Analysis of the performance of a solar floor heating system with an underground seasonal storage

Author

Liu, Liping ; Que, Yanzhen ; Zhang, Hua

Author_Institution

Dept. of Refrigeration & Air-Condition Eng., Shanghai Ocean Univ., Shanghai, China

Volume

3

fYear

2010

fDate

16-18 April 2010

Abstract

In this study, a model of a solar floor heating system with an underground seasonal storage is presented to determine the transient temperature of water in the storage tank and the transient temperature of ground surrounding the storage tank. The effects of parameters such as the solar collector area, storage volume, the building loss coefficient and the operating time of the floor heating system every day on the performance of the system considered in this study are analyzed. The results show that the lowest storage size gives the lowest solar fraction. The annual solar fraction of the system increases with increase of the solar collector area.

Keywords

solar absorber-convertors; solar heating; building loss coefficient; solar collector area; solar floor heating system; solar fraction; storage tank; storage volume; transient temperature; underground seasonal storage; Electronic mail; Floors; Heat engines; Land surface temperature; Performance analysis; Solar energy; Solar heating; Space heating; Water heating; Water storage; Seasonal storage; Solar floor heating; Solar fraction;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Engineering and Technology (ICCET), 2010 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chengdu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6347-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCET.2010.5485755

Filename

5485755