TY - JOUR
T1 - Solar thermal application for the livestock industry in Taiwan
AU - Liu, Yi Mei
AU - Chang, Keh Chin
AU - Lin, Wei Min
AU - Chung, Kung Ming
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Bureau of Energy, Ministry of Economic Affairs ( 103-D0303 ), Taiwan, Republic of China. The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 The Authors.
Copyright:
Copyright 2015 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Solar water heating systems have proven reliable and economical. In Taiwan, the cumulative area of installed solar collectors at the end of 2014 was approximately 2.39 million m2 and approximately 98% of those systems were installed in the domestic sector. Preheating water for livestock processing plants is cost-effective since heated water can be used for evisceration, sanitation during processing and for daily cleanup of plant. In this case study, detailed measurements are reported for parallel combined solar thermal and heat pump systems that are installed in a livestock processing plant. These results confirm that the hot water consumption, the mass flow rate and the operation of circulation and heat pumps affect the system's thermal efficiency. The combined operational effect is a factor in system design. The estimated payback period is less than the expected service period of the system, which validates the financial viability.
AB - Solar water heating systems have proven reliable and economical. In Taiwan, the cumulative area of installed solar collectors at the end of 2014 was approximately 2.39 million m2 and approximately 98% of those systems were installed in the domestic sector. Preheating water for livestock processing plants is cost-effective since heated water can be used for evisceration, sanitation during processing and for daily cleanup of plant. In this case study, detailed measurements are reported for parallel combined solar thermal and heat pump systems that are installed in a livestock processing plant. These results confirm that the hot water consumption, the mass flow rate and the operation of circulation and heat pumps affect the system's thermal efficiency. The combined operational effect is a factor in system design. The estimated payback period is less than the expected service period of the system, which validates the financial viability.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.csite.2015.11.001
DO - 10.1016/j.csite.2015.11.001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84947784445
VL - 6
SP - 251
EP - 257
JO - Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
JF - Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
SN - 2214-157X
ER -