Heat efficiency of a solar trough receiver with a hot mirror compared to a selective coating
In this article, we present a solar trough system in which the receiver pipe is enclosed in a glass cover under vacuum. The dominant radiation losses from the receiver are reduced by the use of a 'hot mirror' on the glass cover instead of a selective coating on the receiver pipe. We presen...
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| description | In this article, we present a solar trough system in which the receiver pipe is enclosed in a glass cover under vacuum. The dominant radiation losses from the receiver are reduced by the use of a 'hot mirror' on the glass cover instead of a selective coating on the receiver pipe. We present the results for a general heat transfer model and compare the performance of a selective coating with that of a hot mirror, using simulations. We determined that a hot mirror is a viable alternative to a selective coating, and certainly allows higher temperatures of the working fluid. We recommend the use of a hybrid system, in which a selective coating is used in the part of the receiver pipe in the low temperature region, and a hot mirror is used in the high temperature region to reduce radiation losses. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f16b1836e95740a8a7887ec2eafe80bb2022-12-21T22:26:31ZengAcademy of Science of South AfricaSouth African Journal of Science1996-74892011-11-0110711/12Heat efficiency of a solar trough receiver with a hot mirror compared to a selective coatingMarie Cyulinyana0Phil Ferrer1Centre for Theoretical Physics, School of Physics, University of the WitwatersrandCentre for Theoretical Physics, School of Physics, University of the WitwatersrandIn this article, we present a solar trough system in which the receiver pipe is enclosed in a glass cover under vacuum. The dominant radiation losses from the receiver are reduced by the use of a 'hot mirror' on the glass cover instead of a selective coating on the receiver pipe. We present the results for a general heat transfer model and compare the performance of a selective coating with that of a hot mirror, using simulations. We determined that a hot mirror is a viable alternative to a selective coating, and certainly allows higher temperatures of the working fluid. We recommend the use of a hybrid system, in which a selective coating is used in the part of the receiver pipe in the low temperature region, and a hot mirror is used in the high temperature region to reduce radiation losses.http://192.168.0.118/index.php/sajs/article/view/9792solar troughselective coatinghot mirrorefficiencyreceiver coating |
| spellingShingle | Marie Cyulinyana Phil Ferrer Heat efficiency of a solar trough receiver with a hot mirror compared to a selective coating South African Journal of Science solar trough selective coating hot mirror efficiency receiver coating |
| title | Heat efficiency of a solar trough receiver with a hot mirror compared to a selective coating |
| title_full | Heat efficiency of a solar trough receiver with a hot mirror compared to a selective coating |
| title_fullStr | Heat efficiency of a solar trough receiver with a hot mirror compared to a selective coating |
| title_full_unstemmed | Heat efficiency of a solar trough receiver with a hot mirror compared to a selective coating |
| title_short | Heat efficiency of a solar trough receiver with a hot mirror compared to a selective coating |
| title_sort | heat efficiency of a solar trough receiver with a hot mirror compared to a selective coating |
| topic | solar trough selective coating hot mirror efficiency receiver coating |
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