Design Parameters Effect on Annual Energy Production of Proposed Design of Parabolic Trough Solar Plant

The efficiency of the parabolic trough solar plant depends to various parameters such as the storage design system, the used solar fluid and collector design. This paper presents an investigation study of the effect of the variation the aperture and focal width on the produced energy. In this context, a design of parabolic trough solar plant has been proposed. This solar plant is intended to install in Touggourt region, which is located in South-Eastern of Algeria. The results show that the proposed solar plant has six months of high energy production. The energy production increases with the increases the aperture width respected a low focal with value. The best-proposed design has large of aperture width and the smallest focal distance.