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Experimental study on the thermal performance improvement of a hybrid dish solar collector according to changes in receiver structure and materials

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  • Kim, Hyemin
  • Lee, Minjung
  • Park, Jeongho
  • Cho, Honghyun

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This study experimentally investigated the performance characteristics of a high-efficiency hybrid dish solar collector through receiver optimization. To analyze the influence of the internal flow path structure of the receiver in a hybrid dish solar collector, bare and spiral-type receivers were used, and aluminum, graphite, and quartz glass were employed as absorbers. As a result, the application of the spiral-type receiver increased the outlet temperature of the working fluid in the hybrid dish solar collector by 4.6 °C compared to that with the bare-type receiver. According to absorber materials in a spiral-type receiver, the maximum thermal energy efficiency was 88.2 % when quartz glass was used as the absorber material. This thermal energy efficiency was 63.6 % and 7.96 % higher than that of aluminum and graphite, respectively. In addition, when the hybrid dish solar collector proposed in this study is used, the collector installation area required for the same heating load is reduced by 28.9 % and 29.9 %, respectively, compared to the flat-plate and evacuated-tube solar collectors. CO2 emissions can be decreased by approximately 901.1 kg CO2/year. Therefore, optimizing the receiver design and incorporating a high-efficiency absorber into the hybrid dish solar collector proposed in this study can significantly enhance solar energy collection performance and stability under high-concentration conditions.

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  • Kim, Hyemin & Lee, Minjung & Park, Jeongho & Cho, Honghyun, 2026. "Experimental study on the thermal performance improvement of a hybrid dish solar collector according to changes in receiver structure and materials," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 342(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:342:y:2026:i:c:s036054422505368x
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2025.139725
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