Cold Storage for a Single-Family House in Italy

Luigi Mongibello and Giorgio Graditi
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Luigi Mongibello: ENEA—Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Portici Research Center-Piazzale E. Fermi, 1, 80055 Portici (NA), Italy
Giorgio Graditi: ENEA—Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Portici Research Center-Piazzale E. Fermi, 1, 80055 Portici (NA), Italy

Energies, 2016, vol. 9, issue 12, 1-16

Abstract: This work deals with the operation, modeling, simulation, and cost evaluation of two different cold storage systems for a single-family house in Italy, that differ from one another on the cold storage material. The two materials used to perform the numerical simulations of the cold storage systems are represented by cold water and a phase change material (PCM), and the numerical simulations have been realized by means of numerical codes written in Matlab environment. The main finding of the present work is represented by the fact that, for the considered user characteristics, and under the Italian electricity tariff policy, the use of a proper designed cold storage system characterized by an effective operation strategy could represent a viable solution from an economical point of view.

Keywords: cold storage; cold water; PCM; simulation; single-family house; economic analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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