Evaluation Of The Performance Criteria Of Combined Thermo-Chemical Energy Storage Systems For Building Applications

The collaborative research activities of the industrial and academic communities for the development of the thermo-chemical energy storage (TES) technology are growing dynamically and new concepts of systems are appearing. The building sector presents the particular interests field for the implementation of such technology in accordance with the new EU energy policy. The well-known limitations of the existent TES technology may be overcome by the development of novel materials as well as by the design of new type of reactors. In the present work the enhanced energy efficient TES configurations, destined for space heating applications, have been established and studied basing on simple models using performance data of the reactive medium. Two major heating techniques have been assessed: low temperature air-to-water integrated circuits and combined warm air heating. The analysis of the performance criteria of the proposed configurations allowed concluding about the usability of the TES in the predefined range of operating conditions.