Research Article

Numerical Performance Investigation of Parabolic Dish Solar-Assisted Cogeneration Plant Using Different Heat Transfer Fluids

Table 1

Investigated system characteristics [41, 42].

85%

90%
(in solar collector)0.02 kg/sec
1000 W/m2
350 K
540 K
1 m/sec
=300 K
Outer and inner diameters of receiver tube0.15 m & 0.015 m
Radius of dish, 1.33 m
L15 m
5700 K
5.56 m2
337
Insulation thickness0.02 m
Steam mass flow rate through Rankine cycle1 kg/sec
0.8
& 773 K & 4000 kPa
Temperature and pressure of sCO2 in collector314-673 K & 10,000 kPa