Assessment of energy storage technologies and systems. Phase I. Electric storage heating, storage air conditioning, and storage hot water heaters
- 1 August 1976
- report
- Published by Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)
Abstract
The study analyzes the commercial feasibility of thermal energy storage (TES) in buildings; TES applications examined include storage electric (resistance) heating, storage air conditioning, and storage hot water heating. A system model, SIMSTOR, is employed to simulate TES-related effects upon daily and annual utility load profiles and to compare utility fuel and capital cost savings with TES-system costs. Case-study analyses of TES applications for a representative set of utility service areas indicate that several already- and near-commercial TES systems are cost-effective. Alternative strategies to commercialize these systems are examined and the preferred strategies are identified.Keywords
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