Approach for a Quick Pre-Dimensioning of Solar Process Heat Plants and Implementation Within the New VDI-Standard “Solar Thermal Process Heat”
Abstract
The economic and ecological potential of solar process heat plants is far from being reached and mostly not known by decision makers in industry and commerce. Additionally, just a small number of engineers, energy managers, and consultants are familiar with solar process heat. To counteract all of this, a new standard for solar process heat systems was developed by the VDI (Association of German Engineers). This standard contains an approach for a fast feasibility assessment including pre-dimensioning and yield estimation without the need of additional tools. Furthermore, the complete planning process of solar process heat plants is specified according to the German HOAI (a legal honorarium regulation for architects and engineers).