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General information |
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Name |
Instituto del Corcho
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Country installed |
Spain
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Address |
Merida
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Industry sector, NACE code |
C16 - Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials
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Solar thermal system owner / operator |
Instituto del Corcho, la Madera y el Carbón Vegetal (ICMC)
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Solar thermal engineering company |
Instalaciones Técnicas Extremeñas S.L. / Solar collector manufacturer: TSC S.L.
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Process integration engineering company |
Instalaciones Técnicas Extremeñas S.L.
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Year of operation start |
2013
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Technical parameters |
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Collector technology |
other or various collectors
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Collector name |
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Installed collector area (gross), m² |
44.0
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Installed collector area (aperture), m² |
37.4
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Installed collector area (absorber), m² |
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Installed thermal power (estimated), kWth |
30.8
(Default value calculated by multiplying the gross collector area by 0.7 kWth/m²)
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Solar collector loop heat transfer fluid |
water/glycol
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Solar energy storage |
short-term water storage
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Storage volume, m³ |
0.75
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Kind of conventional heat source |
other
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Kind of fuel used |
biomass
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Process |
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Solar thermal energy used for |
Cork cooking
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Unit operation |
other process heating
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Point of Solar Heat Integration |
C) Other integration points (please specify)
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--> Integration how and where |
Heat is delivered to the cooking bath from ambient to a maximum of 100ºC.
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--> Temperature range process |
There is an intermediate storage at 110ºC.
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--> Temperature range solar loop (min/max), C° |
The primary circuit works at 120ºC.
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Economic parameters |
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Total investment costs (excl. VAT), € |
1.00
(Turnkey costs including solar collectors, piping, support construction, storage, design, commissioning reduced with subsidies)
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Solar loop (excl. VAT), € |
(Solar collectors, piping, support construction)
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Solar energy storage (excl. VAT), € |
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Others (excl. VAT), € |
(Design, commissioning, others)
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Process integration (excl. VAT), € |
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Subsidy, € or % of total investment costs |
no subsidies
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Cost for fuel replaced, €/MWhfuel |
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Calculated solar thermal system life time, a |
20
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Annual useful solar heat delivery, MWh/a |
22.0
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Specific annual useful solar heat delivery, MWh/am² |
0.5
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Specific investment costs, €/m² |
0.02
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Solar fraction, % |
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Lessons learned |
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Initiative |
ICMC and Instalaciones Técnicas Extremeñas, S.L., owner and process integration engineering company
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Integration methodology |
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Crucial Interfaces |
Project operation just started (2013)
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Construction / Commissioning |
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Operation / Performance |
Project operation just started (2013)
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Recommendations |
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