Homogeneous Flux Distribution in High-Flux Solar Furnaces

Comparisons between experimental data and ray-tracing simulation results are presented for the high-flux SF60 solar furnace available at the Plataforma Solar de Almeria, Spain, which has an estimated thermal power of 60 kW. Since an important issue in many applications of solar concentrated radiatio...

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Published inEnergies (Basel) Vol. 13; no. 2; p. 433
Main Authors Pereira, José Carlos Garcia, Rodríguez, José, Fernandes, Jorge Cruz, Rosa, Luís Guerra
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.01.2020
Subjects
Computer simulation
Fluctuations
Flux
flux distribution
Furnaces
optical modelling
Parabolic bodies
Radiation distribution
radiation homogeniser
Radiometers
Ray tracing
ray tracing simulations
Simulation
solar furnace optimisation
Solar furnaces
Sun
Thermal power
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Summary:Comparisons between experimental data and ray-tracing simulation results are presented for the high-flux SF60 solar furnace available at the Plataforma Solar de Almeria, Spain, which has an estimated thermal power of 60 kW. Since an important issue in many applications of solar concentrated radiation is to obtain a radiation distribution that is as homogeneous as possible over the central working area, so-called radiation homogenisers were also used but the degree of success achieved is just satisfactory, as the results show. Finally, further modelling studies using ray-tracing simulations aiming to attain a homogenous distribution of flux by means of double reflexion using two paraboloid surfaces are presented.
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en13020433