Abstract
This study performs the design and performance analysis of a novel solar-borehole thermal energy storage system to supply a complete heating solution to a residential high-rise building located in Ontario, Canada. Building total heat demand is estimated based on user demand and ambient temperature, a solar-thermal collector system and a borehole thermal energy storage system (BTES) are designed to generate and store the energy. A 1+1D numerical code is developed to solve the heat transfer phenomenon in BTES and is coupled to the solar collector system. A time-dependent dynamic simulation is performed over a year with hourly weather data with a time-step of 10 minutes and the observations are recorded.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Energy Proceedings |
| Volume | 10 |
| State | Published - 2020 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 12th International Conference on Applied Energy, ICAE 2020 - Bangkok, Thailand Duration: Dec 1 2020 → Dec 10 2020 |
Funding
The second author acknowledges the financial support provided by the Killam Trusts fund scholarships and Dalhousie University.
Keywords
- coaxial borehole heat exchanger
- seasonal energy storage
- solar thermal building heating
- solar-borehole heating