Solar industrial process heat for kiln drying lumber. Final report, Phase I

Technical Report · Thu Mar 30 04:00:00 EST 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6566114· OSTI ID:6566114

The particular kiln facility that was used in designing the solar heating system presented herein includes two modern side-by-side horizontal flow kilns. The facility is located in a Canton, Mississippi, industrial park which contains many other wood related industries (furniture making, telephone poles, pulpwood, etc.) and about ten other kilns. The design configuration selected consists of 2,500 sq ft of collectors and is a ''sawtooth'' arrangement with reflectors. The heat transfer and storage medium is water with a storage capacity of 40,000 lbm. Heat is transferred to the kiln air by means of fin pipe heat exchangers in the kiln. The controls for the solar heating systems can provide heat to either kiln or both simultaneously. However, it is planned to operate only one kiln on solar energy during most of the test period for a side-by-side comparison with a fossil fueled kiln. This system will provide 44% of the energy requirements of one kiln at the proposed site in Canton, 40% in Omaha, and 54% in Albuquerque.

• Research Organization: Lockheed Missiles and Space Co., Inc., Huntsville, AL (USA). Research and Engineering Center
• OSTI ID: 6566114
• Report Number(s): ORO-5042-2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
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COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
CONFIGURATION
COST
DESIGN
DRYING
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMICS
ENERGY
FINS
HEAT
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HEATING LOAD
INDUSTRY
KILNS
OPTIMIZATION
PIPES
PROCESS HEAT
SIMULATION
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR DRYING
SOLAR KILNS
SOLAR PROCESS HEAT
WOOD
WOOD PRODUCTS INDUSTRY