Review Paper on Effect of Dust on the Solar Parabolic Trough and Applications

Khushaboo Singh; Krishna Purohit; Dr. P M Meena

Abstract

In the present scenario, the huge demand of energy and economy create the necessity to give importance to all types of energy resources either it is conventional or nonconventional. Since the rapid consumption of fossil fuel over billions of people across the world are still unable to assess electricity. Furthermore, if the consumption of fossil fuel will be continued then our future generation will certainly have to face the shortage of it and the global warming potential and ozone layer depletion will also increase. Solar collectors (mirrors) suffer from the dust deposition which requires frequent cleaning to maintain their efficiency. Since hundred thousand square meters of solar mirror are required even for a relatively small solar power plant, the cleaning on such a large mirror surfaces involves a significant operation and maintenance (O&M) activities and cost in concentrating solar thermal power plants. Dust deposition on solar mirror surface is site specific and the dust characterization for each site is required in order to optimize the solar mirror cleaning activities.

Keywords

Solar Parabolic Trough, Concentrated Solar Thermal (CST).

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K. S. , K. P. , D. P. M. Meena, "Review Paper on Effect of Dust on the Solar Parabolic Trough and Applications", International Journal of Innovative Research in Engineering & Management (IJIREM), Vol-3, Issue-3, Page No-249-254, 2016. Available from: