Market potential of linear Fresnel collectors for solar heat industrial process in Latin-America-A case study in Ecuador

Rafael Soria; Gabriel Caiza; Nathaly Cartuche; Jesús López-Villada; Freddy Ordoñez

doi:10.1063/5.0028503

Market potential of linear Fresnel collectors for solar heat industrial process in Latin-America-A case study in Ecuador

Rafael Soria^*
, Gabriel Caiza
, Nathaly Cartuche
, Jesús López-Villada
, Freddy Ordoñez

^*Corresponding author for this work

Escuela Politecnica Nacional
People's Friendship University of Russia

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This work evaluates the techno-economic and market potential of the linear Fresnel concentration (LFC) technology to generate mid-temperature steam for the Ecuadorian industry. By means of simulations of LFCs in System Advisor Model (SAM), the performance and the levelized cost of heat (LCOH) were calculated. The solar LCOH was compared with the LCOH generated by a traditional boiler fuelled by bunker. It was observed that LFC technology has an important technical potential to generate industrial process heat, but in Ecuador it is not economically viable in the short term due to fossil fuel subsidies and the high LFC capital cost. Additionally, sensitivity analyses were carried out varying the bunker price, the LFC capital cost and even considering a carbon tax. Results indicate that with a bunker price of 3.2 USD/gal, 40% reduction in the LFC capital cost or with a carbon tax greater than 110 USD/t CO2, LFCs for solar heat industrial process (SHIP) begins to show economic potential in Ecuador. There is a large number of industries in the branch of manufacturing of food and beverage products located in Andean regions of Ecuador that look as good candidates to implement LFC for SHIP, especially in Pichincha, Imbabura and Loja provinces.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	SOLARPACES 2019
Subtitle of host publication	International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems
Editors	Christoph Richter
Publisher	American Institute of Physics Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9780735440371
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0028503
State	Published - 11 Dec 2020
Externally published	Yes
Event	2019 International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, SolarPACES 2019 - Daegu, Korea, Republic of Duration: 1 Oct 2019 → 4 Oct 2019

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Name	AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume	2303
ISSN (Print)	0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)	1551-7616

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Conference	2019 International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, SolarPACES 2019
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
City	Daegu
Period	1/10/19 → 4/10/19

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Soria, R., Caiza, G., Cartuche, N., López-Villada, J., & Ordoñez, F. (2020). Market potential of linear Fresnel collectors for solar heat industrial process in Latin-America-A case study in Ecuador. In C. Richter (Ed.), SOLARPACES 2019: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems Article 0028503 (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 2303). American Institute of Physics Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0028503

Soria, Rafael ; Caiza, Gabriel ; Cartuche, Nathaly et al. / Market potential of linear Fresnel collectors for solar heat industrial process in Latin-America-A case study in Ecuador. SOLARPACES 2019: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems. editor / Christoph Richter. American Institute of Physics Inc., 2020. (AIP Conference Proceedings).

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Market potential of linear Fresnel collectors for solar heat industrial process in Latin-America-A case study in Ecuador. / Soria, Rafael; Caiza, Gabriel; Cartuche, Nathaly et al.
SOLARPACES 2019: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems. ed. / Christoph Richter. American Institute of Physics Inc., 2020. 0028503 (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 2303).

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