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Concentrated Solar Power by using Molten Salt and Peltier Plate

Kishore C. Kamble, Adesh A. Markad, Swapnil Chilwant, Prashant R. Karad, Shrikant D. Mangate

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This paper introduces a prototype to generate electricity from solar energy for 24 hours for domestic and Industrial use. The discussion is based on Concentrated Solar Power where parabolic dish, molten salt and thermocouple is used for the transfer of solar energy to the heat energy and then convert it into the electrical energy to store the electricity in battery. The proposed system can be an alternative solution to PV system or diesel generator sets for running different household or small Industrial appliances. The sunrays are concentrated on molten salt by using parabolic dish. This molten salt is connected to a thermocouple. The thermocouple used here is Peltier plate. The temperature difference in thermocouple gives us continuous potential difference which is fed to a battery. Further investigation to improve the system and with development in higher efficient thermocouples we can generate an acceptable amount of output voltage which would be enough to run household and small Industrial appliances.  

 

Keywords: Concentrated solar power, parabolic dish, molten salt, peltier plate


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