{"title":"Thermodynamic investigation of solar energy conversion in to work","authors":"W. Dayanga, K. Gamalath","doi":"10.4038/SLJP.V9I0.2510","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Using a simple thermodynamic upper bound efficiency model for the conversion of solar energy into work, the best material for a converter was obtained. Modifying the existing detailed terrestrial application model of direct solar radiation to include an atmospheric transmission coefficient with cloud factors and a maximum concentration ratio, the best shape for a solar concentrator was derived. Using a Carnot engine in detailed space application model, the best shape for the mirror of a concentrator was obtained. A new conversion model was introduced for a solar chimney power plant to obtain the efficiency of the power plant and power output. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljp.v9i0.2510 Sri Lanka Journal of Physics Vol.9 (2008) pp.47-60","PeriodicalId":21880,"journal":{"name":"Sri Lankan Journal of Physics","volume":"40 1","pages":"47"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2010-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Sri Lankan Journal of Physics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4038/SLJP.V9I0.2510","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Using a simple thermodynamic upper bound efficiency model for the conversion of solar energy into work, the best material for a converter was obtained. Modifying the existing detailed terrestrial application model of direct solar radiation to include an atmospheric transmission coefficient with cloud factors and a maximum concentration ratio, the best shape for a solar concentrator was derived. Using a Carnot engine in detailed space application model, the best shape for the mirror of a concentrator was obtained. A new conversion model was introduced for a solar chimney power plant to obtain the efficiency of the power plant and power output. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljp.v9i0.2510 Sri Lanka Journal of Physics Vol.9 (2008) pp.47-60