LOWER CONSTRUCTION OF SOLARUX CSP GREENHOUSE, PROVIDES EXTRA INCOMES IN ADDITION TO ELECTRICITY GENERATION WITH NEW DESIGNED CSP DISH MIRRORS

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Toygar M. E., Bayram T., Incesu O., Cetin Z., Toygar A.

12th IEEE International Conference on Compatibility, Power Electronics and Power Engineering (CPE-POWERENG), Doha, Qatar, 10 - 12 April 2018 identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • Doi Number: 10.1109/cpe.2018.8372530
  • City: Doha
  • Country: Qatar
  • Keywords: Greenhouse, two axis tracking, CSP, agricultural production, electricity generation
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Nowadays, new energy resources are required because of the growing energy demand, and main income source of sunny developing countries is home-grown agricultural products. Aim of this paper is to design and develop a CSP Greenhouse system that generates the electricity, produces agricultural products and dries agricultural products with the remaining energy from the electricity generation. New CSP dish mirror design consists of flat mirrors to concentrate the sun rays, which has the features of parabolic mirror system but much cheaper and also follows the sun in two axis. With the additional incomes provided by agricultural production and agricultural product drying, cost effectiveness of the system increases and the depreciation period of the investment shortens. 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.