Phd Admission

Research Proposal
Presented By :
Dr. Nikhil J. Chotai Proposed Research Supervisor
Mechanical Engineering Dr. ……
Department
Outline of the Presentation

• Research Back Ground – M. Tech …. In

• Introduction and Relevance – There is need to renewable energy source in the industry
• Motivation for Present Work – As solar energy is plentiful available
• Literature Review
• Literature Summary
• Aim and Objectives
• Research Methodology
• Work Plan
• References
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Introduction and Relevance
 Increase Demand of Energy.
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Total Primary Energy Demand in Population, Economic Growth and

Mtoe [1] Energy Demand [1]
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Introduction and Relevance
 Limited Availability of Fossil Fuels.  Price Hike of Traditional Fuels.

India Production & Trade of Coal, Crude Oil

[1]
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Introduction and Relevance
 Energy Independence.  Green House Gases Issues.
82 GW
03 GW

58 GW
34 GW

32 GW
62 GW

01 GW
118 GW

-3 GW
186 GW

-6 GW
321 GW

Changes in coal and solar capacity in India in CO2 Emissions from the Indian Energy
the Stated Policies Scenario, 2010-2040 [1] Sector, 2019 [1]
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Motivation for Present Work
Industry Processes Temperature
Food and Drying, washing, pasteurizing, boiling,
30 °C to 150 °C
Beverages sterilizing etc.
Textile
Washing, bleaching and dyeing etc. 40 °C to 160 °C
Industry
Cooking, drying, bleaching, boiler feed water
Paper 60 °C to 150 °C
etc.
Chemical Boiling, distilling and various chemical
95 °C to 300 °C
Industry processes
Preparation, Distillation, separation, drying,
Plastic Potential Industrial sector for solar thermal use for 120 °C to 200 °C
heating
blending etc.
purpose [2,3]
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Motivation for Present Work
Absorber Concentration Temperature Range
Collector Type
Type Ratio (°C)

Flat Plate collector (FPC) Flat 1 50 -150

Compound Parabolic
Tubular 1 - 15 60- 300
Collector (CPC)
Fresnel Lens Collector
Tubular 10 - 40 60 - 250
(FLC)
Parabolic Trough
Tubular 15 - 45 60 - 300
Collector (PTC)
Parabolic Dish Reflector
Various Solar Point
Thermal Collector 100
and its -temperature
1000 100
range – 500
[3, 4]
(PDR)
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Motivation for Present Work
 India uses 100 million tons of oil annually, of which 40% is consumed in
industries.
 60% to 70% of this use is in the form of thermal energy, out of which 70% is
used for applications below 250 °C.
 Gujarat is one of the region, having the bright sun light weather for more than
250 to 300 days per year.[5]
 So, Parabolic Trough Collectors has a large scope in these conditions.
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Literature Review
Publisher
Research Title Methodology/Summary
Year
S. Shaaban, Enhancement of Elsevier Solar trough collector geometry was optimized to improve reflectivity using
the solar trough collector 2021 Numerical simulation and CFD.
efficiency by optimizing the
reflecting mirror profile.[6]

A. F. Mamadou Idrissou et
al., Numerical investigation of
the optical efficiency of a
parabolic trough collector at
different concentration ratios.
[7]
Taylor & The study was carried to identify the effect of concentration ratio on performance
Francis of PTC using MCRT method through SolTrace software.
2020 To gain 1% improvement in optical efficiency, required to increase CR by 2.69%
Gain is not linear as well decrease as CR increases.

K. Mohammadi et al., Elsevier Case Study

Techno-economic analysis 2021 Technical, Economical & Environmental Analysis of IPH plant at USA
and environmental benefits of
solar Industrial process
heating based on Parabolic
trough collectors.[8]
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Literature Summary

1. Optimize Bottom surface area for concentration of Heat.

2. Reduce heat loss from the absorber tube.
3. Applicability of insulation and coating to reduce Heat loss to environment.
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Literature Summary
 Method can be applied to evaluate performance parameter of PTC
1. Mathematical Modelling.
2. Computational Fluid dynamics / Steady state thermal analysis.
3. Experimental Method.

 Parameter to ensure feasibility SPTC for industrial requirements

1. Solar Multiple.
2. Heat Sink thermal Power.
3. Levelized cost of Heat.
4. Hours of Storage.
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5. Aim and Objectives

Design and
development of
evacuated absorber
tubes for Low &
medium temperature

Design and
development of
receiver tube of
low and medium
temperature
industrial process
heat application

Experimental
analysis of the
evacuated absorber
tube to evaluate
performance.
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Research Methodology:

Mathematical modelling and

Literature Review of various Experimental analysis of
Numerical simulation using
configuration of solar absorber evacuated of absorber tube.
computational fluid dynamics of
tube.
evacuated absorber tube.

Experimental analysis of Evacuated Solar

Result &
Conclusion. Data Collection. Parabolic Trough Collector (ESPTC) for
Discussion.
heat transfer enhancement.
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Conclusion:
 The convective heat transfer is predominant, so Linear curve is obtained.

 5 mm cut tube is considered as optimum as it has lower heat loss compare to others.

 Insulation play significant role to reduce heat loss from absorber tube (20% reduction in heat
loss for 5 mm cut tube).
 Optimum thickness of insulation is 7.5 mm for 5mm cut tube.
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Conclusion:
 Further Work Plan
 Define parameter for variation of cut length.
 Apply Local Solar radiation at bottom surface with fluid flow and observe temperature
distribution for various cut length.
 Investigate various geometries for bottom surface area to maximize solar heat concentration.
 Optimum geometrical configuration which has lower heat loss from upper surface and
maximum solar heat concentration at bottom side.
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10. Work Plan:
Sem- Sem- Sem- Sem-
Activity Sem-I Sem-II Sem-V
III IV VI VII
Complete
Course work
d
Ongoin
Literature review
g

Design and optimize absorber

tubes for various thermal Ongoin
parameters by simulating g
different configurations

Experimental analysis of the

absorber tube to evaluate
performance.

Paper Writing and Result

analysis
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11. References
[1] India, “ENERGY STATISTICS.” [Online]. Available:
www.mospi.gov.inwww.mospi.gov.in
[2] H. Naik, P. Baredar, and A. Kumar, “Medium temperature application of concentrated
solar thermal technology: Indian perspective,” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews,
vol. 76. Elsevier Ltd, pp. 369–378, 2017. doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2017.03.014.
[3] A. S. Jadhav and J. L. van Niekerk, “Low concentrating solar collectors for economical
generation of low-medium temperature industrial Process heat,” in ISES Solar World
Congress 2015, Conference Proceedings, 2015, pp. 1202–1211. doi:
10.18086/swc.2015.10.37.
[4] S. A. Kalogirou, “Solar thermal collectors and applications,” Progress in Energy and
Combustion Science, vol. 30, no. 3. pp. 231–295, 2004. doi: 10.1016/j.pecs.2004.02.001.
[5] T. Harinarayana and K. J. Kashyap, “Solar Energy Generation Potential Estimation in
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Thank you, all Panel Member, for giving opportunity for my Phd
Candidature Proposal