Analysis of Results of a Parabolic Concentrator's Pipe Receiver to Heat Air for Drying Process of Black Tea in Cusco, Peru
Abstract
The objective of the design is to solve the problem of shortage of fuel for drying process in a black tea conditioning factory, through the use of solar thermal concentration with the adaptation of the receiver tube of a linear parabolic concentrator for heating air. This is part of a pilot project to develop and implement in tea enterprise AGROINKA SAC a prototype cogeneration system with solar thermal energy, made of 6 lines of 10 concentrators (60 linear concentrators). The company AGROINKA is in a rural area of the region of Cusco. It has little access to other possibilities of thermal energy resources and technologies for different processes of his production chain of black tea. It is an area dedicated to the processing of tea to supply 80% of the market in the country and 750 families depend on tea production. This paper describes the behavior of hot air in the receiver pipe along a line of 10 concentrators. The results of this paper correspond the winning project of the National Fund for Research and Development Competition for Competitiveness – FIDECOM (for its acronym in Spanish); entitled "Development and integration of a cogeneration system with solar thermal energy for processing of black tea in the Cusco region" 210-FINCyT-FIDECOM -PIPEI-2012.
Keywords
Thermal solar energy, Drying, Tea, Cusco, Rural sector, Productive use