• Dr.M.Sekar
• S.Arunkumar

Solar energy is one of the everlasting and promising sources of energy. Solar systems such as solar collector or receiver, solar chimney, solar heater are the wonderful technologies to adapt the solar energy suitable for human utilization. In this work, an effort has been made to analyse the performance of 1.2 m length designed parabolic trough solar collector model. The heat receiving element were made of stainless steel and copper with water as a heat transfer fluid. The heat transfer fluid circulates through a receiver tube that absorbs solar radiation reflected from the reflector of parabolic trough collector. The receiver tube was modeled by SOLIDWORKS modeling software. This model was justified based on the results obtained from an experimental with respect to inlet temperature, surface temperature and thermal efficiency under different solar radiation. The simulation were carried out by CFD using measured meteorological data. Finally, the effect of solar radiation was compared between receiver tubes in both simulation and experimental.

Solar, Thermal collector, Receiver tube, Expeimental investigation, Simulation analysis.

"EFFECT OF SOLAR RADIATION ON RECEIVER TUBE OF SOLAR COLLECTOR", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 9, page no.333-338, September-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRA006320.pdf

"EFFECT OF SOLAR RADIATION ON RECEIVER TUBE OF SOLAR COLLECTOR", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 9, page no. pp333-338, September-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRA006320.pdf