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General information |
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Name |
HP Dairy State
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Country installed |
India
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Address |
himachal pradesh state cooperative milk plant, Rampur Bushahr, Himachal Pradesh, Indien
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Industry sector, NACE code |
C10.5 - Manufacture of dairy products
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Solar thermal system owner / operator |
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Solar thermal engineering company |
KotakUrja Pvt Ltd
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Process integration engineering company |
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Year of operation start |
2013
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Technical parameters |
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Collector technology |
flat plate collector
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Collector name |
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Installed collector area (gross), m² |
120.0
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Installed collector area (aperture), m² |
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Installed collector area (absorber), m² |
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Installed thermal power (estimated), kWth |
84.0
(Default value calculated by multiplying the gross collector area by 0.7 kWth/m²)
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Solar collector loop heat transfer fluid |
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Solar energy storage |
short-term water storage
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Storage volume, m³ |
6
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Kind of conventional heat source |
steam boiler
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Kind of fuel used |
other
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Process |
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Solar thermal energy used for |
Steam is used for pasteurization, cream separation, hot water jackets for ghee production, butter making, in curd preparation, paneer preparation and evaporation in powder plant.
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Unit operation |
pasteurization
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Point of Solar Heat Integration |
A1) Heating of make-up water
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--> Integration how and where |
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--> Temperature range process |
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--> Temperature range solar loop (min/max), C° |
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Economic parameters |
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Total investment costs (excl. VAT), € |
10,900.00
(Turnkey costs including solar collectors, piping, support construction, storage, design, commissioning reduced with subsidies)
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Solar loop (excl. VAT), € |
13600
(Solar collectors, piping, support construction)
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Solar energy storage (excl. VAT), € |
7300
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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 |
47.5
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Cost for fuel replaced, €/MWhfuel |
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Calculated solar thermal system life time, a |
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Annual useful solar heat delivery, MWh/a |
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Specific annual useful solar heat delivery, MWh/am² |
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Specific investment costs, €/m² |
90.83
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Solar fraction, % |
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Lessons learned |
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Initiative |
The increase in the fuel prices has motivated the management to go for other non-conventional applications of solar energy.
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Integration methodology |
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Crucial Interfaces |
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Construction / Commissioning |
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Operation / Performance |
The system has been functioning well.
Rakesh Kumar Chauhan (Production Manager): "I am very satisfied with the solar hot water system, the temperature of the collector field reaches typically 60°C as expected."
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Recommendations |
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