Abstract
The experimental part of the work deals mainly with the experiences gained from the Kerava Solar Village (KSV) but some additional remarks are presented from international studies. The measured thermal performance of the KSV heating system indicates considerably poorer performance than original design values. Reasons for this are studied by means of computational analyses. Fundamental problem with KSV system was too small storage size with respect both to installed collector area and connected load. From operational point of view, the frequent heat pump failures were the most severe problem. Computational tools for large solar heating system design and analyses are presented. Numerical models developed in this work, the KERCONT and SUPERSOL, are validated with measured performance from the KSV indicating reasonably good accuracy. The tools have been applied for detecting KSV heating system problems and for finding solutions for them as well as for re-design of the system. More general analyses are presented on the applicability of the KSV system principle in other load sizes and locations. A new approach for preliminary studies on Central Solar Heating Plants with Seasonal Storage (CSHPSS) is described. The analytical model, SOLCHIPS, is shown to be very effective tool for pre-design studies. The validity
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Peltola, S.
Computational and experimental studies on large scale solar heating.
Finland: N. p.,
1992.
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Peltola, S.
Computational and experimental studies on large scale solar heating.
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Peltola, S.
1992.
"Computational and experimental studies on large scale solar heating."
Finland.
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title = {Computational and experimental studies on large scale solar heating}
author = {Peltola, S}
abstractNote = {The experimental part of the work deals mainly with the experiences gained from the Kerava Solar Village (KSV) but some additional remarks are presented from international studies. The measured thermal performance of the KSV heating system indicates considerably poorer performance than original design values. Reasons for this are studied by means of computational analyses. Fundamental problem with KSV system was too small storage size with respect both to installed collector area and connected load. From operational point of view, the frequent heat pump failures were the most severe problem. Computational tools for large solar heating system design and analyses are presented. Numerical models developed in this work, the KERCONT and SUPERSOL, are validated with measured performance from the KSV indicating reasonably good accuracy. The tools have been applied for detecting KSV heating system problems and for finding solutions for them as well as for re-design of the system. More general analyses are presented on the applicability of the KSV system principle in other load sizes and locations. A new approach for preliminary studies on Central Solar Heating Plants with Seasonal Storage (CSHPSS) is described. The analytical model, SOLCHIPS, is shown to be very effective tool for pre-design studies. The validity of SOLCHIPS approach is studied by comparing the results against results from validated numerical model, MINSUN. In the last part of the work, preliminary results from numerical simulations of summer time district solar heating with short term storage are presented. According to the analyses, these systems should provide heat at or below the cost achievable with seasonal storage systems.}
place = {Finland}
year = {1992}
month = {Dec}
}
title = {Computational and experimental studies on large scale solar heating}
author = {Peltola, S}
abstractNote = {The experimental part of the work deals mainly with the experiences gained from the Kerava Solar Village (KSV) but some additional remarks are presented from international studies. The measured thermal performance of the KSV heating system indicates considerably poorer performance than original design values. Reasons for this are studied by means of computational analyses. Fundamental problem with KSV system was too small storage size with respect both to installed collector area and connected load. From operational point of view, the frequent heat pump failures were the most severe problem. Computational tools for large solar heating system design and analyses are presented. Numerical models developed in this work, the KERCONT and SUPERSOL, are validated with measured performance from the KSV indicating reasonably good accuracy. The tools have been applied for detecting KSV heating system problems and for finding solutions for them as well as for re-design of the system. More general analyses are presented on the applicability of the KSV system principle in other load sizes and locations. A new approach for preliminary studies on Central Solar Heating Plants with Seasonal Storage (CSHPSS) is described. The analytical model, SOLCHIPS, is shown to be very effective tool for pre-design studies. The validity of SOLCHIPS approach is studied by comparing the results against results from validated numerical model, MINSUN. In the last part of the work, preliminary results from numerical simulations of summer time district solar heating with short term storage are presented. According to the analyses, these systems should provide heat at or below the cost achievable with seasonal storage systems.}
place = {Finland}
year = {1992}
month = {Dec}
}