TY - JOUR A1 - Müller, Holger A1 - Brandmayr, Sebastian A1 - Zörner, Wilfried T1 - Development of an evaluation methodology for the potential of solar-thermal energy use in the food industry JF - Energy Procedia N2 - The research project ‘Solar Heat in the Liquid Food Industry’ (part of the FORETA Research Network) focused on the development and optimisation of low-temperature heating systems for the liquid food industry. Its main objectives are in energy efficiency, waste heat recovery and the feasibility of a solar-thermal process heating system. Based on the particular simulation results the overall solar-thermal potentials for German breweries and dairies were determined. In this connection a literature review indicated that most of the potential studies on solar-thermal energy use in the industry or related to specific industrial sectors are based on the total use of low-temperature heat. In opposition to these results, the available and mainly limited roof area was found to be a more important aspect for the solar-thermal potential. Hence, the development of a methodology for a site- specific analysis was necessary. The interconnection of only a few defined evaluation criteria resulted in a more realistic estimation of the potential for a solar-thermal heat supply. UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.02.135 KW - solar-thermal process heat KW - solar-thermal potential KW - food industry Y1 - 2014 UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.02.135 UR - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:573-23955 SN - 1876-6102 N1 - Part of special issue: "Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Solar Heating and Cooling for Buildings and Industry (SHC 2013)" VL - 214 IS - 48 SP - 1194 EP - 1201 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER -