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The parabolic concentration technology is very useful as it is used for approximately all solar energy applications such as steam and power generation water heating air heating etc. Solar intensity is measured by solar power meter which is calibrated with pyranometer. The large number of developments is continuously being carried out in the field of cover materials absorber materials and glazing coating etc. The studies have been carried out on thermal performance evaluation of solar water heater and found more increase in the thermal efficiency in comparison to conventional solar water heater. Thus in order to encourage and facilitate studies about the solar concentrator this paper is concerned with the detail study of parabolic trough collector. The model which is made up of reflector surface reflector support absorber pipe and stand with manual tracking arrangement was fabricated using locally sourced material for rural applications point of view. The electricity and heat produced simultaneously in photovoltaic thermal system from solar energy is about 60-70% efficient. The main objective in this project work is combining two systems; Parabolic trough as a concentrator and channel PV/T collector as a receiver.