A

Project Report
On

Low Temperature Solar Thermal

Power Plant

FINOLEX ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT

AND TECHNOLOGY, RATNAGIRI

A
PROJECT REPORT
Submitted to University of Mumbai in partial fulfillment for
award of

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING
IN

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
BY

RAHUL.V.PHADAKE
ANIKET. R.PATKAR
SIDDHESH.S.PARKHI
GANESH.R.MANE
MAHADEV.L.NAIK
UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF

Mr. V.S.BAGADE
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
FINOLEX ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT AND
TECHNOLOGY, RATNAGIRI
FINOLEX ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY,
RATNAGIRI

Certificate
This is to certify that the Report
is submitted by
RAHUL.V.PHADAKE
ANIKET.R.PATKAR
SIDDHESH.S.PARKHI
GANESH.R.MANE
MAHADEV.L.NAIK

Have fulfilled all the preliminary

requirements as per the
University of Mumbai, for the
final year of the B.E.
Mechanical.
(2008-2009).

V.MURALIMOHAN
(HEAD OF DEPT.)

V.S.BAGADE
(PROJECT GUIDE)

Dr. C.S.GUTHEDHAR
(PRINCIPAL)

External Examiner

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This project is team effort. We express our appreciation to our
project guide Mr.V.S.Bagade for his thorough and competent
reviews. We are especially grateful for their comments, questions
and suggestion, which have been carefully studied and found to be
of substantial merit, which we tried to incorporate into the
project whenever possible.
We acknowledge our sincere thanks to our respected

Prof. Mr.V.MurliMohan, H.O.D, Department of Mechanical

Engineering, who motivated us throughout the completion of the
project. We are mere agents to build this project. Many of our
academic associates have directly or indirectly provided valuable
insights, collegial support and ongoing encouragements.
Last but not the least we would thank Mr. Rajesh.R.Bhosale,

Mr.J.D.Dabhade and Mr.Avinash Lingayat who took sincere

and professional interest in improvement the quality of this

project.
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List of figures
Fig 2.1 Schematic arrangement of components
Fig 3.1 Rankine cycle
Fig 3.6 Solar isolation per day in India
Fig 5.3 Diagram of heat exchanger
Fig 5.4 Diagram of condenser
Fig 5.5 Diagram of solar collector
Fig 5.6 Diagram of tracking system

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List of Tables
Table 1.2 World energy productions from convectional sources
Table 3.2 Suitable working fluids
Table 3.3 Properties of R-141b
Table 8.1 Cost analysis of project

CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF TABLES

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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 NEED FOR ENERGY ALTERNATIVES
1.2 WHY SOLAR ENERGY?
1.3 NONCONVENTIONAL ENERGY SYSTEM

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2. SCHEMATIC ARRANGEMENT OF COMPONENTS

3. LITERATURE SURVEY
3.1 RANKINE CYCLE
3.2 WORKING FLUIDS
3.3 PROPERTIES OF R-141B
3.4 MATERIAL FOR COMPONENTS
3.5 SPECIFICATION OF ALTERNATOR
3.6 SOLAR ISOLATION PER DAY

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4. OBJECTIVE

5. DESIGN OF COMPONENTS
5.1 DESIGN OF POWER PLANT
5.2 DESIGN OF TURBINE BLADE
5.3 DESIGN OF HEAT EXCHANGER
5.4 DESIGN OF CONDENSER
5.5 DESIGN OF SOLAR COLLECTOR
5.6 DESIGN OF TRACKING SYSTEM

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6. SPECIFICATION OF COMPONENTS

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7. IMAGES OF COMPONENTS

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8. COSTING OF PROJECT
9. SCOPE AND FEASIBILITY
CONCLUSION
REFRENCES
BIBLOGRAPHY

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