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INVESTIGATION OF TRACKING SYSTEMS CONTRIBUTION TO PARABOLIC TROUGH SOLAR MED PLANTS PERFORMANCE
Paper ID : 1298-ICESE
Authors:
مهدی قلی نژاد1, Mokhtar Bidi *2
1خراسان جوبی-قاین-حاشیه بلوار مصلی پلاک 66
2P.O. Box 16765-1719, Tehran, Iran
Abstract:
Due to lack of fresh water resources, sea water desalination is known as a suitable solution all over the world. This paper investigates the effects of quintuple tracking modes on the fresh water production of a solar MED plant, for the first day of summer and winter. The unit under consideration is modeled using thermodynamic and heat transfer correlations. The system model has been validated according to experimental data. Results show that, using tracking systems has been very effective, for instance, on winter solstice the solar MED plant with polar axis tracking system produce 290.77% more fresh water in comparison with a plant using only fixed collectors.
Keywords:
Desalination; MED; Solar energy; Parabolic trough; Tracking system
Status : Paper Accepted