TY - JOUR
T1 - Swimming pool thermal energy storage, an alternative for distributed cooling energy storage
AU - Hunt, Julian David
AU - Zakeri, Behnam
AU - Leal Filho, Walter
AU - Schneider, Paulo Smith
AU - Weber, Natália de Assis Brasil
AU - Vieira, Lara Werncke
AU - Ermel, Conrado
AU - Castro, Nivalde José de
AU - Barbosa, Paulo Sergio Franco
AU - Nascimento, Andreas
AU - Mastrucci, Alessio
N1 - Generated from Scopus record by KAUST IRTS on 2023-09-23
PY - 2021/2/15
Y1 - 2021/2/15
N2 - The rise in distributed renewable energy generation creates a growing need to find viable solutions for energy storage to match energy demand and supply at any time. This paper evaluates the possibility of using swimming pools as a long-term cooling energy storage solution, i.e., Swimming Pool Thermal Energy Storage (SPTES). This technology allows a small building to store solar energy for cooling purposes in a yearly cycle, by filling the pool with ice slurry in winter and using that ice to cool the house in the summertime. Additionally, the pool can be used as a heat sink for a heat pump to heat the house during the winter. Results show that the energy storage cost of 0.078 US$ kWhe−1 is substantially smaller when compared with batteries (125 US$ kWhe−1). This makes SPTES a good alternative to support the development of 100% renewable energy systems in locations where the climate has a highly seasonal variation in temperature and the cooling demand is high in summer.
AB - The rise in distributed renewable energy generation creates a growing need to find viable solutions for energy storage to match energy demand and supply at any time. This paper evaluates the possibility of using swimming pools as a long-term cooling energy storage solution, i.e., Swimming Pool Thermal Energy Storage (SPTES). This technology allows a small building to store solar energy for cooling purposes in a yearly cycle, by filling the pool with ice slurry in winter and using that ice to cool the house in the summertime. Additionally, the pool can be used as a heat sink for a heat pump to heat the house during the winter. Results show that the energy storage cost of 0.078 US$ kWhe−1 is substantially smaller when compared with batteries (125 US$ kWhe−1). This makes SPTES a good alternative to support the development of 100% renewable energy systems in locations where the climate has a highly seasonal variation in temperature and the cooling demand is high in summer.
UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0196890420313194
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U2 - 10.1016/j.enconman.2020.113796
DO - 10.1016/j.enconman.2020.113796
M3 - Article
SN - 0196-8904
VL - 230
JO - Energy Conversion and Management
JF - Energy Conversion and Management
ER -
