Final report on survey of the applications of solar thermal energy systems to industrial process heat. Volume 2. Industrial process heat survey

Technical Report · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:7311394

The detailed results of a survey of the process heat requirements in 20 industries are presented in this second volume of a three-volume final report. Volume 1 contains a summary of the entire project and Volume 3 contains details of the solar thermal energy systems analysis and of the assessment of related nontechnical issues. On the basis of detailed process analyses, a total process heat requirement of 7.87 x 10/sup 15/ Btu/year has been identified. Of this total, about 1.5 x 10/sup 15/ Btu/year, or 19.4%, is used at temperatures below 350/sup 0/F. Extrapolations to SIC groups based on the process-specific analyses total 10 x 10/sup 15/ Btu/year for 20 industries, of which, about 3.5 x 10/sup 15/ Btu/year, or 35%, is used below 350/sup 0/F. Not all of industry is covered by these extrapolations, hence these quantities represent minimum values rather than totals for all of industry. Growth projections for each of the industries applied to the extrapolated 20-industry data lead to total process heat quantities of 12.4 x 10/sup 15/ and 16.8 x 10/sup 15/ Btu/year for 1985 and 2000, respectively, and to 4.3 and 5.9 x 10/sup 15/ Btu/year for the same years for the quantities used below 350/sup 0/F.

• Research Organization: Battelle Columbus Labs., OH (USA); Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-92
• OSTI ID: 7311394
• Report Number(s): TID-27348/2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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