Solar Thermal Energy Utilization for Medium Temperature Industrial Process Heat Applications-A Review

摘要

The paper presents a review of solar thermal utilization to various commercial and industrial process applications.The current trend around the world has shown that the growth of solar thermal energy for Industrial use is slow compared to domestic applications due to higher temperature requirement and available solar system’s low efficiency.An extensive research on solar thermal applications in various process industries along with systems have been discussed in research papers.The aim of this review work is to identify the trend on solar thermal energy applications to various process industries with various solar thermal systems available in the market.It also focuses on the challenges on appropriate solar collector selection based on type of process industries and temperature range on which it operates.Therefore the current paper aims to fill the gap between available solar thermal energy systems and their process integration based on type of process industry aiming to enhance the practical application of these systems without sacrificing on the performance and economic feasibility of the systems