FEM-CFD simulation and experimental study of compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) solar collectors with and without fins for residential applications

dc.creatorJAVIER ENRIQUE BARRON DIAZ
dc.creatorEmmanuel Alejandro Flores Johnson
dc.creatorDanny G. Chan-Colli
dc.creatorJUAN FRANCISCO KOH DZUL
dc.creatorALI BASSAM
dc.creatorLuis David Patiño López
dc.creatorJosé Gonzalo Carrillo Baeza
dc.date2021
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-21T19:19:45Z
dc.date.available2023-07-21T19:19:45Z
dc.identifierhttp://cicy.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1003/2060
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/7737604
dc.descriptionCompound parabolic concentrator (CPC) solar collectors are widely used for solar energy systems in industry; however, CPC collectors for residential applications have not been fully investigated. In this work, the thermal performance of non-tracking, small-size and low-cost CPC collectors with an absorber with and without segmented fins was studied experimentally and by means of a proposed numerical methodology that included ray tracing simulation and a coupled heat transfer finite element method (FEM)-computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation, which was validated with experimental data. The experimental results showed that the CPC with a finned absorber has better thermal performance than that of the CPC with absorber without fins, which was attributed to the increase in thermal energy on the absorber surface. The numerical results showed that ray tracing simulation can be used to estimate the heat flux on the absorber surface and the FEM-CFD simulation can be used to estimate the heat transfer from the absorber to the water running through the pipe along with its temperature. The numerical results showed that mass flow rate is an important parameter for the design of the CPC collectors. The numerical methodology developed in this work was capable of describing the thermal performance of the CPC collectors and can be used for the modeling of the thermal behavior of other CPCs solar systems.
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dc.languageeng
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/datasetDOI/https://doi.org/10.3390/app11083704
dc.relationcitation:Barrón-Díaz, J. E., Flores-Johnson, E. A., Chan-Colli, D. G., Koh-Dzul, J. F., Bassam, A., Patiño-Lopez, L. D., & Carrillo, J. G. (2021). FEM-CFD simulation and experimental study of compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) solar collectors with and without fins for residential applications. Applied Sciences, 11(8), 3704.
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
dc.sourceApplied Sciences, 11(8), 3704.2021
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/Autores/COMPOUND PARABOLIC CONCENTRATOR (CPC)
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/Autores/SOLAR ENERGY
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/Autores/RAY TRACING SIMULATION
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/Autores/COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD)
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/Autores/FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (FEM)
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/Autores/COUPLED FEM-CFD SIMULATION
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/Autores/THERMAL PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/Autores/INCIDENCE ANGLE MODIFIER (IAM)
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/cti/7
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/cti/33
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/cti/3322
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/cti/531205
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/cti/531205
dc.titleFEM-CFD simulation and experimental study of compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) solar collectors with and without fins for residential applications
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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