Design, Fabrication and Performance analysis of a low cost cylindrical Trough collector with Aluminium Receiver.

In the present work, an attempt has been made to design, fabricate and test Cylindrical Trough collector system (CTC) to produce hot water. The concentrator is made of PVC (Poly Vinyl Chloride) with a rim angle of 90° and aperture area of 0.92 m 2 . The concentrator has a concentration ratio of 5 and it is provided with supporting stand made of galvanized iron. The receiver made of aluminium has been mounted on the focal plane of the trough pasted with reflector having reflectivity 0.85. The Overall instantaneous thermal efficiency obtained is 30.77%.

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