The mini-prototype solar energy earth storage system

S.W. Yuan and M.M. Majdi

Energy, 1981, vol. 6, issue 7, 571-584

Abstract: A one-tenth scale model of solar energy earth storage (SEES) system was tested under an artifical condition during the first winter season. The earth storage was heated by house hot water heaters, and heat was then extracted with a high performance heat exchanger with was exposed to an open air environment under subfreezing temperatures. The results of these preliminary tests show that the thermal performance of the earth storage heat exchanger (polybutylene plastic coils) and the wet soil medium is quite satisfactory. Furthermore, the response rate of the earth storage to a large heat demand over a short-time duration is more than adequate.

Date: 1981
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DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(81)90012-8

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