ARCI’s solar thermal test facility to help industry
The Hindu
The newly-established Concentrated Solar Thermal (CST)-based test rig facility of the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), an autonomous institute of
The newly-established Concentrated Solar Thermal (CST)-based test rig facility of the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science & Technology (DST), here will help solar industry test capability and performance of components like solar receiver tubes, heat transfer fluids and concentrating mirrors etc. in field conditions. The development of solar thermal technologies for low and medium-temperature applications requires attention of indigenous solar thermal components manufacturing facilities and cost-effective engineering designs because most of them import components, particularly from China and Europe. ARCI is working on the development of cost-effective solar receiver tubes, anti-reflective (AR) coated glass covers, nanostructured material-based thermic fluids, and durable reflective mirrors to enhance the performance and cutting down the cost of the solar thermal systems in the country, said a press release on Wednesday.More Related News