Performance Contracting for Parabolic Trough Solar Thermal Systems

Brown, Howard L.; Hewett, Russell J.; Walker, Andy; Gee, Randy; May, Ken

doi:10.1080/01998595.1997.10530396

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“…The investment costs were estimated by considering a collector cost of 200 V/m 2 increased by an installation cost of 20% [1,14,19,20]. As for the tank, piping, valves, pump and diathermic oil, a preliminary design of the plant was carried out in order to request a quote for the plant cost (including installation) for each configuration investigated (Table 3).…”

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Investigation on the feasibility of integration of high temperature solar energy in a textile factory

2011

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a b s t r a c tThermal energy production from fossil fuels is very common in many applications, especially in industrial processes. In a global context where great attention is being focused on reducing pollution and greenhouse gas production, the integration of renewable energy in industrial applications is very interesting. This is even more important considering that greenhouse gas emission for industrial processes is a great portion of their total emission. Considering the above, it appears that the integration of high temperature solar panels in industrial processes is quite an attractive prospect. The working temperatures of parabolic solar collectors are, for example, generally close to those of the thermal fluids used in many industrial processes, and parabolic solar collectors are a well known technology with several applications primarily used in electric production systems. Nonetheless, only a few examples of industrial integration have been studied or built. In this study, the integration of a concentrating solar thermal plant in a textile factory has been examined both from the thermodynamic and economic point of view. An existing textile factory was chosen as a case study and its annual consumption of thermal energy characterized. A model of the plant with solar energy integration was developed and simulated with TRNSYS over a one year time period. The plant was simulated considering the panel characteristics provided by the manufacturer and the local irradiation data. The influence of several plant parameters has been investigated in order to estimate their importance on performance and plant suitability.

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confidence: 99%