Predicted and Measured Performance of a Direct, Active, Solar Thermal Mass System for Domestic Space Heating

Grassie, Thomas; Ringaila, Audrius; Barr, Euan; Noguchi, Masa

Predicted and Measured Performance of a Direct, Active, Solar Thermal Mass System for Domestic Space Heating

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Grassie, Thomas, Ringaila, Audrius, Barr, Euan and Noguchi, Masa (2010) Predicted and Measured Performance of a Direct, Active, Solar Thermal Mass System for Domestic Space Heating. In: Renewable Energy 2010, 27 June - 2 July 2010, Yokohama, Japan.
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Creators/Authors:

Grassie, Thomas, Ringaila, Audrius, Barr, Euan and Noguchi, Masa

Abstract:

The rationale for the design and operational mode of a simple, direct, solar thermal mass (STM) domestic heating system is presented. The benefits of using the building foundation as the heat store over alternative, more common, wet or phase change thermal storage media are discussed. It shown that the Laing Ecocirc pump, connected directly to a BP 30 Wp PV module provides an effectively constant collector outlet temperature over the operating range of irradiance. Through comparison of measured collector thermal output and thermal mass temperature rise, it is seen that there is good agreement between predicted and measured system performance.

Official URL:

http://www.re2010.org/eng-conf/related-events/index.html

School/Academic Area:

Mackintosh School of Architecture > Mackintosh Environmental Architecture Research Unit (MEARU)
Mackintosh School of Architecture

Dates:

Date

Date Type

27 June 2010

Published

Status:

Published

Event Title:

Renewable Energy 2010

Event Location:

Yokohama, Japan

Event Dates:

27 June - 2 July 2010

Output Type:

Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)

Output ID:

1293

Date Deposited:

21 Nov 2011 11:44

Last Modified:

26 Sep 2013 22:00

Deposited By:

Masa Noguchi

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