Improvement design of parabolic trough

• Main Authors: Ihsan, Sany Izan, Mohamad Safian, Mohamad Ariff Iskandar, Mohd Taufek, Muhammad Aliff, Mohiuddin, A. K. M.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: IOP Publishing 2017
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery; TJ807 Renewable energy sources
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/105455/7/105455_Mechanical%20Engineering%20Department.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/105455/8/105455_Mechanical%20Engineering%20Department_Scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/105455/; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/184/1/012044

The performance of parabolic trough solar collector (PTSC) has been evaluated using different heat transfer working fluids; namely water and SAE20 W50 engine oil. New and slightly improved PTSC was developed to run the experimental study. Under the meteorological conditions of Malaysia, authors found that PTSC can operate at a higher temperature than water collector but the performance efficiency of collector using engine oil is much lower than the water collector.