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A) Time<br />

Slices for<br />

solar<br />

thermal<br />

energy<br />

B) Time<br />

Slices for<br />

the<br />

varying<br />

heat<br />

demand<br />

C)<br />

Combined<br />

Time<br />

Slices<br />

HD1<br />

TS1<br />

HD2<br />

cTS1<br />

cTS2<br />

TS2<br />

cTS3<br />

Fig 6: A Gantt chart for those TSs for supplying A) Solar thermal-energy, B) Heat demand and C)<br />

A combination of for both.<br />

The TS boundaries for solar thermal-energy and those processes with varying demand are joined<br />

together into combined TS boundaries.<br />

304<br />

cTS4<br />

4.2. Integration with the Grand Composite Curve<br />

Integration of the solar thermal-energy should be performed after the combined Time Slices (cTSs)<br />

are obtained. The Grand Composite Curve [23, 24] can be used for the integration of solar-thermal<br />

energy (Fig 7).<br />

TS3<br />

time<br />

cTS5<br />

Fig 7: Integration of solar thermal energy in one combined TS [23, 24]<br />

This is not, however, the only option. The use of Total Site analysis [25] and especially a Total Site<br />

with renewable sources of energy, including solar thermal-energy [26, 27], would be an efficient<br />

approach when analysing heat recovery and the integration of solar thermal energy.<br />

time<br />

time

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