Parabolic Trough Solar Collector Water Heater

The equipment which is made up of the reflector surface curved mirror reflector support absorber pipe and a stand.

Parabolic trough solar collector water heater. In these plants large fields of parabolic trough collectors supply the thermal energy used to produce steam supplied to a rankine steam turbine generator cycle to produce electricity. Making the parabolic solar collector. The parabolic solar trough thermal water heater can be used to sterilize the jars blanch the fruits or vegetables then use the 240 f 15 psi steam for the canning process. The design and fabrication of parabolic trough solar water heater for water heating was executed.

In this video new physicist shows you how to build a high efficient solar water heater using zinc sh. How to make a solar water heater using parabolic trough. This is primarily due to the nine plants operating in california s mojave desert since the mid 1980s. Parabolic trough solar collector technology is currently the most proven solar thermal collector technology.

The key component of a typical diy and many commercial concentrated solar water heater is a parabolic trough which focusses all of the sunlight hitting it onto a pipe through which oil is being pumped to be heated up. The procedure employed includes the design construction and testing stages.