Soil insulation and energy storage

How does soil thermal conductivity affect OIT value & energy savings?

The OIT value and energy savings soar as the storage fluid temperature, soil thermal conductivity, and tank diameter increase and the burial depth decreases for the HDH, and as the soil thermal conductivity and tank diameter rise and the storage temperature and burial depth fall for the CDH.

What is the thermal storage capacity of solar and copper plant waste heating?

The total heating building area is 10000m 2, and the collecting area of 1000m 2. The pipes were buried in the storage volume in a hexagon shape with a volume of 500000m³, and the annual thermal storage capacity is 15000 GJ . Fig. 12. Solar and copper plant waste heat heating system with STES in Chifeng .

Are solar energy storage systems underground?

The experience of USTES applications worldwide in recent years shows that most of the solar energy seasonal storage projects have significant economic, social and environmental benefits. However, the key part of solar energy storage system is underground.

Can insulation be used in underground spherical tanks?

For the hot fluid storage with insulation, as the storage fluid temperature, soil thermal conductivity and tank diameter rise and the depth falls, but the optimum insulation thickness value increases. As a result, this study is expected to be a guide for further seasonal TES applications using insulation in underground spherical tanks. 1.

What is a large capacity solar thermal energy storage system (STES)?

Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences carried the study on large capacity STES. The STES project was located in Zhangjiakou (as shown in Fig. 13) with thermal storage volume of 3000m 3. Solar heliostats with collecting area of 650m2 are used to collect solar thermal energy.

Does thermal storage fluid temperature affect optimum insulation thickness?

The effect of thermal storage fluid temperature on the optimum insulation thickness (OIT) is demonstrated in Fig. 8 for k soil thermal conductivity of the soil (0.25 W/mK and 2 W/mK from the effective k soil region), tank r 1 radius (0.25 m and 1.5 m) and z-depth (0.25 m and 2 m).