Ecosense installs Solar Concentrator Training System at Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College, Sudernagar, Mandi.
Ecosense installs Solar Concentrator
Training System at Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru
Government Engineering College, Sudernagar, Mandi.
Jawaharlal Nehru Government Engineering College is an engineering college situated in Sudernagar, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh with a vision to bloom into centre of excellence and become pace setter by opting quality processes interwoven with freedom of flexibility and to mould professionals of superior quality dedicated to the progress and development of humanity.
Ecosense helped in realising their vision
by installing a Solar Concentrator Training System, which is a miniaturised
version of Parabolic Tough Collector based system which can be used for
experimentation and research purpose by the institute.
The Solar Concentrator
Training System is a compact and miniaturized version of Solar parabolic trough
collector-based water heating system. The system consists of parabolic
reflectors, absorber tube, sun tracker, piping, storage tanks and a heat
exchanger. A control panel would control different devices and also measure the
different parameters of the system. The system can be used to perform
experiments on heat transfer, parabolic trough characteristics and heat loss at
different parts of the system. The system is highly flexible – it can be used
with different working fluids, different absorbing materials, different piping
insulation thickness and different types of storage tanks. This gives a lot of
scope for research in heat transfer and related fields. Wind speed variation
and flow velocity are other parameters which can be changed to show their
impact on heat transfer and heat loss
The system enables user
to study and learn about Solar thermal technologies in easy and interactive
manner. It educates the user about basics on solar thermal Solar Parabolic
Trough Collector technology, basic terminologies used for solar thermal technology
like temperature, pressure, flow measurement install collector/receiver
mounting structures on the foundations etc.
· System comes with active dual axis sun tracking mechanism, so
that precise readings can be taken over a period of time.
· System comes with two absorber tubes. These two absorber
tubes can be used with two different types of fluids. A student can conduct
experiment on different types of fluid and calculate parameters such as thermal
efficiency, heat loss factor etc.
· There is a provision to vary the flow rate of liquid which
enables students to find the optimal flow rate at which they can get maximum
temperature gain.
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The system comes with an active
measurement panel to measure temperatures, pressures and flow at different
locations of the system so that a student can visualize the working of system
clearly.
· The wheels provide mobility to the system so it can be transferred from one location to other easily.
