Ecosense Installs Solar Thermal Lab at NIT, Puducherry.
Ecosense installs Solar Thermal Lab at
Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology,
Puducherry.
Ecosense Installs Solar Thermal Lab at National Institute of Technology, Puducherry.
Ecosense installs Solar Thermal Lab at
Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology,
Puducherry.
National Institute of Technology, Puducherry is one of the premier
Engineering College of India. It’s established with the vision to be among
leading Indian Institutes for excellent, relevant and value based technical
education and research.
Ecosense helped in realising their vision by installing Solar Thermal
Lab. Solar Thermal Lab installed at NIT Puducherry includes two equipment:
1. Solar Thermal Concentrator Training System (Parabolic Trough type
collector)
2. Solar Parabolic Cooker Trainer (Parabolic Dish type collector).
Solar Thermal Concentrator Training System
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.
How can Solar Concentrator Training system help students?
• 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.
• 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.
Demonstration of Equipment Conducted
Ecosense
also conducted a demonstration of equipments for training Professors and scholar.
This training program was focused on educating and training the professors,
scholars and technicians in Solar Thermal technology who will further train
thousands of students and professionals to start their career or business in
this very field.