The process of direct steam generation was studied in this work
within a parabolic trough solar collector in order to generate
electricity. The study was based on the equations of a two phase
flow to study heat transfer in the collector's tube. Th
e study showed
a possibility to reach an effective model to study the performance of
this type of solar collectors which will aid in the understanding of
the working principle of power plants and to research further
towards new control strategies of solar power plants or towards the
hybridization with other types of power plants.
This research aims to study the effect of the digester size on its thermal requirements in order to reach the optimal economic size to him.
Where were studied a batch closed digester with solar collector, where he was measuring a thermal requireme
nts at the same ambient conditions with the change of the size of this digester, in order to note the relative change of the heat requirements, and to get the optimal size that requires the least amount of energy in thermophilicanaerobic digestion.