Saving Equivalent Fuel and Reducing Emissions When Using Thermal Solar Collectors in Southern Siberia

To justify the efficiency of using solar energy in southern Siberia, the paper calculates the maximum annual savings of conventional and real fuel, the maximum values of the volume of dry combustion products, CO2, SO2, NO2 and ash that are not emitted per year per 1 m2 of the effective surface of the solar collector. The article also calculates the maximum values of carbon footprint reduction in the south of Siberia per 1 m2 of the effective surface of a solar water heating collector. The calculation was made for coals and gases used in the south of Siberia: Kuznetsky flame coal, Kuznetsky gas flame coal, Kuznetsky non baking coal 1, Kuznetsky non baking coal 2, Kuznetsky fat coal, Ekibastuz non baking coal, Belovsky anthracite, Listvyansky anthracite, Neryungrinsky gas, Tyumensky gas, Urengoysky gas, Yamburgsky gas. The following initial data were taken into account in the calculation: the collector was installed in Novosibirsk (55 °N), the installation height of the collector above sea level is 150 m, the efficiency of the solar collector is ηcol = 0.8, the maximum generated energy per year per 1 m2 of the solar collector surface, installed under the above conditions: Qyear = 2693.62 kWh. The Calculation Method can be applied to any region.