Design, development, and testing of an improvised solar water-heater-cum-steam-cooker by Fresnel reflecting solar concentrator

M. Khairul Al Khan; Abdul Jalil Khan

doi:10.1117/12.130506

25 November 1992 Design, development, and testing of an improvised solar water-heater-cum-steam-cooker by Fresnel reflecting solar concentrator

M. Khairul Al Khan, Abdul Jalil Khan

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Proceedings Volume 1727, Optical Materials Technology for Energy Efficiency and Solar Energy Conversion XI: Selective Materials, Concentrators and Reflectors, Transparent Insulation and Superwindows; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.130506
Event: Optical Materials Technology for Energy Efficiency and Solar Energy, 1992, Toulouse-Labege, France

Abstract

The performance of solar water heater varies depending upon many parameters, such as operating temperature, mass flow rate, solar insolation, collector orientations, solar time, wind conditions, ambient temperature, selectivity of the absorber surface, etc. A Linear Fresnel reflecting concentrator in a planar configuration using commercially available mirror strips of reflectivity approximately 0.7 in conjunction with a reverse flat plate selective and non-selective absorber surface has been designed and developed. The performance studies of the solar water heater-cum-steam cooker have been carried out. The efficiencies of the devices were found to be about 60% and 55% for selective and non-selective surfaces, respectively. This solar energy device can be made useful in the domestic sector by operating it year around in our solar insolation condition.

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M. Khairul Al Khan and Abdul Jalil Khan "Design, development, and testing of an improvised solar water-heater-cum-steam-cooker by Fresnel reflecting solar concentrator", Proc. SPIE 1727, Optical Materials Technology for Energy Efficiency and Solar Energy Conversion XI: Selective Materials, Concentrators and Reflectors, Transparent Insulation and Superwindows, (25 November 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.130506

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