Solar process steam for a pharmaceutical company in Jordan

Berger, Michael; Mokhtar, Marwan; Zahler, Christian; Al-Najami, Mahmoud; Krüger, Dirk; Hennecke, Klaus

doi:10.1063/1.4949189

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“…The LF-11 collector with a 7.5 m collector width can be seen in Figure 44. Industrial Solar are heavily working with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) for the development and deployment of their DSG collector into markets in Jordan (Berger et al 2016). The solar field at the RAM Pharma pharmaceuticals processing plant in Jordan can be seen in Figure 45.…”

Section: Industrial Solarmentioning

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“…This report is available at no cost from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) at www.nrel.gov/publications. The 394 m 2 solar field produces 166°C steam at 6 bar (Berger et al 2016), with a steam drum used for the integration to the pharmaceutical plant. Like most current IPH systems, there is no storage.…”

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“…This solution has been implemented at the installation at RAM Pharma. A detailed technical description of the solar plant is given in [2]. Figure 1 shows the solar field and the steam drum in front of it.…”

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Experiences with industrial solar process steam generation in Jordan

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“…Thus, the solar energy displaces the usage of fossil energy and avoids parasitic or auxiliary energy requirements. An example of such systems is the solar field at the RAM Pharma pharmaceuticals processing plant in Jordan, where Industrial Solar collaborated with the German Aerospace Center and Fraunhofer ISE to develop direct steam generation collectors and deploy them in the existing steam line to lower fuel oil combustion 25 . In such set‐ups, solar transmittance problems are resolved by implementing a thermal storage unit that stabilizes the solar heat delivery from the solar collector plant to the process that requires heating 15,19,20 .…”

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A simulation‐based analysis for the performance of thermal solar energy for pyrolysis applications

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Azizi

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Intl J of Energy Research

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Solid plastic waste presents a perplexing waste disposal challenge, which has increased in importance due to increasing demand for plastic products over the last century. Chemical recycling approaches such as pyrolysis, allow the conversion of the polymer waste into value-added fuels and chemicals. Pyrolysis provides potential pathways for the circular economy of plastics, especially because of the potential to produce feedstock chemicals for remanufacturing of new plastic products. The high temperatures required to operate the pyrolysis process, however, affect its environmental performance due to the indirect emissions generated when supplying the process with energy. This drawback can be overcome by using renewable energy sources. This work investigates the integration of concentrated solar power (CSP) with the pyrolysis of high-density polyethylene (HDPE), to evaluate the process environmental performance. A mechanistic model is used to describe the pyrolysis reaction kinetics, and is integrated into an Aspen Plus flowsheet model to describe the entire pyrolysis process. System Advisor Model was used to model the solar-thermal process system, which supplies the process with the required heat throughout the year. Process simulations show that operating the pyrolysis reactor at 520 C would convert 78%wt of HDPE to light gases and liquid fuels. The process requires 752 kWh th /ton-HDPE, out of which 82% is used to heat the feed and operate the distillation column. Model simulations showed drastic reductions in fossil fuel usage, with solar energy capacity providing 52.5% of the pyrolysis process annual heat demand. Model-based optimization analysis showed that 72.6% of the pyrolysis plant thermal requirements could be generated via solar energy during the summer, with a CO 2 avoidance potential of about 67 kg/ton-HDPE.

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Solar process steam for a pharmaceutical company in Jordan

Cited by 6 publications

References 5 publications

CSP Systems Analysis - Final Project Report

CSP Systems Analysis - Final Project Report

Experiences with industrial solar process steam generation in Jordan

A simulation‐based analysis for the performance of thermal solar energy for pyrolysis applications

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