Analysis of Thermal Performance of Energy Storage System

Abstract:

Thermal energy is necessary of many reasons. The most basic and most obvious includes food preparation and delivery of heat. Thermal energy storage is actually a temporary storage at high temperatures, respectively at low temperatures. It is an advanced technology, which can reduce environmental impact and it can facilitate more efficient and cleaner energy system. Nowadays, these systems have ability to retain thermal energy for a period of three months or more. The aim of design of these systems is to keep the thermal energy in summer period and to use it for heating in winter period. The role of such storage systems is to accumulate the heat, to balance temperature differences and to achieve the most effective use of the collected energy. This paper is focused on thermal analysis of system, which contains concrete tank. It is a system with water as a storage medium and the cooling of the water was monitored for 30 days.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 824)
• Pages: 371-378
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.824.371
• Online since: January 2016
• Authors: Martina Jurigová*, Maria Minarova, Ivan Chmúrny
• Keywords: Energy Efficiency, Heat Storage, Heat Storage Losses, Hot Water, Storage Temperature Loss, Thermal Energy Storage

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