Design and Development of a Compound Parabolic Concentrator (CPC) Solar Water Heating System: A Case Study

Design, installing, commissioning and testing of compound parabolic concentrator (CPC)-based fully automatic programmable logical control (PLC)-controlled solar water heating plant are carried out at ACG Capsule Pvt. Ltd. Pithampur, Indore (22.61° N, 75.67° E) to cater the demand 60,000 L of hot water at 80 °C per day. Total 1152 m2 aperture area of CPC collector is installed in four different interconnected sites. Average quantity of 48,500 L of hot water is achieved after testing the plant. The installed compound parabolic concentrating (CPC) collector technology system can save 1,56,000 L/year of high speed diesel which emits 6315 tons of CO2 in 15 years and needs 320 acres of forest to absorb it.