Enhancement of Convective Heat Transfer within the Parabolic Trough Collector Using Vibrations - an Introductory Numerical Analysis
Abstract
Energy generation systems basing on renewable energy sources (RES) are characterized with rapidly growing share of global power and heat market. Majority of such systems are suited to and applied within the distributed energy sector, including i.e. distributed heat production. Individual users and local low-power plants, using solar thermal devices to prepare domestic hot water, cold or support their heating network, state significant number between all users of discussed technology. Nevertheless, vital variability of solar irradiance makes it difficult to harvest efficiently, especially considering longer time periods, as months or years. Therefore, maximization of heat acquired from single solar thermal device in a moment of high radiation flux might vitally influence grow in overall, year-averaged operational parameters of such units. The paper discusses computational research on enhancement of convective heat transfer, taking place within the absorber of a parabolic trough collector (PTC), induced by vibrations of immersed flat plate. The investigation covers identification of influence of different amplitudes and frequencies of oscillatory motion on the absorber's parameters, as well as their comparison with classical absorber's construction and the other flow turbulization method. Results indicate limited application of vibrations to enhance operational parameters of solar thermal absorbers, with the best results obtained for thermal fluid flows below 0.1 dm3/s.References
[1] E. Klugmann and E. Klugmann-Radziemska. Ogniwa i modul y fotowoltaiczne oraz inne niekonwencjonalne ´zro´dl a energii. Wydawnictwo Ekonomia i Srodowisko, 2005.´
[2] G. Lobaccaro. A cross-country perspective on solar energy in urban planning: Lessons learned from international case studies. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews,, 108:209–237, 2019.
[3] A. de la Calle, A. Bayon, and J. Pye. Technoeconomic assessment of a high-efficiency, lowcost solar-thermal power system with sodium receiver, phase-change material storage, and supercritical CO2 recompression Brayton cycle. Solar Energy, 199:885–900, 2020.
[4] Q. Ye, M. Chen, and W. Cai. Numerically investigating a wide-angle polarization-independent ultra-broadband solar selective absorber for highefficiency solar thermal energy conversion,. Solar Energy, 184:489–496, 2019.
[5] M.S. Ryu, H.J. Cha, and J. Jang. Effects of thermal annealing of polymer: fullerene photovoltaic solar cells for high efficiency. Current Applied Physics, 10:s206–s209, 2010.
[6] W. Gogo´l , O. Skonieczny, and L. Zakrzewski. Niekto´re zagadnienia wymiany ciepl a w kolektorach energii promieniowania sl onecznego. Politechnika Warszawska, 1979.
[7] M. Burhan, M. Wakil Shahzad, S. Jin Oh, and K. Choon Ng. Long Term Electrical Rating of Concentrated Photovoltaic (CPV) Systems in Singapore,. Energy Procedia, 158:73–78, 2019.
[8] M. George, A.K. Pandey, N. Abd Rahim, V.V. Tyagi, S. Shahabuddin, and R. Saidur. Concentrated photovoltaic thermal systems: A component-by-component view on the developments in the design, heat transfer medium and applications. Energy Conversion and Management, 186:15–41, 2019.
[9] N. Bushra and T. Hartmann. A review of stateof-the-art reflective two-stage solar concentrators: Technology categorization and research trends. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 114:109307, 2019.
[10] M. Sanchez, I.G. Martinez, E.A. Rincon, and M.D. Duran. Design and thermal-optic analysis of an ultra-solar concentrator,. Energy Procedia, 57:311–320, 2014.
[11] M. El Ydrissi, H. Ghennioui H., E.G. Bennouna, and A. Farid. Geometric, optical and thermal analysis for solar parabolic trough concentrator efficiency improvement using the Photogrammetry technique under semi-arid climate. Energy Procedia, 157:1050–1060, 2019.
[12] L. Evangelisti, R. De Lieto Vollaro, and F. Asdrubali. Latest advances on solar thermal collectors: A comprehensive review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 114:109318, 2019.
[13] N.B. Desai, S. B. Kedare, and S. Bandyopadhyay. Optimization of design radiation for concentrating solar thermal power plants without storage. Solar Energy, 107:98–112, 2014.
[14] M.A. Ehyaei, A. Ahmadi, M. El Haj Hassad, and T. Salameh. Optimization of parabolic through collector (PTC) with multi objective swarm optimization (MOPSO) and energy, exergy and economic analyses. Journal of Cleaner Production, 234:285–296, 2019.
[15] J. Ruelas, D. Sauceda, J. Vargas, and R. Garc´ıa. Thermal and concentration performance for a wide range of available offset dish solar concentrators. Applied Thermal Engineering, 144:13– 20, 2018.
[16] G.H. Lee. Construction of conical solar concentrator with performance evaluation,. Energy Procedia, 153:137–142, 2018.
[17] E.T.A. Gomes, N. Fraidenraich, O.C. Vilela, C.A.A. Oliveira, and J.M. Gordon. Aplanats and analytic modeling of their optical properties for linear solar concentrators with tubular receivers. Solar Energy, 191:697–706, 2019.
[18] H. Mashaal, D. Feuermann, and J.M. Gordon. Expansive scope of aplanatic concentrators and collimators. Applied Optics, 58:F14–F20, 2019.
[19] J.M. Gordon, D. Feuermann, and P. Young. Unfolded aplanats for high-concentration photovoltaics,. Optical letters, 33:1114–1116, 2008.
[20] C. Michel. Waveguide solar concentrator design with spectrally separated light. Solar Energy, 157, 2017.
[21] G. Wang, Y. Yao, Z. Chen, and P. Hu. Thermodynamic and optical analyses of a hybrid solar CPV/T system with high solar concentrating uniformity based on spectral beam splitting technology. Energy, 166:256–266, 2019.
[22] J. Chen, L. Yang, Z. Zhang, J. Wei, and J. Yang. Optimization of a uniform solar concentrator
with absorbers of different shapes. Solar Energy, 158:396–406, 2017.
[23] K.A. Moharram, M.S. Abd-Elhady, H.A. Kandil, and H. El-Sherif. Model-based performance diagnostics of heavy-duty gas turbines using compressor map adaptation. Enhancing the performance of photovoltaic panels by water cooling, 4:869–877, 2013.
[24] P. Selvakumar, P. Somasundaram, and P. Thangavel. Performance study on evacuated tube solar collector using Therminol D-12 as heat transfer fluid coupled with parabolic trough. Energy Conversion and Management, 85:505–510, 2014.
[25] J. Qin, E. Hu, G.J. Nathan, and L. Chen. Simulating combined cycle gas turbine power plants in Aspen HYSYS. Energy Conversion and Management, 152:281–290, 2017.
[26] M. Sabiha. An experimental study on Evacuated tube solar collector using nanofluids. In International Conference on Advances in Science, Engineering, Technology and Natural Resources (ICASETNR-15) Sabah, Malaysia, volume 2, pages 42–49.
[27] H. Fathabadi. Novel solar collector: Evaluating the impact of nanoparticles added to the collector’s working fluid, heat transfer fluid temperature and flow rate. Renewable Energy, 2019.
[28] J. Spelling, A. Gillo, M. Romero, and
J. Gonzalez-Aguilar. Simulation and analysis of humid air turbine cycle based on aeroderivative three-shaft gas turbine. A High-efficiency Solar Thermal Power Plant using a Dense Particle Suspension as the Heat Transfer Fluid, 69:1160– 1170, 2019.
[29] M.M. Heyhat, M. Valizade, Sh. Abdolahzade, and M. Maerefat. Thermal efficiency enhancement of direct absorption parabolic trough solar collector (DAPTSC) by using nanofluid and metal foam. Energy, 192:1166626, 2020.
[30] A. Garc´ıa, R. Herrero-Martin, J.P. Solano, and J. P´erez-Garc´ıa. The role of insert devices on enhancing heat transfer in a flat-plate solar water collector. Applied Thermal Engineering, 132:479–489, 2018.
[31] D. Jin, S. Quan, J. Zuo, and S. Xu. Numerical investigation of heat transfer enhancement in a solar air heater roughened by multiple V-shaped ribs. Renewable Energy, 33(2019):78–88, 2018.
[32] F.A.S. da Silva, D.J. Dezan, A.V. Pantale˜ao, and
L.O. Salviano. Longitudinal vortex generator ap-
plied to heat transfer enhancement of a flat plate solar water heater. Applied Thermal Engineering, 158:113790, 2019.
[33] M.A. Sharafeldin, G. Gro´f, E. Abu-Nada, and O. Mahian. Evacuated tube solar collector performance using copper nanofluid: Energy and environmental analysis. Applied Thermal Engineering, 162:114205, 2019.
[34] W. Liu, Z. Yang, B. Zhang, and P. Ly. Experimental study on the effects of mechanical vibration on the heat transfer characteristics of tubular laminar flow. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 115 (Part A):169–179, 2017.
[35] M. Setareh, M. Saffar-Avval, and A. Abdullah. Experimental and numerical study on heat transfer enhancement using ultrasonic vibration in a double-pipe heat exchanger. Applied Thermal Engineering, 159:113867, 2019.
[36] L. Cheng, T. Luan, W. Du, and M. Xu. Heat transfer enhancement by flow-induced vibration in heat exchangers,. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer,, 52:1053–1057, 2009.
[37] A. Hosseinian and A.H. Meghdadi Isfahani. Experimental study of heat transfer enhancement due to the surface vibrations in a flexible double pipe heat exchanger. Heat and Mass Transfer, 54:1113–1120, 2018.
[38] K. Grzywnowicz, L . Bartela, L. Remiorz, and B. Stanek. Modeling of influence of vibration on intensification of heat transfer within the absorber of the vacuum solar collector. In XIV Research and Development in Power Engineering Conference, volume 137, page 01034. E3S Web of Conferences, 2019.
[39] Solutia-Europe. Therminol® VP-1 High Performance Highly Stable Heat Transfer Fluid, 2016.
[40] C.G. Speziale, S. Sarkar, and T.B. Gatski. odeling the Pressure-Strain Correlation of Turbulence: an Invariant Dynamical Systems Approach. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 227:245– 272, 1991.
[41] ANSYS. ANSYS CFX-Solver Theory Guide. Release 15.0, 2013.
[42] K. Wood, B. Whitney, J. Bjorkman, and
M. Wolff. Introduction to Monte Carlo Radiation Transfer. The Astronomy Group of University of St Andrews, 2013.
[2] G. Lobaccaro. A cross-country perspective on solar energy in urban planning: Lessons learned from international case studies. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews,, 108:209–237, 2019.
[3] A. de la Calle, A. Bayon, and J. Pye. Technoeconomic assessment of a high-efficiency, lowcost solar-thermal power system with sodium receiver, phase-change material storage, and supercritical CO2 recompression Brayton cycle. Solar Energy, 199:885–900, 2020.
[4] Q. Ye, M. Chen, and W. Cai. Numerically investigating a wide-angle polarization-independent ultra-broadband solar selective absorber for highefficiency solar thermal energy conversion,. Solar Energy, 184:489–496, 2019.
[5] M.S. Ryu, H.J. Cha, and J. Jang. Effects of thermal annealing of polymer: fullerene photovoltaic solar cells for high efficiency. Current Applied Physics, 10:s206–s209, 2010.
[6] W. Gogo´l , O. Skonieczny, and L. Zakrzewski. Niekto´re zagadnienia wymiany ciepl a w kolektorach energii promieniowania sl onecznego. Politechnika Warszawska, 1979.
[7] M. Burhan, M. Wakil Shahzad, S. Jin Oh, and K. Choon Ng. Long Term Electrical Rating of Concentrated Photovoltaic (CPV) Systems in Singapore,. Energy Procedia, 158:73–78, 2019.
[8] M. George, A.K. Pandey, N. Abd Rahim, V.V. Tyagi, S. Shahabuddin, and R. Saidur. Concentrated photovoltaic thermal systems: A component-by-component view on the developments in the design, heat transfer medium and applications. Energy Conversion and Management, 186:15–41, 2019.
[9] N. Bushra and T. Hartmann. A review of stateof-the-art reflective two-stage solar concentrators: Technology categorization and research trends. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 114:109307, 2019.
[10] M. Sanchez, I.G. Martinez, E.A. Rincon, and M.D. Duran. Design and thermal-optic analysis of an ultra-solar concentrator,. Energy Procedia, 57:311–320, 2014.
[11] M. El Ydrissi, H. Ghennioui H., E.G. Bennouna, and A. Farid. Geometric, optical and thermal analysis for solar parabolic trough concentrator efficiency improvement using the Photogrammetry technique under semi-arid climate. Energy Procedia, 157:1050–1060, 2019.
[12] L. Evangelisti, R. De Lieto Vollaro, and F. Asdrubali. Latest advances on solar thermal collectors: A comprehensive review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 114:109318, 2019.
[13] N.B. Desai, S. B. Kedare, and S. Bandyopadhyay. Optimization of design radiation for concentrating solar thermal power plants without storage. Solar Energy, 107:98–112, 2014.
[14] M.A. Ehyaei, A. Ahmadi, M. El Haj Hassad, and T. Salameh. Optimization of parabolic through collector (PTC) with multi objective swarm optimization (MOPSO) and energy, exergy and economic analyses. Journal of Cleaner Production, 234:285–296, 2019.
[15] J. Ruelas, D. Sauceda, J. Vargas, and R. Garc´ıa. Thermal and concentration performance for a wide range of available offset dish solar concentrators. Applied Thermal Engineering, 144:13– 20, 2018.
[16] G.H. Lee. Construction of conical solar concentrator with performance evaluation,. Energy Procedia, 153:137–142, 2018.
[17] E.T.A. Gomes, N. Fraidenraich, O.C. Vilela, C.A.A. Oliveira, and J.M. Gordon. Aplanats and analytic modeling of their optical properties for linear solar concentrators with tubular receivers. Solar Energy, 191:697–706, 2019.
[18] H. Mashaal, D. Feuermann, and J.M. Gordon. Expansive scope of aplanatic concentrators and collimators. Applied Optics, 58:F14–F20, 2019.
[19] J.M. Gordon, D. Feuermann, and P. Young. Unfolded aplanats for high-concentration photovoltaics,. Optical letters, 33:1114–1116, 2008.
[20] C. Michel. Waveguide solar concentrator design with spectrally separated light. Solar Energy, 157, 2017.
[21] G. Wang, Y. Yao, Z. Chen, and P. Hu. Thermodynamic and optical analyses of a hybrid solar CPV/T system with high solar concentrating uniformity based on spectral beam splitting technology. Energy, 166:256–266, 2019.
[22] J. Chen, L. Yang, Z. Zhang, J. Wei, and J. Yang. Optimization of a uniform solar concentrator
with absorbers of different shapes. Solar Energy, 158:396–406, 2017.
[23] K.A. Moharram, M.S. Abd-Elhady, H.A. Kandil, and H. El-Sherif. Model-based performance diagnostics of heavy-duty gas turbines using compressor map adaptation. Enhancing the performance of photovoltaic panels by water cooling, 4:869–877, 2013.
[24] P. Selvakumar, P. Somasundaram, and P. Thangavel. Performance study on evacuated tube solar collector using Therminol D-12 as heat transfer fluid coupled with parabolic trough. Energy Conversion and Management, 85:505–510, 2014.
[25] J. Qin, E. Hu, G.J. Nathan, and L. Chen. Simulating combined cycle gas turbine power plants in Aspen HYSYS. Energy Conversion and Management, 152:281–290, 2017.
[26] M. Sabiha. An experimental study on Evacuated tube solar collector using nanofluids. In International Conference on Advances in Science, Engineering, Technology and Natural Resources (ICASETNR-15) Sabah, Malaysia, volume 2, pages 42–49.
[27] H. Fathabadi. Novel solar collector: Evaluating the impact of nanoparticles added to the collector’s working fluid, heat transfer fluid temperature and flow rate. Renewable Energy, 2019.
[28] J. Spelling, A. Gillo, M. Romero, and
J. Gonzalez-Aguilar. Simulation and analysis of humid air turbine cycle based on aeroderivative three-shaft gas turbine. A High-efficiency Solar Thermal Power Plant using a Dense Particle Suspension as the Heat Transfer Fluid, 69:1160– 1170, 2019.
[29] M.M. Heyhat, M. Valizade, Sh. Abdolahzade, and M. Maerefat. Thermal efficiency enhancement of direct absorption parabolic trough solar collector (DAPTSC) by using nanofluid and metal foam. Energy, 192:1166626, 2020.
[30] A. Garc´ıa, R. Herrero-Martin, J.P. Solano, and J. P´erez-Garc´ıa. The role of insert devices on enhancing heat transfer in a flat-plate solar water collector. Applied Thermal Engineering, 132:479–489, 2018.
[31] D. Jin, S. Quan, J. Zuo, and S. Xu. Numerical investigation of heat transfer enhancement in a solar air heater roughened by multiple V-shaped ribs. Renewable Energy, 33(2019):78–88, 2018.
[32] F.A.S. da Silva, D.J. Dezan, A.V. Pantale˜ao, and
L.O. Salviano. Longitudinal vortex generator ap-
plied to heat transfer enhancement of a flat plate solar water heater. Applied Thermal Engineering, 158:113790, 2019.
[33] M.A. Sharafeldin, G. Gro´f, E. Abu-Nada, and O. Mahian. Evacuated tube solar collector performance using copper nanofluid: Energy and environmental analysis. Applied Thermal Engineering, 162:114205, 2019.
[34] W. Liu, Z. Yang, B. Zhang, and P. Ly. Experimental study on the effects of mechanical vibration on the heat transfer characteristics of tubular laminar flow. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 115 (Part A):169–179, 2017.
[35] M. Setareh, M. Saffar-Avval, and A. Abdullah. Experimental and numerical study on heat transfer enhancement using ultrasonic vibration in a double-pipe heat exchanger. Applied Thermal Engineering, 159:113867, 2019.
[36] L. Cheng, T. Luan, W. Du, and M. Xu. Heat transfer enhancement by flow-induced vibration in heat exchangers,. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer,, 52:1053–1057, 2009.
[37] A. Hosseinian and A.H. Meghdadi Isfahani. Experimental study of heat transfer enhancement due to the surface vibrations in a flexible double pipe heat exchanger. Heat and Mass Transfer, 54:1113–1120, 2018.
[38] K. Grzywnowicz, L . Bartela, L. Remiorz, and B. Stanek. Modeling of influence of vibration on intensification of heat transfer within the absorber of the vacuum solar collector. In XIV Research and Development in Power Engineering Conference, volume 137, page 01034. E3S Web of Conferences, 2019.
[39] Solutia-Europe. Therminol® VP-1 High Performance Highly Stable Heat Transfer Fluid, 2016.
[40] C.G. Speziale, S. Sarkar, and T.B. Gatski. odeling the Pressure-Strain Correlation of Turbulence: an Invariant Dynamical Systems Approach. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 227:245– 272, 1991.
[41] ANSYS. ANSYS CFX-Solver Theory Guide. Release 15.0, 2013.
[42] K. Wood, B. Whitney, J. Bjorkman, and
M. Wolff. Introduction to Monte Carlo Radiation Transfer. The Astronomy Group of University of St Andrews, 2013.
Published
2020-12-11
How to Cite
GRZYWNOWICZ, Krzysztof et al.
Enhancement of Convective Heat Transfer within the Parabolic Trough Collector Using Vibrations - an Introductory Numerical Analysis.
Journal of Power Technologies, [S.l.], v. 100, n. 4, p. 291–300, dec. 2020.
ISSN 2083-4195.
Available at: <https://papers.itc.pw.edu.pl/index.php/JPT/article/view/1671>. Date accessed: 19 apr. 2024.
Issue
Section
Renewable and Sustainable Energy
Keywords
Concentrated solar power; Parabolic trough collector; Heat transfer enhancement; Convection intensification
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
