The  aim  of  this  master  thesis  is  an  investigation  of  the  thermal  performance  of  a  thermal compound parabolic concentrating (CPC) collector from Solarus. The collector consists of two troughs with absorbers which are coated with different types of paint with  unknown  properties.  The  lower  and  upper  trough  of  the  collector  have  been  tested individually. In  order  to  accomplish  the  performance  of  the  two  collectors,  a  thorough  literature  study  in  the  fields  of  CPC  technology,  various  test  methods,  test  standards  for  solar thermal  collectors  as  well  as  the  latest  articles  relating  on  the  subject  were  carried  out. In addition, the set‐up of the thermal test rig was part of the thesis as well. The thermal  performance  was  tested  according  to  the  steady  state  test  method  as  described in the European standard 12975‐2. Furthermore, the thermal performance of  a  conventional  flat  plate  collector  was  carried  out  for  verification  of  the  test  method. The  CPC‐Thermal  collector  from  Solarus  was  tested  in  2013  and  the  results  showed  four  times  higher  values  of  the  heat  loss  coefficient  UL (8.4  W/m²K)  than  what  has been reported for a commercial collector from Solarus. This value was assumed to be too large and it was assumed that the large value was a result of the test method used that time. Therefore, another aim was the comparison of the results achieved in this work with the results from the tests performed in 2013. The results of the thermal performance showed that the optical efficiency of the lower trough of the CPC‐T collector is 77±5% and the corresponding heat loss coefficient UL 4.84±0.20  W/m²K.  The  upper  trough  achieved  an  optical  efficiency  of  75±6  %  and  a  heat loss coefficient UL of 6.45±0.27 W/m²K. The results of the heat loss coefficients  are  valid  for  temperature  intervals  between  20°C  and  80°C.  The  different  absorber paintings have a significant impact on the results, the lower trough performs overall better.  The  results  achieved  in  this  thesis  show  lower  heat  loss  coefficients UL and higher optical efficiencies compared to the results from 2013.

FundaÃÃo Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Cientifico e TecnolÃgico / CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior / Um concentrador solar parabÃlico à um tipo de refletor usado para aumentar a intensidade da radiaÃÃo em uma superfÃcie. Para que ocorra a reflexÃo adequada da radiaÃÃo solar, o refletor parabÃlico deve constantemente rastrear a posiÃÃo do sol de tal forma que os raios solares sejam refletidos em um tubo que se encontra na posiÃÃo de foco da parÃbola. A proposta deste trabalho à desenvolver um sistema eletrÃnico de controle de baixo custo para concentradores parabÃlicos aplicados à refrigeraÃÃo e proporcionar autonomia ao equipamento. TambÃm à apresentado um sistema mecÃnico para acionamento do rastreador. Por ser parte de um sistema de refrigeraÃÃo, o tubo colocado no foco da parÃbola deve sofrer processos de aquecimento e resfriamento. O sistema à constituÃdo de uma placa de controle com um microcontrolador em seu nÃcleo, sensores de luminosidade e sensores limitadores de movimento e um motor de passo responsÃvel pelo acionamento da estrutura mÃvel do concentrador solar. AtravÃs do sistema desenvolvido, pode-se fazer com que sejam atingidas temperaturas em torno de 180ÂC na superfÃcie externa do tubo coletor colocado na posiÃÃo de foco da parÃbola / A parabolic solar concentrator is a type of reflector utilized to increase the radiation intensity on a surface. In order to have a proper reflection of solar radiation, the parabolic reflector should constantly track the sunâs position so that solar rays are converged to a tube that is at the focus position of the parabola. The purpose of this study is to develop an electronic control system for low-cost parabolic trough concentrators applied to refrigeration process, and to provide autonomy to the equipment. It also is presented a mechanical system to guide the tracker. As part of a refrigeration device, the tube placed at the parabolaâs focus should experiment heating and cooling processes. The electronic system consists of a control plate with a microprocessor at its core, motion limiting and light sensors, and a step motor responsible for move the solar concentrator structure. Through this developed system, temperatures close to 180oC can be reached on external surface of the heat adsorption tube, which is placed on the position of parabolaâs focus

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-23T14:08:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Vitor Luiz Rigoti dos Anjos.pdf: 1989527 bytes, checksum: ff87f9a6cd0a1d2d7314336dc8689bf7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-07-28 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Having in mind the necessity to pump heavy crude oil from notoriously sunny regions of Brazil (northern Brazil regions general speaking or northern Espirito Santo state specifically), the utilization of solar radiation appears as an alternative thermal source to heat on-shore pipelines and storage tanks. The present work exhibits the basic steps to project, design, construction and test of a parabolic solar concentrator prototype, as well as shows experimental results gotten from the activities developed by the whole project and points out some possibilities to enhance the system for future operations. Here, the main objective is to increase heat transfer to a tube installed on parabolic focus (absorber tube). Using distinct configurations for the absorbers tubes, the work fluid is heated and analysis are prosecuted over collected data aiming to reach the main goal, which is to study the pressure drop reduction by viscosity decreasing of heavy oils flow using solar energy collected by a parabolic concentrator. / Tendo em vista a necessidade de transportar óleos pesados produzidos em regiões notoriamente ensolaradas do Brasil (tais como o norte do estado do Espírito Santo e estados da região Nordeste), o aproveitamento da radiação solar incidente como fonte de energia térmica alternativa para aquecimento de oleodutos e tanques de armazenamento terrestres (on-shore) surge como uma solução para a redução da perda de carga induzida no escoamento através da redução da viscosidade do fluido. O presente trabalho apresenta de modo sucinto as etapas de dimensionamento, projeto, construção e teste de um protótipo de concentrador solar parabólico, bem como os resultados experimentais obtidos durante as atividades do projeto como um todo, além de apontar também novas possibilidades de melhoria do sistema para futuras operações. A principal proposta deste trabalho é a otimização do tubo absorvedor do concentrador solar, a fim de aumentar o aproveitamento da radiação incidente. Utilizando configurações distintas de tubos absorvedores instalados sobre o foco do concentrador solar parabólico experimental, o fluido de trabalho é aquecido e, de posse dos dados coletados nos experimentos são feitas as devidas análises para alcançar o objetivo do projeto principal, que é obter uma forma de redução da perda de carga em escoamentos de óleos pesados utilizando a energia solar coletada por um concentrador parabólico.

Baigiamajame magistro darbe suprojektuotos ir pagamintos dviejų rūšių šviesos koncentratorinės sistemos: jungtinė parabolinė ir sistema su Frenelio lęšiu. Atlikta saulės elementų efektyvumo analizė, išnagrinėtos šviesą koncentruojančių sistemų rūšys bei aptarti jų optiniai parametrai. Frenelio lęšis ir koncentratorinių sistemų laikančiosios konstrukcijos pagamintos vakuuminio formavimo būdu, ieškant pigesnės gamybos technologijos. Baigiamajame darbe atlikti optinio pralaidumo ir lūžio rodiklio, matomos šviesos bangų ilgių ruože, tyrimai bei saulės elementų, esančių šviesos koncentratorinėse sistemose,voltamperinių ir voltvatinių charakteristikų tyrimai. Iš tyrimų rezultatų nustatyti šviesos koncentravimo laipsniai. Darbe diskutuojama apie pigių optinių sistemų galimus pritaikymus ir jų tobulinimo būdus. Išnagrinėjus teorinę ir praktinę dalis, pateiktos išvados ir pasiūlymai. Darbą sudaro 8 dalys: įvadas, saulės elementų efektyvumo ribos, saulės šviesos koncentratoriai ir jų panaudojimas fotoelektrinėse sistemose, eksperimentinių tyrimų metodika, prototipų gamyba, eksperimentiniai tyrimai, išvados, literatūros sąrašas. Darbo apimtis – 82 p. teksto be priedų, 95 pav., 13 lent., 22 bibliografiniai šaltiniai. Atskirai pridedami darbo priedai. / Concentrated PV systems (compound parabolic and Fresnel CPV) have been designed and investigated. The efficiency of solar cells and the types of light concentrated systems have been analyzed and their optical parameters have been discussed. Fresnel lens and the CPV system holding structure have been fabricated by means of vacuum forming machine in this way making the technology of production less expensive. Optical transmittance and refractive index of Fresnel lens were measured in the range of visible light wavelengths. Current-voltage and voltage-power characteristics of solar cells built inside the CPV systems were investigated, based on results the degree of light concentration by Fresnel lens and compound parabolic CPV has been determined. Some discussions regarding possible applications of concentrated PV systems containing the Fresnel lens as well as possible ways of CPV design improvements are given in current work. After analysed theoretical and practical parts, conclusions and suggestions are proposed. Thesis structure: introduction, theoretical and experimental parts, results of experiments, conclusions and references. Thesis consist of: 82 p. text without appendixes, 95 pictures, 13 tables, 22 bibliographical entries. Appendixes included.

<p>Cilj&nbsp; ovog&nbsp; rada&nbsp; bio&nbsp; je&nbsp; ispitivanje&nbsp; mogućnosti&nbsp; primene&nbsp; modifikovanog&nbsp; bentonita&nbsp; kao katalizatora&nbsp; (ferioksalat&nbsp; i&nbsp; Al,&nbsp; Fe-bentonit&nbsp; katalizatori)&nbsp; u&nbsp; Fenton&nbsp; i&nbsp; foto-Fenton&nbsp; procesu&nbsp; uklanjanja tekstilne&nbsp; reaktivne&nbsp; boje&nbsp; Reactive&nbsp; Red&nbsp; 120.&nbsp; Do&nbsp; sada&nbsp; su&nbsp; objavljene&nbsp; studije&nbsp; primene&nbsp; heterogenog Fenton procesa sa različitim koncentracijama gvožđau katalizatorima i sa kompleksom ferioksalata,međutim, njihovo poređenje u smislu efikasnosti obezbojavanja nije istraženo, &scaron;to je bio jedan od fokusa&nbsp; istraživanja&nbsp; u&nbsp; ovom&nbsp; radu.&nbsp; Osim&nbsp; toga,&nbsp; potencijal&nbsp; sunčeve&nbsp; energije&nbsp; predstavlja&nbsp; 16,7%&nbsp; od ukupno&nbsp; iskoristivog&nbsp; potencijala&nbsp; obnovljivih&nbsp; izvora&nbsp; energije&nbsp; u&nbsp; Srbiji,&nbsp; dok&nbsp; je&nbsp; prosečno&nbsp; sunčevo zračenje&nbsp; u&nbsp; Srbiji&nbsp; oko&nbsp; 40%&nbsp; vi&scaron;e&nbsp; od&nbsp; evropskog&nbsp; proseka,&nbsp; čineći&nbsp; ga&nbsp; vrlo&nbsp; zanimljivim&nbsp; za&nbsp; primenu&nbsp; u ovom tipu tretmana. U cilju &scaron;to boljeg iskori&scaron;ćenjasunčevog zračenja i unapređenja fotokatalitičkih performansi&nbsp; procesa&nbsp; primenjen&nbsp; je&nbsp; parabolični&nbsp; koncentri&scaron;ući&nbsp; reaktor,&nbsp; koji&nbsp; je&nbsp; za&nbsp; ovu&nbsp; vrstu&nbsp; procesa prvi put upotrebljavan. Proučavano je u kojoj meri je solarna fotokataliza značajan segment tehnike za tretman otpadnih voda tokom degradacije perzistentnih jedinjenja, kao &scaron;to je organska azo boja. Takođe, utvrđen je i potencijal fotolize vodonik-peroksida za obezbojavanjem sintetičkog rastvora date&nbsp; boje.&nbsp; Prva&nbsp; faza&nbsp; imala&nbsp; je&nbsp; za&nbsp; cilj&nbsp; sintezu&nbsp; materijala&nbsp; primenom&nbsp; različitih&nbsp; metoda&nbsp; pripreme&nbsp; i<br />konstrukciju solarnog paraboličnog reaktora, koji će se koristiti u Fenton i foto-Fenton procesima degradacije boje Reactive Red 120. Druga faza je podrazumevala karakterizaciju novosintetisanih materijala i optimizaciju procesa fotokatalize primenom Fenton i foto-Fenton procesa i određivanje postignutih efikasnosti primenjenih procesa. Takođe, vr&scaron;eno je određivanje stepena mineralizacije i identifikacija degradacionih produkata nakon procesa degradacije tekstilne boje Reactive Red 120, kao&nbsp; i&nbsp; primena&nbsp; foto-Fenton&nbsp; procesa&nbsp; na&nbsp; realnom&nbsp; efluentu.&nbsp; Na&nbsp; osnovu&nbsp; dobijenih&nbsp; rezultata&nbsp; tokom primene Fenton procesa i kori&scaron;ćenjem oba tipa katalizatora u periodima niskog i visokog intenziteta zračenja,&nbsp; sa&nbsp; aspekta&nbsp; postizanja&nbsp; visoke&nbsp; efikasnosti&nbsp; obezbojavanja&nbsp; i&nbsp; najmanjeg&nbsp; izluživanja&nbsp; gvožđa,<br />može&nbsp; se&nbsp; zaključiti&nbsp; da&nbsp; je&nbsp; Fenton&nbsp; proces&nbsp; najefikasniji&nbsp; na&nbsp; pH&nbsp; vrednosti&nbsp; 3.&nbsp; AlFeB&nbsp; je&nbsp; pokazao&nbsp; veću reaktivnost čak i pri manje upotrebljenim dozama od0,05 g u odnosu na CuOFeB (0,2 g), kao i mogućnost&nbsp; manje&nbsp; upotrebe&nbsp; vodonik-peroksida&nbsp; od&nbsp; 2,5&nbsp; mM,&nbsp; za&nbsp; postizanje&nbsp; visoke&nbsp; efikasnosti obezbojavanja i postignut visok stepen mineralizacije. Vi&scaron;i intenzitet sunčevog zračenja omogućava odvijanje reakcije obezbojavanja na vi&scaron;im pH vrednostima primenom oba katalizatora tokom fotoFenton&nbsp; procesa.&nbsp; Ovo&nbsp; je&nbsp; posebno&nbsp; izraženo&nbsp; kod&nbsp; CuOFeB&nbsp; tokom&nbsp; letnjeg&nbsp; perioda&nbsp; (pH&nbsp; 7),&nbsp; čak&nbsp; i&nbsp; pri nižim dozama katalizatora. Međutim, najveći udeo u&nbsp; procesu obezbojavanja pri upotrebi CuOFeB katalizatora ima fotoliza vodonik-peroksida (80%). Suprotno ovim rezultatima, pri istim reakcionim uslovima,&nbsp; potrebna&nbsp; je&nbsp; veća&nbsp; količina&nbsp; AlFeB&nbsp; katalizatora&nbsp; (0,1&nbsp; g)&nbsp; i&nbsp; niža&nbsp; pH&nbsp; vrednost&nbsp; reakcije,&nbsp; a efikasnost&nbsp; procesa&nbsp; značajno&nbsp; zavisi&nbsp; od&nbsp; početne&nbsp; koncentracije&nbsp; H₂O₂.&nbsp; Činjenica&nbsp; da&nbsp; se&nbsp; u&nbsp; pripremi katalizatora koristio bentonit kao prirodan, &scaron;irokorasprostranjen i jeftin materijal i solarno zračenje kao obnovljiv i alternativni izvor fotona, gore navedene rezultate bi trebalo uzeti u obzir prilikom analize tro&scaron;kova efikasnosti primenjenog procesa. Takođe, primena unapređenih procesa oksidacije se&nbsp; razmatra&nbsp; kao&nbsp; predlog&nbsp; za&nbsp; najbolju&nbsp; dostupnu&nbsp; tehniku&nbsp; kada&nbsp; je&nbsp; u&nbsp; pitanju&nbsp; tretman&nbsp; otpadne&nbsp; vode tekstilne industrije, dok se kao dodatne nove tehnike uzimaju u obzir foto-oksidacije i ispitivanje mogućnosti&nbsp; njihove&nbsp; primene&nbsp; u&nbsp; preči&scaron;ćavanju&nbsp; otpadne&nbsp; vode&nbsp; u&nbsp; tercijarnom&nbsp; tretmanu&nbsp; na poluindustrijskim sistemima.<br />&nbsp;</p> / <p>The aim of this study was to investigate the decolorization efficiency of Reactive Red 120&nbsp; (RR120) synthetic solution using ferrioxalate (CuOFeB) and Al, Fe-bentonite (AlFeB) catalysts in&nbsp; Fenton&nbsp; and&nbsp; photo-Fenton&nbsp; process.&nbsp; So&nbsp; far,&nbsp; studies&nbsp; of the&nbsp; application&nbsp; of&nbsp; a&nbsp; solar-assisted&nbsp; heterogeneous Fenton process with various Fe loaded catalysts and with ferrioxalate complex have&nbsp; been published, but according to&nbsp;&nbsp; the author&rsquo;s knowledge, their comparison in terms of efficacy of&nbsp; decolorization&nbsp; has&nbsp; not&nbsp; been&nbsp; performed,&nbsp; which&nbsp; was&nbsp; one&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; focus&nbsp; of&nbsp; research&nbsp; in&nbsp; this&nbsp; paper.&nbsp; In addition, the potential of solar energy represents&nbsp; 16.7% of the total utilized&nbsp; potential of renewable&nbsp; energy sources in Serbia, while the average solar radiation in&nbsp; Serbia is&nbsp; about 40% higher than the&nbsp; European average, making it very interesting for&nbsp; application in this type of treatment. In order to&nbsp; optimize the use of solar radiation and to improve&nbsp; the photocatalytic performance of the process, parabolic&nbsp; concentrating&nbsp; reactor&nbsp; was&nbsp; used&nbsp; for&nbsp; the&nbsp; first&nbsp; time.&nbsp; As&nbsp; a&nbsp; significant&nbsp; segment&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; wastewater&nbsp; treatment&nbsp; technique&nbsp; during&nbsp; the&nbsp; degradation&nbsp; of&nbsp; persistent&nbsp; compounds,&nbsp; such&nbsp; as&nbsp; organic azo dye, solar photocatalysis was studied. Also, the potential of photolysis of hydrogen peroxide for&nbsp; decolorization of the synthetic dye solution was determined. Aim of the first phase of the study was synthesizing&nbsp; materials&nbsp; by&nbsp; using&nbsp; different&nbsp; methods&nbsp; of&nbsp; preparation,&nbsp; and&nbsp; construction&nbsp; of&nbsp; a&nbsp; solar&nbsp; parabolic reactor, which will be used in Fenton andphoto-Fenton dye degradation processes. The second phase involved the characterization of newlysynthesized materials and the optimization of the&nbsp; photocatalytic&nbsp; process&nbsp; by&nbsp; applying&nbsp; Fenton&nbsp; and&nbsp; photo-Fonton&nbsp; processes,&nbsp; as&nbsp; well&nbsp; as&nbsp; the&nbsp; determination&nbsp; of&nbsp; achieved efficiency&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; appliedprocesses.&nbsp; Also, the degree&nbsp; of mineralization and the identification of degradation products after applied processes were determined. Application&nbsp; of the photo-Fenton process on a real effluent was conducted as well. Based on the obtained results&nbsp; during&nbsp; Fenton&nbsp; process&nbsp; and&nbsp; using&nbsp; both&nbsp; types&nbsp; of&nbsp; catalysts&nbsp; in&nbsp; periods&nbsp; of&nbsp; low&nbsp; and&nbsp; high&nbsp; intensity&nbsp; of&nbsp; radiation, from the aspect of achieving high efficiency of decolorization and smallest iron leaching,&nbsp; it&nbsp; can&nbsp; be&nbsp; concluded&nbsp; that&nbsp; the&nbsp; Fenton&nbsp; process&nbsp; is&nbsp; most effective&nbsp; at&nbsp; pH&nbsp; 3.&nbsp; AlFeB&nbsp; showed&nbsp; greater&nbsp; reactivity even at less used doses of 0.05&nbsp; g, compared to CuOFeB (0.2 g), and the possibility of using&nbsp; less&nbsp; hydrogen&nbsp; peroxide&nbsp; (2.5&nbsp; mM),&nbsp; achieving&nbsp; high&nbsp; efficiency&nbsp; and&nbsp; a&nbsp; high&nbsp; degree&nbsp; of mineralization. Higher intensity of solar radiationallows the reaction to be carried out at higher pH values when using both catalysts during the photo-Fenton process. This is particularly pronounced largest part in the decolorization process using the CuOFeB catalyst has&nbsp; a photolysis of hydrogen peroxide&nbsp; (80%).&nbsp; Contrary&nbsp; to&nbsp; these&nbsp; results,&nbsp; under&nbsp; the&nbsp; same&nbsp; reaction&nbsp; conditions,&nbsp; a&nbsp; higher&nbsp; doses&nbsp; of AlFeB catalyst (0.1 g) is needed at lower pH value&nbsp; of the reaction, and the process efficiency is significantly dependent on the initial concentration of H ₂O₂. The fact that in the preparation of the catalysts bentonite as a natural, abundant, inexpensive material was used and solar&nbsp; radiation as a renewable and alternative source of photons, the above results should&nbsp; be taken into account in the cost-effectiveness&nbsp; analysis&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; applied&nbsp; process. Also,&nbsp; the&nbsp; application&nbsp; of&nbsp; advanced&nbsp; oxidation processes is considered as a proposal&nbsp; for the best available technique when it comes to the treatment of&nbsp; wastewater&nbsp; from&nbsp; the&nbsp; textile&nbsp; industry,&nbsp; while&nbsp; as&nbsp; additional&nbsp; new&nbsp; techniques,&nbsp; photooxidation&nbsp; is considered as a candidate and the possibility of their application in the treatment of wastewater in tertiary treatment on semi-industrial systems.</p>