Thermal energy storage in the ground: Comparative analysis of heat transfer modeling using U-tubes and boreholes
Thermal energy storage in the ground: Comparative analysis of heat transfer modeling using U-tubes and boreholes
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DOI:
10.1016/0038-092x(96)00013-8
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发表时间:
1996-06
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6.7
通讯作者:
D. Breger;J. E. Hubbell;H. E. Hasnaoui;J. Sunderland
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作者:
D. Breger;J. E. Hubbell;H. E. Hasnaoui;J. Sunderland
Large scale thermal energy storage for solar heating applications can be accomplished in the ground through the installation of an array of vertical heat exchange boreholes or U-tubes. Simulation modeling of the storage subsystem and its integration with the total system is essential for design and performance evaluation. Although U-tube storage design is especially attractive in clay soils and preferable to boreholes in many geological conditions, only a borehole simulation model is currently available, validated, and integrated into a system simulation model. This article presents a comparative analysis of the heat transfer from boreholes and U-tubes using analytical solutions, finite element modeling, and the available simulation model. The analysis is used to support the development of a methodology by which the heat transfer of any U-tube configuration can be modeled by appropriately specifying parameters in the borehole storage simulation model. The borehole model can then be used to model the storage subsystem integrated within a total system simulation model.