Assessment of energy storage technologies and systems. Phase I. Electric storage heating, storage air conditioning, and storage hot water heaters

Technical Report · Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1976

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7318029· OSTI ID:7318029

Asbury, J.; Giese, R.; Nelson, S.; Akridge, L.; Graf, P.; Heitner, K.

The study analyzes the commercial feasibility of thermal energy storage (TES) in buildings; TES applications examined include storage electric (resistance) heating, storage air conditioning, and storage hot water heating. A system model, SIMSTOR, is employed to simulate TES-related effects upon daily and annual utility load profiles and to compare utility fuel and capital cost savings with TES-system costs. Case-study analyses of TES applications for a representative set of utility service areas indicate that several already- and near-commercial TES systems are cost-effective. Alternative strategies to commercialize these systems are examined and the preferred strategies are identified.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31-109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 7318029
• Report Number(s): ANL/ES-54
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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