Heat transfer model for solar concentrators with biphasic flow

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Heat transfer fluid, water, fresnel collector, thermal efficiency

Abstract

In this work, a dynamic mathematical model of heat transfer through the absorber tube of a Fresnel solar concentrator type, which uses water as working fluid, is developed. The water is considered to change phase as it flows through the absorber tube, giving rise to a monophasic region and a biphasic region. The model is validated with experimental data, published in the literature, and the thermal efficiency is analyzed as a function of the solar resource in this concentrator.

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Ricardo Isaac Cázares-Ramírez, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana

He is a professor at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Iztapalapa and a member of the National System of Researchers.

Sergio Quezada-García, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

He is a professor at the Faculty of Engineering of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He belongs to the National System of Researchers since January 2018.

Marco Antonio Polo-Labarrios, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

He has worked as Professor and Researcher at the Metropolitan Autonomous University (Iztapalapa and Cuajimalpa units) and at the Ibero-American University. He is currently a professor at the Faculty of Engineering of the National Autonomous University of Mexico and belongs to the National System of Researchers since January 2018.

Heriberto Sánchez-Mora, Instituto Politécnico Nacional

He graduated with a degree in Energy Engineering from the Autonomous University of Metropolitan Iztapalapa, and obtained his master's degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She is currently studying a Ph.D. in Physico-mathematical Sciences at the National Polytechnic Institute.

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2022-07-29

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Cázares-Ramírez, R. I., Quezada-García, S., Polo-Labarrios, M. A., & Sánchez-Mora, H. (2022). Heat transfer model for solar concentrators with biphasic flow. Revista Ingenierías, 25(93), 34–46. Retrieved from https://ingenierias.uanl.mx/index.php/i/article/view/73

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Vol. 25 No. 93 (2022): Vol. 25 Num 93 (2022); July-December 2022

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