CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -ARCI’s test rig facility provides the performance of indigenously developed solar thermal components in real-field operating conditions, thus attracting greater interest from the industries.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Gujarat Solar Park, India’s first utility-scale solar park, sets an example of how renewable energy development, if not done right, can lead to more environmental harm than good.

Detailed explanation-3: -All solar thermal power systems have solar energy collectors with two main components: reflectors (mirrors) that capture and focus sunlight onto a receiver. In most types of systems, a heat-transfer fluid is heated and circulated in the receiver and used to produce steam.

Detailed explanation-4: -In a solar thermo-mechanical cooling system, the heat gained from the solar collector is converted into mechanical work, which is used to compress the working fluid in a vapor compression cycle directly (i.e. ejector cooling cycle) or indirectly (i.e. coupled with an organic Rankine cycle).