An investigation of a solar cooker with parabolic trough concentrator

This research aims to develop a simple mathematical model for performance evaluation of a thermally exposed solar parabolic trough cooker. It was done under open environmental climate conditions for domestic uses. The experimental setup consisted of a solar cooker made of polished parabolic trough s...

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Main Authors:	Muhammad Noman, Ahmad Wasim, Muzaffar Ali, Mirza Jahanzaib, Salman Hussain, Hafiz Muhammad Khurram Ali, Hafiz Muhammad Ali
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2019-09-01
Series:	Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214157X19300735

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spelling	doaj-792eb26b5e4b457bbe257c94c427ee3a2020-11-24T21:53:25ZengElsevierCase Studies in Thermal Engineering2214-157X2019-09-0114An investigation of a solar cooker with parabolic trough concentratorMuhammad Noman0Ahmad Wasim1Muzaffar Ali2Mirza Jahanzaib3Salman Hussain4Hafiz Muhammad Khurram Ali5Hafiz Muhammad Ali6Industrial Engineering Department, University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, PakistanIndustrial Engineering Department, University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, PakistanMechanical Engineering Department, University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, PakistanIndustrial Engineering Department, University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, PakistanIndustrial Engineering Department, University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, PakistanIndustrial Engineering Department, University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, PakistanMechanical Engineering Department, University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, Pakistan; Corresponding author.This research aims to develop a simple mathematical model for performance evaluation of a thermally exposed solar parabolic trough cooker. It was done under open environmental climate conditions for domestic uses. The experimental setup consisted of a solar cooker made of polished parabolic trough stainless steel having concentration ratio 9.867. The efficiency analysis depicts that the resulted parabolic trough optical efficiency range between 53-33%, theoretical efficiency between 50-30% and the experimental efficiency between 38-5%. Additionally, the maximum water temperature achieved was 37.2 °C at the outlet of parabolic trough. However, maximum water temperature achieved by parabolic trough cooker was 53.6 °C under stagnated conditions. Furthermore, the observed cooker energy efficiency range between 6.5-0.11% and exergy efficiency was in range between 7.6 × 10−2 - 2.1 × 10−2% for direct cooking. Results found helpful for making domestic useable cooker. Keywords: Energy and exergy efficiency analysis, Mathematical model, Performance evaluation, Solar parabolic trough cookerhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214157X19300735
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author	Muhammad Noman Ahmad Wasim Muzaffar Ali Mirza Jahanzaib Salman Hussain Hafiz Muhammad Khurram Ali Hafiz Muhammad Ali
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author_facet	Muhammad Noman Ahmad Wasim Muzaffar Ali Mirza Jahanzaib Salman Hussain Hafiz Muhammad Khurram Ali Hafiz Muhammad Ali
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title	An investigation of a solar cooker with parabolic trough concentrator
title_short	An investigation of a solar cooker with parabolic trough concentrator
title_full	An investigation of a solar cooker with parabolic trough concentrator
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publisher	Elsevier
series	Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
issn	2214-157X
publishDate	2019-09-01
description	This research aims to develop a simple mathematical model for performance evaluation of a thermally exposed solar parabolic trough cooker. It was done under open environmental climate conditions for domestic uses. The experimental setup consisted of a solar cooker made of polished parabolic trough stainless steel having concentration ratio 9.867. The efficiency analysis depicts that the resulted parabolic trough optical efficiency range between 53-33%, theoretical efficiency between 50-30% and the experimental efficiency between 38-5%. Additionally, the maximum water temperature achieved was 37.2 °C at the outlet of parabolic trough. However, maximum water temperature achieved by parabolic trough cooker was 53.6 °C under stagnated conditions. Furthermore, the observed cooker energy efficiency range between 6.5-0.11% and exergy efficiency was in range between 7.6 × 10−2 - 2.1 × 10−2% for direct cooking. Results found helpful for making domestic useable cooker. Keywords: Energy and exergy efficiency analysis, Mathematical model, Performance evaluation, Solar parabolic trough cooker
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