International Journal of Management, IT and Engineering
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 10

Performance analysis of parabolic trough solar collector (PTSC) system

  • Author:
  • Prakash Jha, Nitin Kumar, Tarun Gupta
  • Total Page Count: 13
  • Page Number: 377 to 389

Department of Mechanical Engineering, NGF College of Engineering & Technology, Palwal

Online published on 29 November, 2014.

Abstract

There are various attributes to determine the performance of a PTSC system and MADM is the simplest among all of them. This paper utilizes one of the attributes of MADM i.e. TOPSIS and explains the application of TOPSIS method using four different materials. Here it is shown that the best solution obtained by TOPSIS method is neither close to the positive ideal solution nor farthest from the negative ideal solution. The basic principle of TOPSIS is that the chosen alternative should have the shortest distance from the positive ideal solution and the longest distance from the negative ideal solution.

Keywords

PTSC, CSP, MADM, TOPSIS, photovoltaic, Mtoe, etc