407775

The Optimal Tilt Angle of the Solar Fixed System of Parabolic Trough Collectors

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Last updated: 01 Feb 2025

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Renewable Energy and Energy applications

Abstract

Solar collectors are considered one of the most advanced methods for heating water or air. Their efficiency increases when the solar collectors are directed toward the sun. based on the directional movement of the sun, there must be a sun tracking system, but this system is very expensive, especially in practical applications. In the current study, tests were conducted on the parabolic trough concentrators with different tilt angles (100, 200, 300, 400, 500), which is the angle at which solar rays fall on the solar collector perpendicularly, to reach the optimal tilt angle. It was found that the north-south direction The solar concentrators are better than the east-west direction. The best heating performance of the solar collectors is at a tilt angle of 300. It is also noted that when the tilt angle exceeds 300, the percentage of solar radiation falling on the concentrators is lowered. the tilt angle of 300 is the optimal angle for solar collectors, as it achieved the highest average temperature of the water leaving of the solar collector by 18%.

DOI

10.21608/sceee.2024.293152.1026

Keywords

Solar, collectors, Sun, Thermal Efficiency

Authors

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Mustafa

MiddleName

Saad

Affiliation

Mechanical department, engineering faculty, higher technological institute, 10th of Ramadan city

Email

mohamed.saad@hti.edu.eg

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Dawood

MiddleName

khairat

Affiliation

Mechanical department, engineering faculty, Damanhur university

Email

mohamed.dawood@eng.dmu.edu.eg

City

damanhour

Orcid

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Mousa

MiddleName

Ghassoub

Affiliation

Mechanical department, engineering faculty, new dumiate university

Email

mgmousa@du.edu.eg

City

dumiat

Orcid

-

First Name

Tamer

Last Name

Nabil

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

Email

tamer.nabil@eng.suez.edu.eg

City

ismailia

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First Name

Tamer

Last Name

Mansour

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

Email

tmansour@eng.suez.edu.eg

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-

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Volume

3

Article Issue

1

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53398

Issue Date

2025-01-01

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2024-05-27

Publish Date

2025-01-01

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1

Page End

5

Print ISSN

2805-3141

Online ISSN

2805-315X

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https://sceee.journals.ekb.eg/article_407775.html

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2,132

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Publication Title

Suez Canal Engineering, Energy and Environmental Science

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https://sceee.journals.ekb.eg/

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The Optimal Tilt Angle of the Solar Fixed System of Parabolic Trough Collectors

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01 Feb 2025