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Table 1 Thermal energy demand (Toror tea factory)

From: Modeling and performance analysis of solar parabolic trough collectors for hybrid process heat application in Kenya’s tea industry using system advisor model

Months

Made tea (MJ)

Energy demand (MJ)

Energy demand (kWh)

January

360,712

3,967,832

1,102,176

February

315,439

3,469,829

963,841

March

377,022

4,147,242

1,152,012

April

449,614

4,945,754

1,373,821

May

455,771

5,013,481

1,392,634

June

430,581

4,736,391

1,315,664

July

383,847

4,222,317

1,172,866

August

377,100

4,148,100

1,152,250

September

390,743

4,298,173

1,193,937

October

487,485

5,362,335

1,489,538

November

402,075

4,422,825

1,228,563

December

245,008

2,695,088

748,636

Total

4,675,397

51,429,367

14,285,935