Draw the relationship between the efficiency and the outlet fluid temperature for

parabolic trough collector with the following specifications:

 Aap= 168 m2
 Tin = 20 + 273 = 293 o k
 𝑉𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑖𝑑 = 5 m3/hr = 0.001389 m3/sec
Assuming fluid to be water with density = 1000 Kg/m3
so 𝑚𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑖𝑑 = 1.389 Kg/sec
 𝐼𝑡 = 1000 W/m2

Solution:
Considering efficiency of trough collector to be:
𝑄𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑚 𝐶𝑝 ∆𝑇 1.389∗4178(𝑇𝑜 −293) 5840.8 (𝑇𝑜 −293)
𝜂= = = = = 0.034767(𝑇𝑜 − 293)
𝐼𝐴 𝐼𝐴 1000∗168 168000

Graphical Representation:
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