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General information |
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| Name |
Synthokem Labs
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| Country installed |
India
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| Address |
SYNTHOKEM LABS PRIVATE LIMITED, Hyderabad, Telangana, Indien
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| Industry sector, NACE code |
C21 - Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations
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| Solar thermal system owner / operator |
Synthokem Labs Pvt Ltd
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| Solar thermal engineering company |
Photon Solar
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| Process integration engineering company |
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| Year of operation start |
2009
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Technical parameters |
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| Collector technology |
evacuated tube collector
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| Collector name |
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| Installed collector area (gross), m² |
288.0
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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 |
201.6
(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 |
10
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| Kind of conventional heat source |
steam boiler
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| Kind of fuel used |
fuel oil
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Process |
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| Solar thermal energy used for |
pre-heating steam boiler feeding water for industrial processes.
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| Unit operation |
general process heating
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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), € |
8,400.00
(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 |
22% of total investment costs
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| Cost for fuel replaced, €/MWhfuel |
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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 |
29.17
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| Solar fraction, % |
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Lessons learned |
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| Initiative |
From 2006 to 2007 the furnace oil prices increased from INR 22 (EUR 0.28) to INR 33 (EUR 0.41) per litre. This motivated Synthokem Labs to substitute furnace oil by solar energy in two manufacturing units of the company.
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