New Design of Solarux CSP Greenhouse, Produces And Dries Agricultural Products In Addition To Electricity Generation

Authors : Ozgu Incesu, Evren Toygar, Alisan Toygar, Tufan Bayram

Pages : 12-17

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Publication Date : 2018-03-31

Article Type : Research

Abstract :As we all know, world population is growing  rapidly in recent decades. That comes with a significant increase  in energy demand, and most used energy resources are harmful  to the environment. Aim of this paper is to design and develop a  Greenhouse system that generates the electricity by CSP dish  mirrors which are on the roof of greenhouse, produces  agricultural products and dries agricultural products with the  remaining energy from the electricity generation. CSP dish  mirror design has the features of parabolic mirror system but  Solarux system has flat mirrors instead of high cost parabolic  mirrors, so it is much cheaper. Also Solarux system follows the  sun in two axis, which increases its efficiency. Agricultural  production and product drying in greenhouse provides extra  incomes to the system, so cost effectiveness of the project  increases. It will be possible to grow agricultural products, dry  agricultural products and generate electricity for 12 months in  the greenhouse with this presented project. Solidworks 2016  program package has been used for the designing the parts of the  greenhouse.
Keywords : Greenhouse, two axis tracking, CSP, electricity generation, renewable energy, solar, dish mirror, agricultural production