Pre-heating boiler feedwater for expanded cork agglomerate production using a parabolic trough system

Castro, António; Cardoso, João P.; Mendes, Luís Filipe; Azevedo, Pedro; Mendes, J. Farinha

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ABSTRACT: The production of expanded cork agglomerate involves significant heat demand, requiring superheated steam at temperatures ranging from 300°C to 370°C. The energy required to this process can be suitably provided by concentrating solar thermal collectors. This work considers the thermal energy needs of a real plant, presenting the technical and economical analysis performed for a solar heat for industrial process system using parabolic trough collectors to preheat the feedwater used by the boiler providing steam to the expanded cork agglomerate production process.

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Solar thermal collectors Solar energy Parabolic system Cork agglomerates Concentrating solar thermal

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Castro, A.; Cardoso, J.P.; Mendes, L.F... [et.al.] - Pre-heating boiler feedwater for expanded cork agglomerate production using a parabolic trough system. In: AIP Conference Proceedings, 2018, Vol. 2033 (1), p. 150002-1