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Feasibility study of seasonal solar thermal energy storage in domestic dwellings in the UK

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Zhiwei Ma, Dr Huashan Bao, Professor Tony Roskilly

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Abstract

© 2018 The Authors Seasonal solar thermal energy storage (SSTES) has been investigated widely to solve the mismatch between majority solar thermal energy in summer and majority heating demand in winter. To study the feasibility of SSTES in domestic dwellings in the UK, eight representative cities including Edinburgh, Newcastle, Belfast, Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff, London and Plymouth have been selected in the present paper to study and compare the useful solar heat available on dwelling roofs and the heating demand of the dwellings. The heating demands of space and hot water in domestic dwellings with a range of overall heat loss coefficients (50 W/K, 150 W/K and 250 W/K) in different cities were calculated; then the useful heat obtained by the heat transfer fluid (HTF) flowing through tilted flat-plate solar collectors installed on the dwelling roof was calculated with varied HTF inlet temperature (30 °C, 40 °C and 50 °C). By comparing the available useful heat and heating demands, the critical solar collector area and storage capacity to meet 100% solar fraction have been obtained and discussed; the corresponding critical storage volume sizes using different storage technologies, including sensible heat water storage, latent heat storage and various thermochemical sorption cycles using different storage materials were estimated.


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Author(s): Ma Z, Bao H, Roskilly AP

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Solar Energy

Year: 2018

Volume: 162

Pages: 489-499

Print publication date: 01/03/2018

Online publication date: 13/02/2018

Acceptance date: 06/02/2018

Date deposited: 19/02/2018

ISSN (print): 0038-092X

Publisher: Elsevier Ltd

URL: https://10.1016/j.solener.2018.01.013

DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2018.01.013


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EP/N02155X/1EPSRC

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