Design and Construction of a Solar Electric Plastic Extruder Machine Based on a Parabolic Trough Collector
Plastics can be recycled by extrusion using an extruder machine that melts and transforms the material into a new product. This paper proposes the design, construction and thermal characterization of a horizontal extruder machine integrated with a parabolic trough concentrator with a one-axis solar...
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| author | Jose Alonso Dena Arturo Diaz-Ponce Juan Carlos Delgado-Flores Ernesto Olvera-Gonzalez Nivia Escalante-Garcia Victor Manuel Velasco-Gallardo |
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| description | Plastics can be recycled by extrusion using an extruder machine that melts and transforms the material into a new product. This paper proposes the design, construction and thermal characterization of a horizontal extruder machine integrated with a parabolic trough concentrator with a one-axis solar tracking system, in which hybrid heating is performed by means of an arrangement of electrical resistances and by the concentration of direct normal irradiance. The optical simulation and the design of the proposed extruder are presented; as well as its integration with the parabolic trough concentrator. Experimental tests were performed in a real environment and the temperatures reached in three cases of heating by electrical resistance, solar radiation, and hybrid (electrical resistance plus solar radiation) were compared. The objective is to reach a temperature of 200 °C in the barrel, for which an analysis of the experimental thermal performance of the proposed extruder is presented. The heating by electrical resistances took from 77 to 95 min to reach 200 °C, while the hybrid system only took 25 to 57 min, reducing the times between 25.97 and 73.68% and, consequently, reducing the consumption of resistor current. In hybrid mode, at one point in the barrel, temperatures higher than 260 °C were reached, providing the possibility of instantly turning off some electrical resistances to save energy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ffe07cd52ae34767b82e6e430cbe19422023-11-14T00:01:15ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362023-01-011112457012458310.1109/ACCESS.2023.332891010302287Design and Construction of a Solar Electric Plastic Extruder Machine Based on a Parabolic Trough CollectorJose Alonso Dena0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7748-9081Arturo Diaz-Ponce1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6395-902XJuan Carlos Delgado-Flores2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2670-5124Ernesto Olvera-Gonzalez3Nivia Escalante-Garcia4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2688-6519Victor Manuel Velasco-Gallardo5EPM CONAHCYT, Centro de Investigaciones en Óptica, A. C. Unidad Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, MexicoCONAHCYT, Centro de Investigaciones en Óptica, A. C. Unidad Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, MexicoEngineering Department, Instituto Tecnológico de Pabellón de Arteaga, Tecnológico Nacional de México, Pabellón de Arteaga, Aguascalientes, MexicoArtificial Lighting Laboratory, Instituto Tecnológico de Pabellón de Arteaga, Tecnológico Nacional de México, Pabellón de Arteaga, Aguascalientes, MexicoArtificial Lighting Laboratory, Instituto Tecnológico de Pabellón de Arteaga, Tecnológico Nacional de México, Pabellón de Arteaga, Aguascalientes, MexicoEngineering Department, Instituto Tecnológico de Pabellón de Arteaga, Tecnológico Nacional de México, Pabellón de Arteaga, Aguascalientes, MexicoPlastics can be recycled by extrusion using an extruder machine that melts and transforms the material into a new product. This paper proposes the design, construction and thermal characterization of a horizontal extruder machine integrated with a parabolic trough concentrator with a one-axis solar tracking system, in which hybrid heating is performed by means of an arrangement of electrical resistances and by the concentration of direct normal irradiance. The optical simulation and the design of the proposed extruder are presented; as well as its integration with the parabolic trough concentrator. Experimental tests were performed in a real environment and the temperatures reached in three cases of heating by electrical resistance, solar radiation, and hybrid (electrical resistance plus solar radiation) were compared. The objective is to reach a temperature of 200 °C in the barrel, for which an analysis of the experimental thermal performance of the proposed extruder is presented. The heating by electrical resistances took from 77 to 95 min to reach 200 °C, while the hybrid system only took 25 to 57 min, reducing the times between 25.97 and 73.68% and, consequently, reducing the consumption of resistor current. In hybrid mode, at one point in the barrel, temperatures higher than 260 °C were reached, providing the possibility of instantly turning off some electrical resistances to save energy.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10302287/Plastic extrusionextruder machineparabolic trough collectorsolar trackerconcentrated solar power |
| spellingShingle | Jose Alonso Dena Arturo Diaz-Ponce Juan Carlos Delgado-Flores Ernesto Olvera-Gonzalez Nivia Escalante-Garcia Victor Manuel Velasco-Gallardo Design and Construction of a Solar Electric Plastic Extruder Machine Based on a Parabolic Trough Collector IEEE Access Plastic extrusion extruder machine parabolic trough collector solar tracker concentrated solar power |
| title | Design and Construction of a Solar Electric Plastic Extruder Machine Based on a Parabolic Trough Collector |
| title_full | Design and Construction of a Solar Electric Plastic Extruder Machine Based on a Parabolic Trough Collector |
| title_fullStr | Design and Construction of a Solar Electric Plastic Extruder Machine Based on a Parabolic Trough Collector |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design and Construction of a Solar Electric Plastic Extruder Machine Based on a Parabolic Trough Collector |
| title_short | Design and Construction of a Solar Electric Plastic Extruder Machine Based on a Parabolic Trough Collector |
| title_sort | design and construction of a solar electric plastic extruder machine based on a parabolic trough collector |
| topic | Plastic extrusion extruder machine parabolic trough collector solar tracker concentrated solar power |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10302287/ |
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