Time-Dependent Integration of Solar Thermal Technology in Industrial Processes

Calvin Kong Leng Sing, Jeng Shiun Lim, Timothy Gordon Walmsley, Peng Yen Liew, Masafumi Goto and Sheikh Ahmad Zaki Bin Shaikh Salim
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Calvin Kong Leng Sing: Malaysia—Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 54100, Malaysia
Jeng Shiun Lim: School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru 81300, Malaysia
Timothy Gordon Walmsley: Sustainable Process Integration Laboratory-SPIL, NETME Centre, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Brno 601 90, Czech Republic
Peng Yen Liew: Malaysia—Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 54100, Malaysia
Masafumi Goto: Malaysia—Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 54100, Malaysia
Sheikh Ahmad Zaki Bin Shaikh Salim: Malaysia—Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 54100, Malaysia

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 6, 1-32

Abstract: Solar energy is currently an underutilized renewable energy source that could fulfill low-temperature industrial heat demands with significant potential in high solar irradiance counties such as Malaysia. This study proposes a new systematic method for optimization of solar heat integration for different process options to minimize the levelized cost of heat by combining different methods from the literature. A case study from the literature is presented to demonstrate the proposed method combined with meteorological data in Malaysia. The method estimates capital cost and levelized cost of solar heating considering important physical constraints (e.g., available space) and recovery of waste heat. The method determines and optimizes important physical dimensions, including collector area, storage size, and control design. As the result of the case study, the solar thermal integration with Clean-In-Place streams (hot water) gives the lowest levelized cost of heat with RM 0.63/kWh (0.13 EUR/kWh) due to its lowest process temperature requirement. The sensitivity analysis indicates that collector price and collector efficiency are the critical parameters of solar thermal integration.

Keywords: renewable energy; solar thermal; process integration; levelized cost of heat (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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