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The document proposes a solar parabolic collector prototype for rural areas lacking electricity or resources to purchase stoves. It would use concentrated solar radiation to provide thermal energy for cooking or other needs without high investment costs. A parabolic trough reflector focuses sunlight onto a small area to increase solar energy absorption and generate higher temperatures with better efficiency than other designs. The proposed prototype would include a parabolic collector, glass receiver, battery, gear box, motor, solar panel, aluminum foil, mild steel frame, and microcontroller to control and power the device using only sunlight.

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The document proposes a solar parabolic collector prototype for rural areas lacking electricity or resources to purchase stoves. It would use concentrated solar radiation to provide thermal energy for cooking or other needs without high investment costs. A parabolic trough reflector focuses sunlight onto a small area to increase solar energy absorption and generate higher temperatures with better efficiency than other designs. The proposed prototype would include a parabolic collector, glass receiver, battery, gear box, motor, solar panel, aluminum foil, mild steel frame, and microcontroller to control and power the device using only sunlight.

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ABSTRACT

The development of a solar parabolic collector prototype for rural areas with high solar
resource availability, which have no access to electricity service or budget resources to purchase
a stove (electric or gas). The solar collector prototype proposes a solution to solve these kinds of
issues and use sunlight to work it. solar radiation is concentrated into a specific area called
focus, where thermal energy is generated and is used for cooking or fulfilling a necessity without
high investment and helping the environment.

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 that as in traditional water heating. 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. Each design whether a
basic blackened flat panel collector or a more advanced evacuated tube collector all have their
own advantages and disadvantages. Parabolic trough reflector provides a better alternative way
in order to generate higher temperatures with better efficiency. The parabolic trough 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. Connecting together parabolic troughs to form collector
fields requires large areas of land for the installation. Also, parabolic troughs have a small
absorber area and have efficiencies of around 12% with smaller angle of view.

Parts of Project
1. Parabolic collector/concerator - stainless steel

2. Receiver - Glass material

3. Battery - 12 volt 7.5 Amps DC Battery

4. Gear box - speed ration 1:40, Worm Gear, 15*15 Inch

5. Motor – 12 volts 60 RPM 1 Amps DC motor

6. Solar panel - 20 Watts

7. Aluminum silica foil

8. Frame – Mild steel

9. Microcontroller and light dependent resistor

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