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Exergy Destructions Analysis of Evacuated Tube Compound Parabolic Concentrator

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This research presents a mathematical model using the exergy analysis of evacuated tube compound parabolic concentrator under the meteorological conditions of Jaipur–India. Moreover, the effect of hourly variation of solar radiation intensity and ambient temperature over the exergetic efficiency of evacuated tube compound parabolic concentrator are analyzed. The maximum exergetic efficiency was 12.83%, whereas day-wise efficiency varied from 4.70 to 8.45% on average. The maximum energy and exergy gain recorded are 252.2 and 46.84 kW h per day. Exergy destructions are highest during energy transfer from the absorber to the receiver tubes (46%), followed by exergy destructions due to optical (36%).

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The authors are very thankful to the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, for sponsoring the project DST/SSTP/Rajasthan/389 to Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur.

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    Dinesh Kumar Sharma

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, 302017, Jaipur, India

    Dinesh Kumar Sharma & Dilip Sharma

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Assiut University, 71516, Assiut, Egypt

    Ahmed Hamza H. Ali

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Dinesh Kumar Sharma, Sharma, D. & Ali, A.H. Exergy Destructions Analysis of Evacuated Tube Compound Parabolic Concentrator. Appl. Sol. Energy 57, 420–429 (2021). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0003701X2105011X

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