Heating residential water using parabolic trough concentrators: theoretical calculations and analysis
by Mahmoud Khaled; Hany Beltagy; Ali Shaito; Hicham El Hage; Mohamad Ramadan
Progress in Industrial Ecology, An International Journal (PIE), Vol. 10, No. 4, 2016

Abstract: The present work concerns theoretical and case studies related to a new design of residential water heating using parabolic trough. To proceed, the thermal modelling of parabolic trough concentration and flat plate heat collection is drawn. Then, the case of Beirut city is considered to compare the performance of three different configurations of heating water: flat plate, parabolic trough and parabolic trough with tracking. It was shown that the enhancement of water heating using parabolic trough with respect to flat plate collector depends on the criterion of comparison. Particularly for the same volume occupied on the roof, the use of parabolic trough has shown to decrease the time of heating water to 70°C by 22.4% (a decrease from 52.2 h to 40.5 h) without tracking and 33% (a decrease from 52.2 h to 35 h) with tracking.

Online publication date: Wed, 26-Apr-2017

The full text of this article is only available to individual subscribers or to users at subscribing institutions.

 
Existing subscribers:
Go to Inderscience Online Journals to access the Full Text of this article.

Pay per view:
If you are not a subscriber and you just want to read the full contents of this article, buy online access here.

Complimentary Subscribers, Editors or Members of the Editorial Board of the Progress in Industrial Ecology, An International Journal (PIE):
Login with your Inderscience username and password:

Username:        Password:          Forgotten your password?

Want to subscribe?
A subscription gives you complete access to all articles in the current issue, as well as to all articles in the previous three years (where applicable). See our Orders page to subscribe.

If you still need assistance, please email subs@inderscience.com