Solar energy storage application in Tunisian greenhouse by means of phase change materials

Author

Bouadil, Salwa ; Skouri, Safa ; Kooli, Sami ; Lazaar, M. ; Farhat, Abdelhamid

Author_Institution

Thermal Processes Lab., CRTEn, Borj Cedria, Tunisia

fYear

2014

fDate

22-24 Jan. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

An experimental comparative study was conducted in two greenhouses installed in the Research and Technologies Centre of Energy (CRTEn) in Tunisia. The greenhouse heat balance of the greenhouse with a heating system has been used to investigate the impact of the phase change material (PCM) on greenhouse temperature. Results shows the nocturnal variation of temperature inside the greenhouse used a heating system exceeds the temperature inside the conventional greenhouse with a difference of 5 °C. The nighttime recovered heat of the solar system attained 31% of the total requirements of heating.

Keywords

energy storage; phase change materials; pollution control; solar heating; solar power; CRTEn; PCM; Research and Technologies Centre of Energy; Tunisian greenhouse; greenhouse heat balance; greenhouse temperature; heating system; nighttime recovered heat; nocturnal variation; phase change materials; solar energy storage; solar system; Solar heating; Thermostats; Latent heat storage; control climate greenhouse; packed bed solar air heaters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Composite Materials & Renewable Energy Applications (ICCMREA), 2014 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sousse

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2515-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCMREA.2014.6843795

Filename

6843795