Cooperative heat transfer and ground coupled storage system

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OSTI ID:5528679

Metz, P D

A cooperative heat transfer and ground coupled storage system wherein collected solar heat energy is ground stored and permitted to radiate into the adjacent ground for storage therein over an extended period of time when such heat energy is seasonally maximally available. Thereafter, when said heat energy is seasonally minimally available and has propagated through the adjacent ground a substantial distance, the stored heat energy may be retrieved by a circumferentially arranged heat transfer means having a high rate of heat transfer.

• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-02-0016
• Assignee: TIC; ERA-05-020362; EDB-80-055105
• Patent Number(s): None
• OSTI ID: 5528679
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ANNUAL ENERGY STORAGE
APPLIANCES
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COLD STORAGE
DESIGN
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EQUIPMENT
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HEAT STORAGE
HEATERS
HEATING SYSTEMS
SEASONAL VARIATIONS
SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE
SOLAR AIR CONDITIONERS
SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR WATER HEATERS
SOLAR-ASSISTED HEAT PUMPS
STORAGE
UNDERGROUND STORAGE
VARIATIONS
WATER HEATERS
WATER SOURCE HEAT PUMPS