Research Article

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

Table 4

Output obtained from SPDC system using modified absorber.

MonthMeasured parametersExperimentalNumericalDeviation
(°C) (m/s) (L/h) (kWh/m2/day) (°C) (°C) (%) (°C) (°C) (%) (%)

Jan306.145694810.9220218.657.93202.62199.3254.210.0790.0886.42
Feb346.8769011.4234232.962.83219.32216.6559.610.0630.0705.12
March407.2814011.8258256.466.94244.12242.1364.160.0530.0564.15
April427.3826012.2272269.864.94264.74262.2066.170.0270.0281.89
May448.1916012.7296294.275.98289.59288.1574.860.0220.0211.47