Improving the concentrated solar power plant through connecting the modular parabolic solar trough
Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2016.
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| author | Abiose, Kabir |
| author2 | Alexander Slocum. |
| author_facet | Alexander Slocum. Abiose, Kabir |
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| description | Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2016. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1057182019-04-12T17:45:24Z Improving the concentrated solar power plant through connecting the modular parabolic solar trough Improving the CSP plant through connecting the modular parabolic solar trough Abiose, Kabir Alexander Slocum. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering. Mechanical Engineering. Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2016. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Concentrating solar power (CSP) stands as a promising renewable energy technology with the ability to contribute towards global reduction of carbon emissions. A major obstacle to increased adoption of CSP plants has to do with their high initial investment cost; consequently, there is a powerful desire to find improvements that decrease the initial capital investment for a CSP plant. One such improvement involves connecting modularized parabolic trough segments, each with the same dimensions, decreasing the overall amount of actuators required along with greatly simplifying system control architecture. This thesis is concerned with the extent to which parabolic solar trough modules can be connected together while still being able to operate to desired accuracy under expected load. Accuracy requirements are calculated, along with expected loads resulting in frictional torque on the trough. These expected loads are combined with a model for the effect of connecting multiple trough modules to generate a relationship between number of chained modules and required torsional stiffness. To verify said model, an experimental setup was designed and constructed to simulate loads due to both trough weight and wind loads. by Kabir Abiose. S.B. 2016-12-05T19:59:18Z 2016-12-05T19:59:18Z 2016 2016 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/105718 964672029 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 32 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Mechanical Engineering. Abiose, Kabir Improving the concentrated solar power plant through connecting the modular parabolic solar trough |
| title | Improving the concentrated solar power plant through connecting the modular parabolic solar trough |
| title_full | Improving the concentrated solar power plant through connecting the modular parabolic solar trough |
| title_fullStr | Improving the concentrated solar power plant through connecting the modular parabolic solar trough |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improving the concentrated solar power plant through connecting the modular parabolic solar trough |
| title_short | Improving the concentrated solar power plant through connecting the modular parabolic solar trough |
| title_sort | improving the concentrated solar power plant through connecting the modular parabolic solar trough |
| topic | Mechanical Engineering. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/105718 |
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