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Title: | The Use of Solar Thermal Heating in SPIRE and Non-SPIRE Industrial Processes |
Authors: | Tannous, H Stojceska, V Tassou, SA |
Keywords: | solar heating;industrial processes;SHIP;SPIRE;non-SPIRE;ASTEP |
Issue Date: | 10-May-2023 |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Citation: | Tannous, H., Stojceska, V. and Tassou, S.A. (2023) 'The Use of Solar Thermal Heating in SPIRE and Non-SPIRE Industrial Processes', Sustainability, 15 (10), 7807, pp. 1 - 18. doi: 10.3390/su15107807 |
Abstract: | Copyright © 2023 by the authors. This paper investigates the use of solar thermal energy systems in SPIRE (sustainable process industry through resource and energy efficiency) and non-SPIRE industries and evaluates the use a novel solar Fresnel collector for generating temperatures of up to 400 °C. The investigation showed that solar thermal energy systems were mostly integrated into the non-SPIRE industries like food and beverages, paper and pulp and the textile industries with temperature requirements of up to 150 °C while few of them were used in the SPIRE industries like the non-metallic minerals, chemicals, basic metals and water industries with temperature requirements of up to 1500 °C. The limitation of those solar energy systems was seen in their application in higher irradiance regions due to the limited operation temperature of certain types of solar collectors, which particularly affected the SPIRE industry sector. To increase their use in high and low irradiance regions, a novel solar thermal system developed by the EU-ASTEP project that could achieve a temperature of up to 400 °C was introduced. The calculations of the theoretical and technical potential application of the ASTEP system in EU industrial processes showed an increase of 43%, of which 802.6 TWh totalled the theoretical potential and 96.3 TWh the technical potential. This resulted in a reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 24 thousand kt CO2 equivalent, which could help industries to achieve their 2050 targets for net-zero GHG emissions. |
Description: | Data Availability Statement: Not applicable. |
URI: | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/26367 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3390/su15107807 |
Other Identifiers: | ORCID iDs: Hadi, Tannous https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7059-3591; Valentina Stojceska https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4117-2074; Savvas Tassou https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2781-8171. 7807 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Research Papers Institute of Energy Futures |
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