Design method for heat loss calculation for in-ground heat storage tanks
Abstract
A method for calculating the temperature and heat losses for large, partially buried heat storage tanks over a seasonal heat storage cycle is presented. A lumped parameter approach was used based on three indices evaluated for particular configurations from much more detailed computations. The method appears to offer good accuracy and design convenience in predicting the transient responses of large storages associated with annual heat storage solar heating systems.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- July 1977
- Bibcode:
- 1977STIN...7826402H
- Keywords:
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- Heat Storage;
- Heating Equipment;
- Solar Heating;
- Storage Tanks;
- Conductive Heat Transfer;
- Heat Sources;
- Temperature Distribution;
- Transient Response;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer