Experimental evaluation of thermal energy storage
Abstract
The technical performance of commercially available thermal energy storage (TES) residential heating units under severe weather conditions is discussed. The benefits and costs of TES to the user and utility companies were assessed. The TES issues, research and development needs, and barriers to commercialization were identified. The field tests which determined the performance characteristics for the TES are described and the TES systems, which included both ceramic and hydronic systems, are compared.
- Publication:
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Thermal Energy Storage
- Pub Date:
- March 1980
- Bibcode:
- 1980tes..nasa..307A
- Keywords:
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- Heat Storage;
- Performance Tests;
- Systems Analysis;
- Thermal Energy;
- Ceramics;
- Cost Analysis;
- Meteorological Parameters;
- Space Heating (Buildings);
- Energy Production and Conversion