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Time-dependent integration of solar thermal technology in industrial processes

Solar energy is currently an underutilized renewable energy source that could fulfill low-temperature industrial heat demands with significant potential in high solar irradiance counties such as Malaysia. This study proposes a new systematic method for optimization of solar heat integration for diff...

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Main Authors: Sing, C. K. L., Lim, J. S., Walmsley, T. G., Liew, P. Y., Goto, M., Shaikh Salim, S. A. Z. B.
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020
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T Technology (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/86539/1/SingKongLeng2020_TimeDependentIntegrationofSolarThermal.pdf
http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/86539/
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12062322
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spelling my.utm.865392020-09-30T08:41:31Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/86539/ Time-dependent integration of solar thermal technology in industrial processes Sing, C. K. L. Lim, J. S. Walmsley, T. G. Liew, P. Y. Goto, M. Shaikh Salim, S. A. Z. B. T Technology (General) Solar energy is currently an underutilized renewable energy source that could fulfill low-temperature industrial heat demands with significant potential in high solar irradiance counties such as Malaysia. This study proposes a new systematic method for optimization of solar heat integration for different process options to minimize the levelized cost of heat by combining different methods from the literature. A case study from the literature is presented to demonstrate the proposed method combined with meteorological data in Malaysia. The method estimates capital cost and levelized cost of solar heating considering important physical constraints (e.g., available space) and recovery of waste heat. The method determines and optimizes important physical dimensions, including collector area, storage size, and control design. As the result of the case study, the solar thermal integration with Clean-In-Place streams (hot water) gives the lowest levelized cost of heat with RM 0.63/kWh (0.13 EUR/kWh) due to its lowest process temperature requirement. The sensitivity analysis indicates that collector price and collector efficiency are the critical parameters of solar thermal integration. MDPI AG 2020-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/86539/1/SingKongLeng2020_TimeDependentIntegrationofSolarThermal.pdf Sing, C. K. L. and Lim, J. S. and Walmsley, T. G. and Liew, P. Y. and Goto, M. and Shaikh Salim, S. A. Z. B. (2020) Time-dependent integration of solar thermal technology in industrial processes. Sustainability (Switzerland), 12 (6). ISSN 2071-1050 https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12062322 DOI:10.3390/su12062322
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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country Malaysia
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language English
topic T Technology (General)
spellingShingle T Technology (General)
Sing, C. K. L.
Lim, J. S.
Walmsley, T. G.
Liew, P. Y.
Goto, M.
Shaikh Salim, S. A. Z. B.
Time-dependent integration of solar thermal technology in industrial processes
description Solar energy is currently an underutilized renewable energy source that could fulfill low-temperature industrial heat demands with significant potential in high solar irradiance counties such as Malaysia. This study proposes a new systematic method for optimization of solar heat integration for different process options to minimize the levelized cost of heat by combining different methods from the literature. A case study from the literature is presented to demonstrate the proposed method combined with meteorological data in Malaysia. The method estimates capital cost and levelized cost of solar heating considering important physical constraints (e.g., available space) and recovery of waste heat. The method determines and optimizes important physical dimensions, including collector area, storage size, and control design. As the result of the case study, the solar thermal integration with Clean-In-Place streams (hot water) gives the lowest levelized cost of heat with RM 0.63/kWh (0.13 EUR/kWh) due to its lowest process temperature requirement. The sensitivity analysis indicates that collector price and collector efficiency are the critical parameters of solar thermal integration.
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author Sing, C. K. L.
Lim, J. S.
Walmsley, T. G.
Liew, P. Y.
Goto, M.
Shaikh Salim, S. A. Z. B.
author_facet Sing, C. K. L.
Lim, J. S.
Walmsley, T. G.
Liew, P. Y.
Goto, M.
Shaikh Salim, S. A. Z. B.
author_sort Sing, C. K. L.
title Time-dependent integration of solar thermal technology in industrial processes
title_short Time-dependent integration of solar thermal technology in industrial processes
title_full Time-dependent integration of solar thermal technology in industrial processes
title_fullStr Time-dependent integration of solar thermal technology in industrial processes
title_full_unstemmed Time-dependent integration of solar thermal technology in industrial processes
title_sort time-dependent integration of solar thermal technology in industrial processes
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2020
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/86539/1/SingKongLeng2020_TimeDependentIntegrationofSolarThermal.pdf
http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/86539/
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12062322
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