68m 60m

30m
80m

Area: 2040m2
Can fit up to 400 x C20TS12

42.5MW = $9.8mil

$0.23/W

Ours: 20kW  $4,600

Manildra Solar Farm, ARENA funding ($9.8m) with First Solar.

http://www.mccullough.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Renewable-energy-in-Australia-
Part-3_Funding-and-investment_FINAL.pdf
Questions that should be addressed as part of your report:

1. How does the amount of renewable energy supplied vary as the collector area is varied from
20% to 200% of the pool area?

Base case : Electricity

Proposed case : Electricity + optimize supply
POOL AREA : 600m2
Manufacturer : Techno-Solis
Model : Swimmaster C20TS12
Gross area per solar collector : 4.434m2

Figure 1: As per suggested number of collector

20% = 120m2
40% = 240 m2
60% = 360 m2
80% = 480 m2
100% = 600 m2
200% = 1200 m2
2. Assuming a collector area equal to the pool area, what fraction of the heat load of the pool
is met by the solar collectors?

Base case : Electricity

Proposed case : Electricity + optimize supply
Pool area : 600m2
Collector area : 599m2 with 135 collectors
Solar fraction : 51.4%

196kW
Fraction of the heat load of the pool = 419kW × 100 = 46.8%
My understandings: fraction = 51.4%
3. With the above cost structure assess the viability of the system with natural gas prices of
$5, $10, $15 and $20 per GJ. (assume an energy content of natural gas of 40MJ/m 3). Do
you think such a project would be economically viable on the basis of your analysis?
5$ 40𝑀𝐽 0.2$
× = 3
1000𝑀𝐽 𝑚3 𝑚
𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑔𝑎𝑠 𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 = 40𝑀𝐽/𝑚3
 10$ 40𝑀𝐽 0.4$
× = 3
1000𝑀𝐽 𝑚3 𝑚
 15$ 40𝑀𝐽 0.6$
× = 3
1000𝑀𝐽 𝑚3 𝑚
 20$ 40𝑀𝐽 0.8$
× = 3
1000𝑀𝐽 𝑚3 𝑚
4. Include a GHG emissions reduction analysis in your investigation. What is the net GHG
emissions reduction in your study? What assumptions did you make in deriving this
answer?

Assumptions
Also includes e
base/proposed

Base case : Electricity

Proposed case : Electricity + optimized solar thermal
Base case : Electricity
Proposed case : Natural gas + optimized solar thermal ($0.2/m3)
($0.2/m3)
($0.4/m3)
($0.6/m3)

($0.8 /m3)
5. How sensitive is your answer to the collector loss coefficient used? (ie vary the collector
parameter by a certain percentage and get the percentage change in the overall result)

Base case : Electricity

Proposed case : Natural gas + optimized solar thermal
Fr Tau alpha 0.5
Fr Tau alpha 0.824
Fr Tau alpha 0.9
Fr UL coefficient 10 at 0%
Fr UL coefficient 15 at 100%
Fr UL coefficient 16.7256 at 135%
 Base case : Electricity
Proposed case : Electricity + optimized solar thermal

Fr Tau alpha 0.824

Fr Tau alpha 0.9
Fr Tau alpha 0.5
Fr UL 16.7256
Fr UL 15
Fr UL 10
6. How sensitive is your answer to the electricity price?

Base case : Electricity

Proposed case : Natural gas + optimized solar thermal
($0.2/m3)
($0.4/m3)
($0.6/m3)
($0.8/m3)
Base case : Electricity
Proposed case : Electricity + optimized solar thermal
($0.18/kWh)
7. Would your assessment of viability change if the cost of the system was 50% higher?
Base case : Electricity
Proposed case : Electricity + optimized solar thermal
($0.36/kWh)
8. In your report include sufficient detail so that the marker can duplicate your results (or
submit a copy of your spreadsheet with the assignment).