Potential of Using Residential Scale Solar Heat in Pakistan: Finding the Best Station

International Journal of Smart Electrical Engineering

دوره 12، شماره 03، آذر 2023، صفحه 201-207   

نوع مقاله: Research Paper

شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.30495/ijsee.2023.1968186.1228

نویسندگان

Mahshid Babaei¹؛ Mehdi Jahangiri^{* 2}؛ Rashid Riahi³؛ Farhad Raeiszadeh³؛ Habib Ur Rahman Habib⁴

¹Biomedical engineering department, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran

²Energy research center, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran.

³Energy research center, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran

⁴Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Taxila, Taxila 47050, Pakistan

چکیده

The most widespread application of renewable energy is heat production, mainly related to biofuels and solar water heaters (SWHs). Considering that SWHs are essential in energy supply, the present work aims to investigate the heat requirement of a residential apartment in Pakistan using a radiator system in 32 investigated stations. The daily water requirement is 160 L, and the ideal water temperature is 50 oC. It should be considered that hot sanitary water is needed for all 365 days. The investigations were carried out with TSOL Pro 5.5 software to simulate the heat of the desired locations. Also, after the analysis, we found that the selected location's SWH and thermal energy supply have high efficiency. The total heat supply using renewable energies is 18-42% for the investigated stations, and the rest of the required heat is supplied with fossil fuel. Since SWHs are one of the simplest and most economical ways to provide hot water for homes, offices, schools, hospitals, etc., Pakistani people can save a large amount of energy by investing in this field. Considering that Pakistan has good radiation potential, we hope that the present work results will lead to more use of SWHs.

کلیدواژه‌ها

System efficiency؛ Domestic hot water؛ Sanitary hot water؛ CO2 emission؛ Total solar fraction