Ecosense Installs Solar Thermal Parabolic Trough Training System at
Department of Mechanical Engineering, PSN College of Engineering and
Technology, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu.
Ecosense Installs Solar Thermal Parabolic Trough Training System at
Department of Mechanical Engineering, PSN College of Engineering and
Technology, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu.
Ecosense’s Solar Thermal Parabolic
Trough Collector Based 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 in 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.
Ecosense’s Solar Parabolic Trough Training system enable
students to learn about Solar thermal technologies in easy and interactive
manner. It enables user to understand the following Solar thermal
technology-based concepts:
•
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
• Site surveying methods and evaluation
parameters
• install the back support for the collector/
receiver on the structures
• Install the cold and hot water piping system
• Install thermal storage tank and pressure pump
• Install pressure / temperature sensors, vents
and pressure release valves as per design
• insulate the hot water pipeline
• test for any leakages in piping network and
rectify accordingly
• efficiency evaluation at different parts of
the system
• study the effect of change in parameters such
as wind speed, irradiation and ambient temperature
• measure and compare the pressure in various
tubes with design values.
Ecosense also conducted a masters training program at Mechanical Lab. This Masters 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.
