Pre-assessment of Middle East countries in the field of using solar water heaters in the building’s façade

  • Mehdi Jahangiri Energy and Environment Research Center, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran
  • Mahshid Babaei Energy and Environment Research Center, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran
  • Asadolah Fazeli Energy and Environment Research Center, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran

Abstract

The use of solar water heaters (SWHs) in building facades in the Middle East region can significantly reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions. It can also reduce residents' electricity bills and provide a reliable source of hot water. Based on conducted studies, for the first time, the dynamic technical-energy-economic-environmental analysis of SWHs has been carried out in 17 countries in the Middle East region using TSOL PRO5 software. The use of accurate calculation of space heating requirements, among other differentiations from previous work, ensure that the results of this study are highly reliable and realistic. According to the results, Kuwait, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia have been identified as the most suitable countries because they have a higher percentage of heat supplied by solar energy. Turkey, Iran, and Jordan are considered less suitable countries. The average heat supply provided by SWHs in this region is 65.3%, which prevents the emission of more than 23 tons/year of CO2 pollutants.
Published
2024-11-24
How to Cite
JAHANGIRI, Mehdi; BABAEI, Mahshid; FAZELI, Asadolah. Pre-assessment of Middle East countries in the field of using solar water heaters in the building’s façade. Journal of Power Technologies, [S.l.], v. 104, n. 4, p. 288--297, nov. 2024. ISSN 2083-4195. Available at: <https://papers.itc.pw.edu.pl/index.php/JPT/article/view/1870>. Date accessed: 21 dec. 2024.
Citation Formats
Issue
Vol 104 No 4 (2024)
Section
Renewable and Sustainable Energy
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

  2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.

  3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

Most read articles by the same author(s)

Obs.: This plugin requires at least one statistics/report plugin to be enabled. If your statistics plugins provide more than one metric then please also select a main metric on the admin's site settings page and/or on the journal manager's settings pages.