Calculation of Collectors for Social Housing in Different Climate Floors of Ecuador

Ecuador has significant potential in the renewable energy industry, to which solar energy contributes. The current investigation proposes a method to determine the savings when using solar collectors. The analysis is made for social housing projects located in different climate environments around t...

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Published in:IOP conference series. Materials Science and Engineering 2021-11, Vol.1203 (3), p.32120
Main Authors: Reyes, Pablo Daniel Ramírez, Duy, Jorge Luis Arias, Torres, Juan Carlos Cobos
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alternative energy sources
Climate
Cost analysis
Demand
Drinking water
Energy industry
Geographical locations
Highlands
Mountains
Public housing
Solar collectors
Solar energy
Solar radiation
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Summary:Ecuador has significant potential in the renewable energy industry, to which solar energy contributes. The current investigation proposes a method to determine the savings when using solar collectors. The analysis is made for social housing projects located in different climate environments around the country: dry tropical megathermic (coast), semi-humid equatorial mesothermic (mountains), rainy megathermic (amazon), equatorial highlands (equatorial highlands). The cases studied are located in: Pasaje, El Oro; Cuenca, Azuay; Huamboya, Morona Santiago; and Chordeleg, Azuay. The method used in this research is an evaluation of drinking water per user demand (litter/person/day) which can determine the annual energetic demand. Furthermore, from the geographic location, the average solar radiation, and useful hours of sunshine are obtained. Then, these are used to obtain the available net annual energy. Furthermore, a relationship between demand and available energy is obtained for the solar collectors that satisfy the demand for the different locations studied. Finally, an analysis of the cost of implementing this technology and the projected savings in comparison to using hydrocarbons to heat domestic hot water is presented.
ISSN:1757-8981
1757-899X
DOI:10.1088/1757-899X/1203/3/032120