Attiq Ullah
, Muhammad Nasir Khan, Abdul Aleem, Nadeem ur Rehman, Kiran Asif Shah
Solar water heating technology is one of the cost-effective ways of heating water in domestic as well as commercial and industrial sectors. The use of Solar Water Heating (SWH) systems is motivated by the desire to reduce the conventional energy consumption (fossil fuels) and especially to reduce a major source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The purposes of the present paper consist in: assessing the solar potential; analysing the possibility of using solar energy to heat water for residential applications in Pakistan; investigating the economic potential of SWH systems; and their contribution to saving energy and reducing CO2 emissions. SWH installations and economic analysis of the proposed model was done by using System Advisor Model (SAM) software tool for Renewable Energy (RE) projects analysis. An empirical model is used for estimating the CO2 reductions due to SWH system implementation by replacing conventional water heating system. The result showed that if a SWH system replaces electricity, it can save 3741 KWh of electrical energy, similarly, by replacing natural gas, it can save 12.7549 MMBTU and reduces 1982.73 kg of CO2, 1.87 kg of SO2 as well as 3.37 kg of NOx. The annual mitigations of GHGs emissions by a single residential SWH system installation are also estimated for coal and crude oil used for electricity production in the country. This research also surveyed different single-family households in the study area with installed SWH system for real time observation and analysis.
Attiq Ullah Muhammad Nasir Khan Abdul Aleem Nadeem ur Rehman Kiran Asif Shah “Assessing the Feasibility and Techno-economic potential of Residential Solar Wa a Township in Peshawar Pakistan” International Journal of Engineering Works Vol. 11 Issue 07 PP. 124-137 July 2024. https://doi.org/10.34259/ijew.24.1107124137.
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