Thermal Performance Improvement of Solar Parabolic Dish System Using Modified Spiral Coil Tubular Receiver

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Number of convolutions of coil</td><td class="align_center">No. of elements</td><td class="align_center">No. of nodes</td><td class="align_center">ANSYS modules</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">3 convolutions</td><td class="align_center">34704 &amp; 6678</td><td class="align_center">42716 &amp; 33034</td><td class="align_center" rowspan="3">ANSYS CFX and steady-state thermal analysis</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">4 convolutions</td><td class="align_center">42372 &amp; 8010</td><td class="align_center">52056 &amp; 39670</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">5 convolutions</td><td class="align_center">41080 &amp; 11592</td><td class="align_center">52428 &amp; 56530</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Table 2: Thermal Performance Improvement of Solar Parabolic Dish System Using Modified Spiral Coil Tubular Receiver 