Thermoeconomic Analysis of a Solar-Assisted Industrial Process Heating System

Table 3

Summary table for area optimization.

System	Process temperature (°C)	Solar energy penetration (%)	Optimized area (m^2)	(%)
PVT	60	67.50	5.92	67.41
	70	64.54	7.72	64.50
	80	61.67	9.54	61.76
FPC	60	61.79	5.26	62.10
	70	59.29	6.74	59.06
	80	56.59	8.26	56.51
HPETC	60	69.14	4.93	69.25
	70	66.68	6.21	67.01
	80	64.95	7.55	64.72
PVT-FPC	60	65.01	3.64	65.10
	70	61.58	4.62	61.63
	80	58.26	5.67	58.30
PVT-HPETC	60	78.50	3.85	78.40
	70	75.71	4.81	75.30
	80	73.10	5.81	73.06