Technical and Economic Performance Analysis of Utilization of Solar Energy in Indoor Swimming Pools, An Application

Abstract

In this study, technical and economic performance analyses are conducted in order to determine the optimum collector surface area for indoor swimming pools. Required heat and economical conditions are taken into consideration while performing these evaluations. A brief summary of solar energy source and heat transfer equations for the Olympic pools are given. An Olympic swimming pool is assumed to be in different cities, and energy losses are calculated. For our sample Olympic pool, convective heat loss obtained is −3.86 kW and evaporative heat loss obtained is 265 kW. Total heat loss always maximum in January from 384 kW to 455.1 kW. Solar energy gain (assumption 1000 m2 collector area) and energy gain from boiler for different cities are calculated as maximum solar energy gain in July between 160 and 175 kW and minimum in January between 54.9 and 82 kW. High investment costs for solar power systems are responsible for low value of the reduction rate. Also, according to the energy demand and economical conditions, technical evaluations are performed in order to obtain optimum surface collector area, and economical analyses are conducted using unified cost method.

Thermal Performance Prediction of Indoor Swimming Pool Solar Heating System Using Different Types of Flat-Plate Solar Collectors

“…The Governing Equations that Relats the Solar Fraction Factor (ƒ) and the Collecting Area (Ac) for Each Type of Solar Collector are given below for each considered month, these are: Comparing the shape of the relationship between the solar fraction factor (ƒ) and the solar collecting area (Ac) shown in figures ( 7) to (10), a great similarity is observed between what was reached in this study and what was reached by Klein [8] (developed a relation of the seasonal average solar fraction with the collector area for heating systems) and by Qussai [9] (developed a relation of the seasonal average solar fraction with the collector area for cooling systems). As this relationship is not a linear relationship between them.…”

“…The present study was to deal with this concept . Kincay et al [9] designed a model for an Olympic swimming pool with an area of 1800 m2 to test theoretically on the climatic conditions of four cities in Turkey (Antalya, Adana, Istanbul and Ankara). The results showed that: In Antalya, the percentage of the use of solar energy 64% and the rate of reduction of the total annual energy 16.2%.…”

Performance of a swimming pool heating system by utilizing waste energy rejected from an ice rink with an energy storage tank

“…Thus, thermal and physical properties of suitable materials for swimming pool construction are shown in Table 2 [21].…”

“…The swimming pool ceiling temperature T SPc can be obtained by Eqs. (19)- (21). Gray body configuration factor f SPc also can be calculated from Eqs.…”

“…Thermal and physical properties of the pool structure[21].Q SPren ¼ ðM eva þ M fw ÞC w ðT w À T fw Þ…”