The Solar Dish Stirling System (SDSS) can achieve optimal performance through design modifications and parameter optimization, with estimated maximum efficiency and output power of 26.17% and 40.43 kW, respectively.
Authors
Qusai Alkhalaf, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Shoolini University, Himachal Pradesh, Solan, 173229, India
Raj Kumar, Jindal School of Environment and Sustainability, O.P. Jindal Global University, Haryana, Sonipat, 131001, India; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Gachon University, Seongnam, 13120, South Korea;
Amar Raj Singh Suri, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Shoolini University, Himachal Pradesh, Solan, 173229, India
Sashank Thapa, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Shoolini University, Himachal Pradesh, Solan, 173229, India
Daeho Lee, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Gachon University, Seongnam, 13120, South Korea
Mamdooh Alwetaishi, Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Taif University, Taif, 21944, Saudi Arabia
Ümit Ağbulut, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Besiktas, Turkey; Department of Technical Sciences, Western Caspian University, Baku, Azerbaijan; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Natural and Social Sciences, California State University, Los Angeles, 90032, CA, United States
Summary
Solar dish Stirling system (SDSS) has generated power in rural, urban, and isolated places. Its performance is affected by weather, irradiance, wind speed, dish diameter, receiver diameter, and type of Stirling engine (SE). The modelling and design changes enhance the SDSS performance. This study covers SDSS performance optimization, design recommendations, and case analysis. The study encompasses a review of investigations of SDSS in several nations and SDSS facilities with wide examination in several domains such as solar power plants, hybridization and storage, micro-co-generation, water desalination, and solar cookery.
This paper provides detailed information on SDSS performance improvement modelling and design adjustments. Reviewing the modelling and design modification studies, important findings are presented, and optimum design parameter values at specific sites are offered. The range of output power in the reviewed literature varies from 0.103 kW to 58 kW, and the overall efficiency of the system (ηSystem) is between 10.41% and 25%. The current work has the study of SDSS modelling applied to a case study in Solan City (India), based upon which optimum design recommendations and direction of future research are suggested. The study estimates SDSS’s maximum efficiency and output power as 26.17% and 40.43 kW, respectively.
Published in: Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
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