Project Report from the year 2016 in the subject Energy Sciences grade: 8 University of
Petroleum and Energy Studies language: English abstract: The Indian subcontinent is blessed
with an ample amount of sunlight almost all through the year. There is an urgent need of
switching over to a perennial source of energy as an alternative to replace all the quickly
depleting fossil fuels. There is much interest in non-conventional energy nowadays so as to
tap energy from unassuming but promising quarters like Solar Wind and Tidal energy. Of those
tapping the heat and infra-red rays from the sun using air and water as appropriate mediums
separately and together as a whole is the most easiest and versatile way of energy capture.
This book is concerned with the designing of an efficient solar parabolic collector to trap the
solar heat in the receiver through the combination of concave mirrors. A small scale parabolic
dish was fabricated with locally available material like stainless steel for the boiler and
painting it black to increase the absorption. As a matter of application of the project a
solar desalination system was integrated with the project to test the feasibility of the
research. The desalination system worked successfully in conjunction with the experimental
setup and a reduction in the TDS level of the feed water was observed at the condensation end.
Thus the project is feasible for cleaning or purifying the water by renewable sources.
