Estudio teórico-experimental de la transferencia de calor en el tubo receptor de un colector solar de canal parabólico

The capture of solar energy through parabolic trough collectors is a technological application for the use of clean energy, this allows reducing the use of fossil fuels and reducing the generation of greenhouse gases (GHG). Therefore, this article presents a theoretical-experimental study of the heat transfer in the receiver tube of a parabolic channel collector through which the working fluid flows.The receiver tube is made of copper with a nominal diameter of 1 "and is covered by a borosilicate glass tube with an outer diameter of 2 1/2" x 2.5 m long, to reduce convective losses. The theoretical study is carried out in two-dimensional (2D) Cartesian coordinates and axi-symmetric boundary condition to model and simulate fluid dynamics and analyze the behavior of convective heat transfer between the air of the annular space and the working fluid. The simulated fluid temperatures were from 80 to 180 ° C, this range includes various industrial applications where process heat is required. The simulated direct radiation values were from 600 to 1100 W / m2. The difference between the theoretical and experimental results was less than 8%.