Abstract
Solar energy is a promising form of energy that has the potential to meet all of the world’s energy needs. Only half of the sun’s energy reaches the earth’s surface, even though it is more enough for meeting the world’s energy need. Though there is a great deal of solar energy utilization technologies available, solar parabolic dish collector system got researchers focus because of its higher thermal energy conversion efficiency and its unique advantages. Several researchers have been enlightening new and emerging technologies in several countries. Hence, the authors would like to emphasize the progress in this while exercising an extensive review of different solar concentrating techniques using solar parabolic dish collector in order to produce heat and electrical power using direct and indirect energy conversion devices with wide range of applications. Their design advancement and progress applications in recent years particularly in related field are discussed too.
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Sahu, S.K., Kopalakrishnaswami, A.S. & Natarajan, S.K. Historical overview of power generation in solar parabolic dish collector system. Environ Sci Pollut Res 29, 64404–64446 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-21984-3
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