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Energy analysis of heat surplus storage systems in plastic tunnels

S. Kurpaska and H. Latala

Renewable Energy, 2010, vol. 35, issue 12, 2656-2665

Abstract: This paper presents the findings of a theoretical analysis and experimental verification on the storing of heat excess in soil and liquid accumulators located in a foil tunnel. There was positive verification of the formulated macroscopic heat exchange model in both accumulators (maximum error 81%) and the quantity of heat stored in them was defined. During the experiments, under existing weather conditions, the amount of stored heat stood between 6MJ and 45MJ in the liquid accumulator and between 9MJ and 130MJ in the soil accumulator. The quantity of heat supplied from the accumulator to the interior of the tunnel during discharging, which stood between 0.6MJ and 46MJ, was also described. The COP was determined for the tested system both for the accumulator charging process and the discharging of the soil accumulator. Furthermore, the quantity of heat used for heating up heat originating from the discharging of the accumulator whilst heating the tunnel for favourable and unfavourable surrounding climate conditions was determined.

Keywords: Heat; Accumulator; Foil tunnel (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2010.04.011

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