Industrial applications of solar total energy. Volume I. Summary. Final report

Technical Report · Fri Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:5234888

A summary of the program to define solar energy systems that are technically and economically feasible that can satisfy all or part of selected industry demands and to determine the market potential of such systems is given. The primary emphasis was placed on the application of total energy systems where the industrial process heat, electrical demands, and space heating and cooling are satisfied at maximum possible efficiency. Industrial energy usage was first determined, leading to a survey of those which were energy-intensive. The survey yielded the necessary industrial demand data to allow first-level designs to be accomplished. Concurrently with the industry survey, subsystem methodologies were established in the areas of insolation data retrieval, collector performance and sizing, thermal storage, energy conversion, and heat transport. In excess of 40, first-level designs were generated allowing a preliminary ranking and selection of industries for the conceptual design phase. These industries were: (1) meat packing, (2) fluid milk, (3) sugar beets, (4) asphalt materials, and (5) concrete block. Conceptual designs were then generated for each primary location for the industries and three additional locations as dictated by industrial influence zones (IIZ). These designs were used to determine system economics and ultimately market penetration. Volumes II, III, IV, and V of this report contain detailed results.

• Research Organization: McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Co., Huntington Beach, Calif. (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5234888
• Report Number(s): SAN/1132-2/1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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