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3.3 THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF PARABOLIC TROUGH COLLECTOR 191

Error/% 1.82 1.16 1.72 0.87

Value Thermal Efficiency Calculated on Measured Value/%

Calculated Based 30.45 36.92 30.55 25.38

Respective Model- Predicted Thermal Efficiency/%

and 32.27 35.75 28.83 24.51
Value

Measured Solar Energy/ MJ 1296.9 1006.4 676.18 783.57

Experiment Calculated on Measured Value/MJ

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

of
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