Investigation on the feasibility of integration of high temperature solar energy in a textile factory

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3517-3529

  Carnevale, Ennio A ^a   Ferrari, Lorenzo ^a   Paganelli, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

High temperature; Parabolic solar panel; Solar integration; Textile factory

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CONSUMPTION; ENERGY INTEGRATION; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; GLOBAL CONTEXT; GREENHOUSE GAS PRODUCTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INDUSTRIAL INTEGRATION; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; PLANT PARAMETERS; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SOLAR INTEGRATION; SOLAR PANELS; SOLAR THERMAL PLANTS; THERMAL FLUIDS; TIME-PERIODS; TOTAL EMISSIONS; WORKING TEMPERATURES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOSSIL FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; INTEGRATION; SOLAR COLLECTORS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILE PROCESSING; TEXTILES;

SOLAR ENERGY;

DATA SET; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOSSIL FUEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; IRRADIANCE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POWER PLANT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; THERMAL POWER; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79960200664     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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