Thermal Storage of Solar Energy: Proceedings of an International TNO-Symposium Held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 5–6 November 1980

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Opening Speech....Pages 3-5
Opening Address....Pages 7-10
Opening Address....Pages 11-12
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Summary and Overview....Pages 15-16
Storage Capability of Solar Ponds....Pages 17-32
Parametric Investigation of the Performance of Solar Heating Systems with Rock Bed Storage....Pages 33-46
Thermal Stratification in Heat Storages....Pages 47-59
On the Dynamics and Control of (Thermal Solar) Systems using Stratified Storage....Pages 61-72
Front Matter....Pages 73-73
Summary and Overview....Pages 75-77
An Overview of the U.S.A. Program for the Development of Thermal Energy Storage for Solar Energy Applications....Pages 79-89
The Swedish Seasonal Thermal Storage Programme with Application to the Building Sector....Pages 91-98
International TNO Symposium “Thermal Storage of Solar Energy” Novembre 1980 Amsterdam, The Netherlands....Pages 99-110
A Theoretical Study of Ashrae Standard 94-77 for Testing Thermal Storage Devices....Pages 111-122
Improvement of Heat Transport in Paraffines for Latent Heat Storage Systems....Pages 123-133
Heat Storage with an Incongruently Melting Salt Hydrate as Storage Medium Based on the Extra Water Principle....Pages 135-145
Experimental Results of a Latent Heat Storage System Based on Sodium Acetate Trihydrate in a Stabilizing Colloidal Polymer Matrix, Tested as a Component of a Solar Heating System....Pages 147-156
Heat-of-Fusion Storage Systems for Solar Heating Applications....Pages 157-171
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
Summary and Overview....Pages 175-177
Seasonal Storage of Solar Energy: Which Future for Europe?....Pages 179-183
Theoretical Studies in Long-Term Thermal Energy Storage in Aquifers....Pages 185-196
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
Experimental Study of Heat Storage in Aquifer....Pages 197-207
A Group of Solar Houses with Seasonal Heat Storage in the Soil....Pages 209-220
Seasonal Storage of Low Temperature Heat in Big Water Reservoirs....Pages 221-232
Theoretical Model of Heat and Mass Transfer in Non-Saturated Soils with Phase Change....Pages 233-248
Seasonal Storage in Hard Rock — Multiple Well System....Pages 249-258
Front Matter....Pages 259-259
Summary and Overview....Pages 261-263
Thermochemical Energy Storage and Chemical Heat Pumps....Pages 265-282
Thermal Storage System Based on the Heat of Adsorption in Air-Based Solar Heating Systems....Pages 283-294
Chemical Storage and Pumping of Solar Energy....Pages 295-307
Solid-Solid Phase Transitions for Thermal Energy Storage....Pages 309-324
The Absorption Process for Storage of Low-Temperature Heat....Pages 325-339
Back Matter....Pages 341-371