This work aims at the mathematical modeling of a parabolic trough concentrator, the numerical resolution of the resulting equation, as well as the simulation of the heat transfer fluid heating process. To do this, a t...This work aims at the mathematical modeling of a parabolic trough concentrator, the numerical resolution of the resulting equation, as well as the simulation of the heat transfer fluid heating process. To do this, a thermal balance was established for the heat transfer fluid, the absorber and the glass. This allowed us to establish an equation system whose resolution was done by the finite difference method. Then, a computer program was developed to simulate the temperatures of the heat transfer fluid, the absorber tube and the glass as a function of time and space. The numerical resolution made it possible to obtain the temperatures of the heat transfer fluid, the absorber and the glass. The simulation of the fluid heating process was done in one-hour time steps, from six in the morning to six in the afternoon. The results obtained show that the temperature difference between the inlet and the outlet of the sensor is very significant. These results obtained, regarding the variation of the temperatures of the heat transfer fluid, the absorber and the glass, as well as the powers and efficiency of the parabolic trough concentrator and various factors, allow for the improvement of the performances of our prototype.展开更多
The phasor data concentrator placement(PDCP)in wide area measurement systems(WAMS)is an optimization problem in the communication network planning for power grid.Instead of using the traditional integer linear program...The phasor data concentrator placement(PDCP)in wide area measurement systems(WAMS)is an optimization problem in the communication network planning for power grid.Instead of using the traditional integer linear programming(ILP)based modeling and solution schemes that ignore the graph-related features of WAMS,in this work,the PDCP problem is solved through a heuristic graphbased two-phase procedure(TPP):topology partitioning,and phasor data concentrator(PDC)provisioning.Based on the existing minimum k-section algorithms in graph theory,the k-base topology partitioning algorithm is proposed.To improve the performance,the“center-node-last”pre-partitioning algorithm is proposed to give an initial partition before the k-base partitioning algorithm is applied.Then,the PDC provisioning algorithm is proposed to locate PDCs into the decomposed sub-graphs.The proposed TPP was evaluated on five different IEEE benchmark test power systems and the achieved overall communication performance compared to the ILP based schemes show the validity and efficiency of the proposed method.展开更多
Conventional concentrator photovoltaics(CPV)face a persistent trade-off between high efficiency and high cost,driven by expensive multi-junction solar cells and complex active cooling systems.This study presents a com...Conventional concentrator photovoltaics(CPV)face a persistent trade-off between high efficiency and high cost,driven by expensive multi-junction solar cells and complex active cooling systems.This study presents a computational investigation of a novel Multi-Focal Pyramidal Array(MFPA)-based CPV system designed to overcome this limitation.The MFPA architecture employs a geometrically optimized pyramidal concentrator to distribute concen-trated sunlight onto strategically placed,low-cost monocrystalline silicon cells,enabling high efficiency energy capture while passively managing thermal loads.Coupled optical thermal electrical simulations in COMSOL Multiphysics demonstrate a geometric concentration ratio of 120×,with system temperatures maintained below 110℃ under standard 1000 W/m2 Direct Normal Irradiance(DNI).Ray tracing confirms 95%optical efficiency and a concentrated light spot radius of 2.48 mm.Compared with conventional CPV designs,the MFPA improves power-per-cost by 25%and reduces tracking requirements by 50%owing to its wide±15°acceptance angle.These results highlight the MFPA’s potential as a scalable,low-cost,and energy-efficient pathway for expanding solar power generation.展开更多
文摘This work aims at the mathematical modeling of a parabolic trough concentrator, the numerical resolution of the resulting equation, as well as the simulation of the heat transfer fluid heating process. To do this, a thermal balance was established for the heat transfer fluid, the absorber and the glass. This allowed us to establish an equation system whose resolution was done by the finite difference method. Then, a computer program was developed to simulate the temperatures of the heat transfer fluid, the absorber tube and the glass as a function of time and space. The numerical resolution made it possible to obtain the temperatures of the heat transfer fluid, the absorber and the glass. The simulation of the fluid heating process was done in one-hour time steps, from six in the morning to six in the afternoon. The results obtained show that the temperature difference between the inlet and the outlet of the sensor is very significant. These results obtained, regarding the variation of the temperatures of the heat transfer fluid, the absorber and the glass, as well as the powers and efficiency of the parabolic trough concentrator and various factors, allow for the improvement of the performances of our prototype.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2023YFB 2906403).
文摘The phasor data concentrator placement(PDCP)in wide area measurement systems(WAMS)is an optimization problem in the communication network planning for power grid.Instead of using the traditional integer linear programming(ILP)based modeling and solution schemes that ignore the graph-related features of WAMS,in this work,the PDCP problem is solved through a heuristic graphbased two-phase procedure(TPP):topology partitioning,and phasor data concentrator(PDC)provisioning.Based on the existing minimum k-section algorithms in graph theory,the k-base topology partitioning algorithm is proposed.To improve the performance,the“center-node-last”pre-partitioning algorithm is proposed to give an initial partition before the k-base partitioning algorithm is applied.Then,the PDC provisioning algorithm is proposed to locate PDCs into the decomposed sub-graphs.The proposed TPP was evaluated on five different IEEE benchmark test power systems and the achieved overall communication performance compared to the ILP based schemes show the validity and efficiency of the proposed method.
文摘Conventional concentrator photovoltaics(CPV)face a persistent trade-off between high efficiency and high cost,driven by expensive multi-junction solar cells and complex active cooling systems.This study presents a computational investigation of a novel Multi-Focal Pyramidal Array(MFPA)-based CPV system designed to overcome this limitation.The MFPA architecture employs a geometrically optimized pyramidal concentrator to distribute concen-trated sunlight onto strategically placed,low-cost monocrystalline silicon cells,enabling high efficiency energy capture while passively managing thermal loads.Coupled optical thermal electrical simulations in COMSOL Multiphysics demonstrate a geometric concentration ratio of 120×,with system temperatures maintained below 110℃ under standard 1000 W/m2 Direct Normal Irradiance(DNI).Ray tracing confirms 95%optical efficiency and a concentrated light spot radius of 2.48 mm.Compared with conventional CPV designs,the MFPA improves power-per-cost by 25%and reduces tracking requirements by 50%owing to its wide±15°acceptance angle.These results highlight the MFPA’s potential as a scalable,low-cost,and energy-efficient pathway for expanding solar power generation.
