Design and Analysis of Receiver for a Parabolic Solar Dish Collector

In recent years, lack of energy is becoming the major problem for social and economic development of country because of limited amount of fossil fuels. This project focuses on design and analysis of truncated cone shaped helical coiled receiver made up of copper located at the focal point of parabolic solar dish collector. Parabolic collector concentrates solar energy at a single focal point. It focuses all the sunlight which strikes on it to a single focal point and receiver captures this light and transferred the heat to the working fluid. The modeling of truncated cone shaped helical coiled receiver was done by using 3D modeling software Solid Works. And the CFD analysis is also done to determine the outlet fluid temperature by using analysis software Ansys Fluent. Finally, the comparison between the two models of the truncated cone shaped helical coiled receiver and the existing normal cylindrical shaped helical coiled receiver is done. Those two shapes of receiver were analyzed and the effect on the temperature distribution of fluid was obtained as increased in modified receiver. This working fluid can be utilized for direct or indirect applications.