Thermal Energy Storage for Sustainable Energy Consumption: Fundamentals, Case Studies and Design

Book Overview

Preface. List of Contributors.- I. Introduction. History of Thermal Energy Storage; E. Morofsk. Energetic, Exergetic, Environmental and Sustainability Aspects of Thermal Energy Storage Systems; I. Dincer and M.A. Rosen.- II. Climate Change and Thermal Energy Storage. What Engineers Need to Know about Climate Change and Energy Storage; E. Morofsky. Global Warming is Large-Scale Thermal Energy Storage; Bo Nordell. Energy Storage for Sustainable Future - A Solution to Global Warming; H. Evliya. III. Energy Efficient Design and Economics of TES. Energy Efficient Building Design and Thermal Energy Storage; E. Morofsky. Heat Storage by Phase Changing Materials and Thermoeconomics; Y. Demirel.- IV. Underground Thermal Energy Storage. Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES); O. Andersson. Advances in Geothermal Response Testing; H.J.L. Witte. Freezing Problems in Borehole Heat Exchangers; B. Nordell and A.-K. Ahlstr?m. Three Years Monitoring of a Borehole Thermal Energy Store of a UK Office Building; H.J.L. Witte and A.J. Van Gelder. A Unique Borehole Thermal Storage System at University of Ontario Institute of Technology; I. Dincer and M.A. Rosen. BTES for Heating and Cooling of the Astronomy House in Lund; O. Andersson. Bo 01 ATES System for Heating and Cooling in Malm?; O. Andersson. ATES for District Cooling in Stockholm; O. Andersson. Energy Pile System in New Building of Sapporo City University; K. Nagano.- V. Phase Change Materials. Phase Change Materials and their Basic Properties; H. Mehling and L.F. Cabeza. Phase Change Materials: Application Fundamentals; H. Mehling et al. Temperature Control with Phase Change Materials; L.F. Cabeza and H. Mehling. Application of PCM for Heating and Cooling in Buildings; H. Mehling, et al. The Sundsvall Snow Storage - Six Years of Operation; B. Nordell and K. Skogsberg. Development of the PCM Floor Supply Air Conditioning System; K. Nagano.- VI. Thermochemical Energy Storage. Chemical Energy Conversion Technologies for Efficient Energy Use; Y. Kato. Sorption Theory for Thermal Energy Storage; A. Hauer. Adsorption Systems for TES - Design and Demonstration Projects; A. Hauer. Open Absorption Systems for Air Conditioning and Thermal Energy Storage; A. Hauer, E. L?vemann.- Subject Index.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402052898
• ISBN13: 9781402052897
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"