SOLAR COLLECTORS

FLAT-PLATE & FOCUSSING PLATE COLLECTOR

COURSE INSTRUCTOR :-

Er. ASHOK KUMAREr. SATISH KUMAR

BY… VIVEK KUMAR

KHARE BAC/03/2010-11

SOLAR COLLECTORS

Expose a dark

surface to solar

radiation so that

the radiation is

absorbed. This

heat is then

transferred to

thermal/heat

storage tank and

utilized.

SOLAR COLLECTORS

TYPES :-1. FLAT PLATE

COLLECTORS :- Low temperature

application, <1000c.

2. FOCUSING PLATE COLLECTOR :-

For high temperature, 1000c - 3000c.

FLATE PLATE COLLECTOR

Consist of casing, absorber plate, transparent glass covers, insulating material and fluid passage tubes.

FOCUSING PLATE COLLECTORComing RADIATION on concentrator

is diverted to absorber tube, which is covered with glass tube to avoid reradiation loss.

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