BP16 - Solar water heater
| Address: Tan Thuan Export Processing Zone, Ho Chi Minh City | |
| Name of the Manager: Hsu I Yang | |
| Project Summary: A garment enterprise in Ho Chi Minh city has installed a solar water heating system for supplying hot water to electric steam boilers. The program objective is to reduce energy costs and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission. | |
| Year of implementation: 2018 | |
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Status before implementation Fresh water at 25 °C is supplied to the electric steam boilers. The water amount used in one operation day (8 hours) is about 2.2 m3.
Electric steam boiler |
Result The plant has installed a solar water heating system for supplying hot water to the electric steam boilers. Temperature of the preheated water supplied to the electric steam boilers is about 60°C.
Solar hot water system |
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Status before implementation Fresh water at 25 °C is supplied to the electric steam boilers. The water amount used in one operation day (8 hours) is about 2.2 m3.
Electric steam boiler |
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Result The plant has installed a solar water heating system for supplying hot water to the electric steam boilers. Temperature of the preheated water supplied to the electric steam boilers is about 60°C.
Solar hot water system |
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| Result of the project: | |
| Total investment costs: | VND 44 Million |
| Power saving: | 26,484 kWh/year |
| Cost savings: | VND 50 Million |
| Payback time: | 0.9 year |

