SOLAR THERMAL USING

PARABOLIC LENS
ABSTRACT:

• Increasing in global energy demand and environmental

concerns have resulted in the development of various energy
saving measures during the past few decades.
• In recent years, the concept of integrating thermal systems
with a renewable and sustainable energy source, especially
solar energy, has been increasingly attractive.
• For greater incidence of sunlight, CSP(Concentrating Solar
Panel) plants use mirrors or lenses as concentrators. This
concentrated light heats up the working fluid, which in turn
heats steam in a boiler via a heat exchanger, to run a load.
EXISTING SYSTEM:

• The existing system is aimed at identifying and presenting the

facts pertaining to recent developments in the solar thermal
field and the integration of a variety of TES system with solar
energy in order to cater to the heating requirements for
different applications.
• These systems effectively utilize the available sunshine in the
solar-dominated regions and help reduce greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions and carbon footprints.
PROPOSED SYSTEM:

• Integrating a solar energy conversion system with thermal

energy storage (TES) ensures a smooth output, even taking
care of low energy density.
• We are using lenses to propagate the sunlight into single axis
• With the help of this we can able to heat the water but it takes
some time to do this action.
BLOCK DIAGRAM:
BLOCK DIAGRAM EXPLANATION:

• Solar energy is get collected and pointed to single axis because

solar rays get united and if pointed in some object heat will be
more.
• Black box contains water and its get warm with the pointed
sun-rays.
• After sometimes its get warmed, steam will produce and with
the help of steam we can able to produce electric energy.
• The generated energy is used to given to some load like bulb.
HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS:

• Parabolic lenses.
• Black box.
• LED
• Power generating setup.
ADVANTAGES:

• Low Maintenance Costs.

• Technology Development.
• No Fuel Cost.
• No Pollution and Global Warming Effects.
APPLICATION:

• Bulb.
• Fan.
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