Application limitations for solar heating are overcome by greatly improving heat storage.
Adequate heat storage is achieved by: reducing time dependent thermal losses, reducing …

In order to overcome limitations of solar heating, great improvements in seasonal heat
storage are required. Adequate heat storage is achieved by: reducing time dependent …

In the frame of the EU funded project COMTES a closed sorption heat storage demonstrator
based on sodium hydroxide as sorbent and water as sorbate, has been developed. The …

To reach high solar energy fractions for building heat supply, several seasonal thermal
storage techniques have been developed and tested so far. Besides ground storage …

The increasing share of renewable energy in the energy supply system requires more
balance between energy supply and demand. Research and development activities in the …

Sorption technologies, which are considered mainly for solar cooling and heat pumping
before, have gained a lot of interests for heat storage of solar energy in recent years, due to …

In the past decade, long-term sorption and thermochemical heat storage has generated lot
of interest. This paper presents the state of the art in this field of research, materials used in …

This paper focuses on the assessment of a heat and mass exchanger dedicated to an
absorption/desorption seasonal thermal energy storage system. The closed sorption heat …

Sorption heat storage has the potential to store large amounts of thermal energy from
renewables and other distributed energy sources. This article provides an overview on the …

The storage of solar thermal energy has been a subject of extensive study for many years.
Various storage concepts have been extensively investigated. However, little research has …