Upgradation of Khoa Production Method in Manchar, India using Solar Thermal System
Abstract
India is one of the largest milk producers and converts 50-55% of the produce into milk products and sweets. One of the base milk products in Indian sweets in Khoa, which is traditionally produced locally in an open pan heated by burning firewood. This manuscript aims to replicate the khoa production facility of Mahesh Khawa Kendra (MKK) to simulate and cater the heat requirement of temperatures using solar thermal energy and replace the existing wood-fired boiler setup. The storage based evacuated tube solar collector model is simulated using MATLAB Simulink CaRNOT Toolbox supported by designing procedure and critical assumptions. The simulation results performed are analyzed on monthly and annual basis and monitored through performance parameters like solar fraction, fractional energy savings, collector field efficiency, collector yield as well as utilizibility. The simulated results are promising to run the replicated system purely on solar energy at average of 70% of the annual operation and deliver average of 60% fractional energy savings.