End-Use Matching for Solar Industrial Process Heat: Final Report

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5654045· OSTI ID:5654045

Because of the large energy demand of industry (37% of US demand) and the wide spectrum of temperatures at which heat is required, the industrial sector appears to be very suitable for the matching of solar thermal technology with industrial process heat (IPH) requirements. A methodology for end-use matching has been devised, complete with required data bases and an evaluation program PROSYS/ECONMAT. Six cities in the United States were selected for an analysis of solar applications to IPH. Typical process heat requirements for 70% of the industrial plants in each city were identified and evaluated in conjunction with meteorological and economic data for each site to determine lowest-cost solar systems for each application. The flexibility and scope of PROSYS/ECONMAT is shown in a variety of sensitivity studies that expand the results of the six-city analysis. Case studies of two industrial plants were performed to evaluate the end-use matching procedure; these results are reported.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 5654045
• Report Number(s): SERI/TR-34-91
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
SOLAR PROCESS HEAT
OPTIMIZATION
USES
CLIMATES
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DATA COMPILATION
E CODES
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
INDUSTRY
LAUNDRIES
MARKETING RESEARCH
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
METEOROLOGY
P CODES
PERFORMANCE TESTING
DATA
ECONOMICS
ENERGY
HEAT
INFORMATION
NUMERICAL DATA
PROCESS HEAT
TESTING
solar process heat
optimization
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climates
computer codes
data compilation
e codes
economic analysis
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