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3.3 THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTOR
Experiment Value Calculated Respective and Value Measured Thermal Efficiency Calculated Model- Calculated on Based Predicted Solar on Measured Thermal Energy/ Measured Error/% Value/% Efficiency/% MJ Value/MJ 1.82 30.45 32.27 1296.9 1.16 36.92 35.75 1006.4 1.72 30.55 28.83 676.18 0.87 25.3
and Output Energy Based 394.92 371.56 206.58 198.88
Model

Test Predicted Energy/MJ
Dynamic Model- Output 418.56 359.84 194.94 192.03

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Value 10:09e12:47 12:11e13:01 10:32e11:32 10:09e5:21

Predicted Time

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TABLE Experimental Condition 1 2 3 4