中文  |  ENGLISH

Home > Market > MENA > Here

ARCI's cost-effective technology can convert solar energy to industrial process heat

2020.03.18     From: manufacturingtodayindia

The receiver tube technology developed by the ARCI team efficiently absorbs solar radiation and converts it into heat for the targeted applications, specially in industries.



Scientists from the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), Hyderabad, an autonomous institution under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), have developed a cost-effective solar receiver tube technology for industrial process heat applications.


The receiver tube technology developed by the ARCI team efficiently absorbs solar radiation and converts it into heat for the targeted applications, specially in industries. It exhibits high corrosion resistance suitable for Indian weather conditions.


Industries are one of the biggest consumers of energy. Recently, Indian industries have shown interest to exploit renewable energies, especially solar energy, due to their inherent advantages (economic and environmental-friendly aspects). In this regard, Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST) technologies provide a viable solution to meet the demands on industrial process heat (≤ 250 °C) of a majority of industrial processes.


The solar receiver tube is one of the key components in the CST technology. Currently, Indian CST plant developers are importing the high-end evacuated CSP receivers for CST applications. This has become a choking point for the commercialization of CST technology.


In this regard, scientists from ARCI have developed a cost-effective wet chemical process to prepare absorber coating on stainless steel tubes suitable for industrial process heat applications.  The receiver tube achieved around 93 % absorptance (effectiveness in absorbing radiant energy, It is the ratio of the absorbed to the incident radiant power) and around 14 % emittance (amount of light, emitted by an area of the surface of a radiating body) along with good thermal stability and high corrosion resistance. The absorber coating has been successfully validated for heat gain and heat loss studies in a testing facility established at ARCI.


Two patent applications have been filed for this technology, and an MoU has been signed with Greenera Energy India for technology transfer, which plans to mass-produce the solar receiver tube for wider market absorption.




Upcoming CSP events:


10th CSP Focus China 2020 (May 20-21, Beijing China) 

5th CSP Focus MENA 2020(June.23-24,Dubai, UAE)


More CSP news and reports please visit www.cspfocus.cn 

or CSP Focus social media on LinkedInTwitterFacebook.



Leave your thoughts here

Reports(Member Only)

See more+
  • CSP Focus Membership Proposals

    We are now proposing CSP Focus Membership, hoping to better serve our members to keep pace with the latest updates of ongoing CSP projects worldwide, and to establish and maintain business relations with major shareholders of the projects. CSP Focus offers to Membership exclusive access to:1. Daily/Weekly update and analysis on CSP policies, projects, technologies, market trend and corporate relea

  • The Latest CSP Focus Monthly Update

    Join CSP Focus Membership to Get the Latest CSP Focus Monthly Update December Edition.

  • CSP Project Monthly Update 2022 December Edition

    CSP Focus is presenting CSP Project (China) Update 2022 December Edition.Detail report is available for CSP Focus Membership.

  • Presentations-CSP Focus China 2021

    The Report is for CSP Focus Members only.

Upcoming Events

See more+

Project Updates

See more+

CONTACT US

Tex:

Email:csp@cspfocus.cn


备案/许可证编号为:沪ICP备17051021号

Wechat public platform

Follow CSP Focus for more news