further enhanced by means of high-flux solar simulators (HFSS), since they allow the development of experimental tests under controlled irradiance conditions, regardless of sunshine. In this work, a new high-flux solar simulator, capable of reaching levels of irradiance higher than 100 W/cm<sup>2</sup> (1000 suns), has been designed, built and characterized. This simulator is composed of 8 ellipsoidal specular reflectors, arranged face-down on a horizontal plane, in order to irradiate from the upper side any system requiring the simulation of concentrated solar radiation; differently from the HFSSs described in the scientific literature, this configuration allows the avoidance of any distortion of fluid-dynamic or convective phenomena within the system under investigation. As a first step, a numerical analysis of the HFSS has been carried out, simulating each real light source (Xe-arc), having a length of 6.5 mm, as a line of 5 sub-sources. Therefore, the HFSS has been built and characterized, measuring a maximum irradiance of 120 W/cm<sup>2</sup> and a maximum temperature of 1007 °C; these values will be enough to develop experimental tests on lab-scale thermal and thermochemical solar applications.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/11/3124high-flux solar simulatorconcentrated solar energyoptical characterization |
| spellingShingle | Marco Milanese Gianpiero Colangelo Arturo de Risi Development of a High-Flux Solar Simulator for Experimental Testing of High-Temperature Applications Energies high-flux solar simulator concentrated solar energy optical characterization |
| title | Development of a High-Flux Solar Simulator for Experimental Testing of High-Temperature Applications |
| title_full | Development of a High-Flux Solar Simulator for Experimental Testing of High-Temperature Applications |
| title_fullStr | Development of a High-Flux Solar Simulator for Experimental Testing of High-Temperature Applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development of a High-Flux Solar Simulator for Experimental Testing of High-Temperature Applications |
| title_short | Development of a High-Flux Solar Simulator for Experimental Testing of High-Temperature Applications |
| title_sort | development of a high flux solar simulator for experimental testing of high temperature applications |
| topic | high-flux solar simulator concentrated solar energy optical characterization |
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