PROJECT SPECIFICATION/PROJECT BRIEF OF ENGINEERING

The following should be highlighted in the project specification /brief: (Form attached below)

A. Project Title.

B. Brief description on project background. (.i.e. problem context, rationale, description of
problem area, nature of challenge)

C. Brief description of project objectives. (i.e. scope of proposal, constructs used, limitations
and significance)

D. Brief description of the system/model/design that will be used in this proposal.


E. Academic research being carried out and other information, techniques being learnt. (i.e.
literature - what are the names of books you are going to read / data sets you are going to
use)


F. Brief description of the materials/methodologies needed by the proposal.
(i.e. data collection methods, motors, sensor and etc.)


G. Brief description of the evaluation and analysis proposed for this project.
(i.e. project deliverables and hypothesis, correlation test etc)


H. Illustration of how this project will benefit in the future.
Project Specification Form (Engineering)

Note: The PSF is an online submission. Use this form to discuss your proposal with your
supervisor. Please complete all sections before meeting your supervisor so that relevant
comments can be furnished.

A. Project Title.





B. Brief description on project background. (.i.e. problem context, rationale,
description of problem area, nature of challenge)
































Solar thermal electricity technologies are understudy for more enhancements to
implement as an electricity generation technology and to establish and introduce it
into market. Every day , a very large of solar power is traveling to earth without a
utilizing it some is used by nature and the rest vanished. The idea of solar collectors is
to try to collect some of these unutilized solar rays and then use it to generate another
form of power that humans are interested in such as electricity. And since solar power
is free and green power, it considers one of the best choices as petroleums alternative
in electricity generation industry. Therefore , there is a demand to design a system to
collect solar power and transfer it into electricity using some processes which includes
transferring water into steam to generate electricity and that transformation shall be
occur via solar power .





Design of Solar-based steam electric power regenerator
C. Brief description of project objectives. (i.e. scope of proposal, constructs used,
limitations and significance)































1) To design a solar collector which is able to transform water into steam .
2) To develop a mechanism or sub-system to produce electricity using the steam.
And the output electricity should power a useful gaged.
3) To implement a prototype



D. Brief description of the system/model/design that will be used in this proposal.










































The system main purpose is to generate electricity using solar power and steam
dynamics. This system collect solar power and then concentrate it in to a path where the
water flow in order to vapor the water and then direct it to turbine to generate rotary
motion to move the rotor inside the electrical generator to produce electricity .The
system consists of three main parts: solar collector, water boiler and a steam powered
electrical generator.

The solar collector collects the solar power and concentrates it into a particular space to
provide an amount of heat which is enough to turn water in the boiler into steam. A
parabolic trough will be used as a solar collector. It is a line concentrating type of solar
collection. where it will be covered by a reflective mirror in order to reflect the sun rays
falls into the through.
The Boiler is basically will be made of cooper tube which will be placed in the parabolic
through concentration line. There is two valves in the rube , one to pour water in and the
another to exit the steam out . The cooper tube can sustain the steam temperature and
pressure which is an average of 200 C and 150 psi.
The electrical generator will be attached to the turbine which powered by the steam
generated in the boiler.
The parabolic solar trough have one axis movement in order to truck the sun angle in
which the solar power is maximum for a higher radiation efficiency . The tracking
movement is done manually.


E. Academic research being carried out and other information, techniques being
learnt. (i.e. literature - what are the names of books you are going to read / data sets
you are going to use)









































1- D. Mills . (2004) Advances in solar thermal electricity technology. Solar energy. [Online] 76.
P.19-31. Available from : http://www.sciencedirect.com.
[Accessed : 30 January 2012]
2- M.J. Montes, A. Abanades, J.M. Martinez-Val, M.valdes. (2009) Solar multiple
optimization for a solar-only thermal power plant, using oil as heat transfer fluid in the
parabolic trough collectors. Solar Energy. [online] 83. P.21652176. Available from :
http://www.sciencedirect.com. [Accessed : 30 January 2012].
3- David R. Mills and Graham L. Morrison. (2000) compact linear Fresnel reflector solar
thermal power plants. Solar energy. [online] . 68. P.263283. Available from :
http://www.sciencedirect.com. [Accessed : 30 January 2012].
4- Stories A. Kalogirou. (2004) Solar thermal collectors and applications. Progress in energy
and combustion since . [online]. 30. P.231-295. Available from :
http://www.sciencedirect.com.
[Accessed : 30 January 2012].
5- A. Fernandez-Garcia , E. Zara , L. Valenzuela , M. Perez. (2010) Parabolic-trough solar
collectors and their application .Renewable and sustainable energy review.[online].
14.P.1695-1721. Available from : http://www.sciencedirect.com. [Accessed : 30 January
2012].
6- Najla El Gharbi , Halima Derbal , Sofiane Bouaichaoui ,Noureddine Said. (2010) Fresnel
reflector technologies. Energy Procedia. [online]. 6.P.565-572. Available from :
http://www.sciencedirect.com. [Accessed : 30 January 2012].
7- Y. Rafeeu , M.Z.A. Ab Kadir. (2012) Thermal performance of parabolic concentrators under
Malaysian environment: A case study. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Review. [online].
16.P.3826-3835. Available from : http://www.sciencedirect.com. [Accessed : 8
th
May 2014].
8- Cangel, Yunus .(2007) Heat and Mass Transfer : A practical Approach. 3
rd
ed.
9- M.S. Hossain , R. Saidur , H. Fayaz , N.A. Rahim , M.R. Islam , J.U. Ahmed , M.M.
Rahman. (2011) Review on solar water heater collector and thermal energy performance of
circulating pipe. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. [online]. 15.P.3801-3812
Available from : http://www.sciencedirect.com. [Accessed : 8
th
May 2014].
10- Robert Foster, Majid Ghassemi , Alma Cota(2010) Solar energy ; Renewable energy and the
environment. USA : CRC.

F. Brief description of the materials/methodologies needed by the proposal.
(i.e. data collection methods, equipments, testing and etc.)

































Parabolic shape mirror.
Metal sheets.
Cooper pipes.
Glass.
High- temperature proof rubber -polymer pipes.
Alternator/(or)Dc generator .
Steam turbine / (or) Cylinder.
Bearings .
Brass nozzles.
Metals connectors.
Wood.
Small hardware materials.
Electrical equipment such as drill , grinders,..etc.



G. Brief description of the evaluation and analysis proposed for this project.
(i.e. project deliverables and hypothesis, correlation test etc)






H. Illustration of how this project will benefit in the future.