Computer simulation of ground coupled storage in a series solar assisted heat pump system

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:6046568

Andrews, John W.; Metz, Philip D.

A quantitative study of the effect of thermal coupling between the ground and the heat storage element of a series solar assisted heat pump system is presented. The transient simulation computer program TRNSYS is used to simulate the solar portion of this system. A program to simulate the thermal interaction of the storage element with the ground is incorporated into TRNSYS as a sub-routine. This program calculates heat flow through the ground in discrete steps over space and time. Boundary conditions are established. The ground coupled storage is driven by thermal inputs from the solar portion of the system and from the changing ambient and ground temperatures.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Solar Energy
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-02-0016
• OSTI ID: 6046568
• Report Number(s): BNL-26216; CONF-790541-25
• Resource Relation: Conference: International Solar Energy Society meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA, 28 May 1979
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
SOILS
SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE
SOLAR-ASSISTED HEAT PUMPS
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
COMPUTER CODES
HEAT FLOW
HEAT TRANSFER
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
SIMULATION
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
T CODES
UNDERGROUND STORAGE
AIR CONDITIONERS
APPLIANCES
ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
ENERGY STORAGE
ENERGY TRANSFER
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HEAT PUMPS
HEAT STORAGE
HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR AIR CONDITIONERS
SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS
STORAGE
142000* - Solar Energy- Heat Storage- (1980-)