Concentrated Solar Power Dish Stirling Technology in Prospect of Energy Crisis in Bangladesh

Abstract

With the exponential increase in demand of power all over the world, the limited natural fuel resources are being stressed every hour. No matter the abundance, these resources are bound to deplete completely in far future. Humankind is now moving onto such methods for electricity generation which can meet our demand and preserve the nature’s reserves simultaneously. Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) uses the heat from the Sun to produce mechanical thus electrical power. It was chosen a preexisting method (Euro Dish) and modified it to a level suitable for small-scale/personal use. This is an obstacle in the way of making this technology and method popular and usable on a mass scale, let alone on a personal scale. In this paper, stirling engine was used as a heat engine with concentrated solar power. It also shows the comparison between concentrated solar power (CSP) and photovoltaic (PV) system. The primary objective, to generate mechanical power from Stirling engine and converting it into electrical power through a dc generator of low r.p.m., was completed with minor inefficiencies and discrepancies.