thermal energy storage/ domestic hot-waterspace-heatingthermal-energy storeshorizontal-axiscoiled finned-type heat exchangerfreely-convecting flowheight-to-diameter ratioFactors influencing the ability of a conventional domestic hot-water tank to deliver domestic hot water rapidly have been culled, collated...
A drawback of membrane distillationis the excessive use of heat,which is neither cost-effective nor environmentally effective consideringthe water–energy nexus. The present paper reports on the analysisand optimization of a bench-scale membrane distillation unit regardingthermal efficiency and transmembrane...
Direct air capture of CO2 suffers from high energy consumption. Here, the authors use co-harvested water as in situ vapor purge to regenerate the sorbents, achieving over 98% recovery of the adsorbed CO2, more than 20% reduction in energy penalty, and synergistic production of CO2 and water....
Additionally, latent-heat storage systems associated with phase-change materials for use in solar heating/cooling of buildings, solar water heating, heat-pump systems, and concentrating solar power plants as well as thermo-chemical storage are discussed. Finally, cool thermal energy storage is also ...
Solar thermal (heat) energy is a carbon-free, renewable alternative to the power we generate with fossil fuels like coal and gas. This isn't a thing of the future, either. Between 1984 and 1991, the United States built nine such plants in California's Mojave Desert, and today they ...
Ground thermal storage is increasingly common method of sensible thermal energy storage. It often involves using a circulating medium (usually water or air) to extract heat from a building in summer and store it in the ground for winter use. Ground heat exchangers convey the circulating medium to...
Energy Storage tanks that integrate seamlessly into any chilled water district cooling system or heating system. These specialty tanks are insulated and designed with special internal “diffuser” systems. The diffuser system stratifies the water in the tank, which optimizes the energy storage capacity...
2.1.2 Aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) In aquifer thermal energy storage, geological strata serve as the storage medium and groundwater serves as the heat transport fluid. Aquifer thermal storage can be divided into two types: high-temperature aquifer thermal storage and conventional aquifer the...
The effect of charge rate on the thermal performance of the storage system when employing water as the thermal storage medium The energy input from the coil heat exchanger is equal to that stored in the storage system and that lost from the store to ambient. The water flow rate in the heat...
Energy Build. 2018, 177, 303–315. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] Buonomano, A.; Forzano, C.; Kalogirou, S.A.; Palombo, A. Building-façade integrated solar thermal collectors: Energy-economic performance and indoor comfort simulation model of a water based prototype for heating, cooling, ...