Impact of land use on solar industrial process heat for the food processing industry

Conference · Thu Oct 02 04:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:5035321

Casamajor, A B

A solar land use study of 1330 food processing plants located in the far-western United States (Arizona, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington) has been conducted. Based upon estimates of each plant's annual energy consumption of process heat, derived from: annual sales figures, employment, and total energy consumption for that plant's Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) group; and the available surface area at each plant, determined by a site inspection, an assessment of each plant's potential for solar energy was made. Those industries having the highest potential for applying solar energy to their process heat loads include: fruit and vegetable packing, sugar refining, meat packing, wine and brandy, bread, and dairy products. It has been further determined that about 25% of the energy used for food processing in the study area can be supplied by solar if all of the available surface area at and adjacent to these plants is devoted to solar collectors.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore National Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5035321
• Report Number(s): UCRL-85019; CONF-801208-2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140905*
AGRICULTURE
ARIZONA
BEVERAGE INDUSTRY
CALIFORNIA
DAIRY INDUSTRY
ENERGY
EQUIPMENT
FOOD INDUSTRY
FOOD PROCESSING
HAWAII
HEAT
HEATING SYSTEMS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
INDUSTRY
LAND USE
MEAT INDUSTRY
NORTH AMERICA
OREGON
PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION
PROCESS HEAT
PROCESSING
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR PROCESS HEAT
USA
WASHINGTON
WESTERN REGION