Abstract
A solar heating system with 22.4 m2 of solar collectors, a heat storage prototype consisting of four 200 kg phase-change material (PCM) storage units, and a 735 L water tank was designed to improve solar heat supply in single-family houses. The PCM storage utilized stable supercooling of sodium acetate trihydrate composites to conserve the latent heat of fusion for long-term heat storage. A control strategy directed heat from a solar collector array to either the PCM storage or a water buffer storage. Several PCM units had to be charged in parallel when the solar collector output peaked at 16 kW. A single unit was charged with 27.4 kWh of heat within four hours on a sunny day, and the PCM temperature increased from 20 °C to 80 °C. The sensible heat from a single PCM unit was transferred to the water tank starting with about 32 kW of thermal power after it had fully melted at 80 °C. A mechanical seed crystal injection device was used to initialize the crystallisation of the sodium acetate trihydrate after it had supercooled to room temperature. The unit discharge during solidification peaked at 8 kW. Reliable supercooling was achieved in three of the four units. About 80% of latent heat of fusion was transferred from PCM units after solidification of supercooled sodium acetate trihydrate to the water tank within 5 h. Functionality tests with practical operation conditions on the novel, modular heat-storage configuration showed its applicability for domestic hot water supply and space heating.
| Sprache | englisch |
|---|---|
| Seiten | 522-534 |
| Seitenumfang | 13 |
| Zeitschrift | Applied Energy |
| DOIs | |
| Status | Veröffentlicht - 1 Jul 2018 |
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Design and functionality of a segmented heat-storage prototype utilizing stable supercooling of sodium acetate trihydrate in a solar heating system. / Englmair, Gerald; Moser, Christoph; Furbo, Simon; Dannemand, Mark; Fan, Jianhua.
in: Applied Energy, 01.07.2018, S. 522-534.Publikation: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › Artikel
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T1 - Design and functionality of a segmented heat-storage prototype utilizing stable supercooling of sodium acetate trihydrate in a solar heating system
AU - Englmair,Gerald
AU - Moser,Christoph
AU - Furbo,Simon
AU - Dannemand,Mark
AU - Fan,Jianhua
PY - 2018/7/1
Y1 - 2018/7/1
N2 - A solar heating system with 22.4 m2 of solar collectors, a heat storage prototype consisting of four 200 kg phase-change material (PCM) storage units, and a 735 L water tank was designed to improve solar heat supply in single-family houses. The PCM storage utilized stable supercooling of sodium acetate trihydrate composites to conserve the latent heat of fusion for long-term heat storage. A control strategy directed heat from a solar collector array to either the PCM storage or a water buffer storage. Several PCM units had to be charged in parallel when the solar collector output peaked at 16 kW. A single unit was charged with 27.4 kWh of heat within four hours on a sunny day, and the PCM temperature increased from 20 °C to 80 °C. The sensible heat from a single PCM unit was transferred to the water tank starting with about 32 kW of thermal power after it had fully melted at 80 °C. A mechanical seed crystal injection device was used to initialize the crystallisation of the sodium acetate trihydrate after it had supercooled to room temperature. The unit discharge during solidification peaked at 8 kW. Reliable supercooling was achieved in three of the four units. About 80% of latent heat of fusion was transferred from PCM units after solidification of supercooled sodium acetate trihydrate to the water tank within 5 h. Functionality tests with practical operation conditions on the novel, modular heat-storage configuration showed its applicability for domestic hot water supply and space heating.
AB - A solar heating system with 22.4 m2 of solar collectors, a heat storage prototype consisting of four 200 kg phase-change material (PCM) storage units, and a 735 L water tank was designed to improve solar heat supply in single-family houses. The PCM storage utilized stable supercooling of sodium acetate trihydrate composites to conserve the latent heat of fusion for long-term heat storage. A control strategy directed heat from a solar collector array to either the PCM storage or a water buffer storage. Several PCM units had to be charged in parallel when the solar collector output peaked at 16 kW. A single unit was charged with 27.4 kWh of heat within four hours on a sunny day, and the PCM temperature increased from 20 °C to 80 °C. The sensible heat from a single PCM unit was transferred to the water tank starting with about 32 kW of thermal power after it had fully melted at 80 °C. A mechanical seed crystal injection device was used to initialize the crystallisation of the sodium acetate trihydrate after it had supercooled to room temperature. The unit discharge during solidification peaked at 8 kW. Reliable supercooling was achieved in three of the four units. About 80% of latent heat of fusion was transferred from PCM units after solidification of supercooled sodium acetate trihydrate to the water tank within 5 h. Functionality tests with practical operation conditions on the novel, modular heat-storage configuration showed its applicability for domestic hot water supply and space heating.
KW - Heat storage prototype
KW - Phase change material
KW - Sodium acetate trihydrate
KW - Solar heating system
KW - Stable supercooling
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U2 - 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.03.124
DO - 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.03.124
M3 - Article
SP - 522
EP - 534
JO - Applied energy
T2 - Applied energy
JF - Applied energy
SN - 0306-2619
ER -