Analysis of Thermal Stresses of Solar Parabolic Trough Collector for Solar Power Plant by FEM

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K R Aglawe1, A V adgeG1 , and M S Matey2

1.Asst. Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Priyadarshini Institute of Engineering & Technology, Nagpur.
2.Asst. Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Priyadarshini College of Engineering, Nagpur

Abstract— When a component is designed, it is necessary to ensure that the stresses induced in that component in actual working conditions are within the specified limits. Also while designing, the economical aspects should also be taken into consideration. So for economical design with adequate mass and inertia and also to improve the product quality, it is necessary to evaluate the stresses induced in the part. There are many reasons because of which parabolic trough get deformed and efficiency of the plant gets lowered. Hence the work in this paper deal with the “evaluation of the thermal stresses in the parabolic trough”. For this purpose the finite element analysis technique is used. The analysis is done on the ANSYS software. In this paper the thermal analysis is done by considering the highest temperature of 550°C.

Index Terms— Thermal Stresses, Solar power plant, Parabolic trough collector

Cite: K R Aglawe, A V adgeG, and M S Matey, " Analysis of Thermal Stresses of Solar Parabolic Trough Collector for Solar Power Plant by FEM," International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 466-470, April 2014.