Design and Fabrication of Hybrid Charging Station

Abstract

A solar collector is a device that transforms solar radiation from the Sun into heat, which is then transferred to working fluid. The use of solar collectors reduces energy costs over time as they do not use fossil fuels or electricity like in traditional waterheating. As well as in domestic settings, a large number of these collectors can be combined in an array and used to generate electricity in solar thermal power plants. There are a number of different types of solar collector designs that use the energy of the sun to heat working fluid. Parabolic dish reflector provides a better alternative way in order to generate higher temperatures with better efficiency. The parabolic dish reflector is a solar energy collector designed to capture the sun’s direct solar radiation over a large surface area and focus or “concentrate it” onto a small focal point area, increasing the solar energy received by more than a factor of two. In the present project we will do the design & development of Parabolic Dish collector with automatic solar trackingfor water heating application. Keywords: Solar energy, water heating application, parabolic dish collector, automatic solar tracking.