Modeling and simulation of a Linear Fresnel solar collector

Author

El Alj, Soukaina ; Al Mers, Ahmed ; Boutammachte, Noureddine ; Bouatem, Abdelfattah ; Merroun, Ossama

Author_Institution

Dept. of Energy, Ecole Nat. Super. d´Arts et Metiers, Meknes, Morocco

fYear

2014

Firstpage

770

Lastpage

773

Abstract

The work presented in this paper is carried out in the frame of the research project called CHAMS-1, supported by IRESEN (Institute of Research on Solar and New Energy-Morocco). The main objective of this work is to develop a numerical tool for scientific computing that enables the design and optimization of a new low cost CSP system based on a new generation of linear Fresnel technology. To model incident rays coming from the solar disk and interacting with different components of the solar field, we have used the ray-tracing Monte-Carlo algorithm. Preliminary results are presented for a Linear Fresnel solar field.

Keywords

Fresnel diffraction; Monte Carlo methods; ray tracing; solar absorber-convertors; incident rays; linear Fresnel solar collector; linear Fresnel solar field; linear Fresnel technology; low cost CSP system; ray-tracing Monte-Carlo algorithm; scientific computing; solar disk; Electron tubes; Numerical models; Optical receivers; Optical refraction; Ray tracing; Sun; Linear Fresnel CSP technology; Monte Carlo-Ray Tracing Method; shadowing and blocking effects; solar energy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC), 2014 International

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-7335-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IRSEC.2014.7059855

Filename

7059855