<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The alternative energy sources have been getting popular for last decades as a new way to obtain enough energy especially for countries which do not have rich natural reservoirs of fossil fuels. Gathering the thermal energy from the solar radiation seems to be as one of the cheapest alternatives of them. The disadvantage of it is the overflow of the heat energy during the summer and lack of them during the winter, when the demand for heat is on top. The underground thermal energy storage can be a good alternative for accumulating the heat energy and then offers it on demand. However, it is difficult to monitor the real physical condition in the soil. In the article, the results of numerical simulation are shown as a good way for a better identification of the process of accumulating the energy to the soil material.</p></abstract>

The alternative energy sources have been getting popular for last decades as a new way to obtain enough energy especially for countries which do not have rich natural reservoirs of fossil fuels. Gathering the thermal energy from the solar radiation seems to be as one of the cheapest alternatives of them. The disadvantage of it is the overflow of the heat energy during the summer and lack of them during the winter, when the demand for heat is on top. The underground thermal energy storage can be a good alternative for accumulating the heat energy and then offers it on demand. However, it is difficult to monitor the real physical condition in the soil. In the article, the results of numerical simulation are shown as a good way for a better identification of the process of accumulating the energy to the soil material.

Numerical Simulation of Thermal Energy Storage in Underground Soil Heat Accumulator

Department of Structural Mechanics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Žilina, Univerzitná 8215/1, 010 26 Žilina

Department of Structural Mechanics, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Žilina, Univerzitná 8215/1, 010 26 Žilina. 2 Research Centre, University of Žilina, Univerzitná 8215/1, 010 26 Žilina

Civil and Environmental Engineering

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The alternative energy sources have been getting popular for last decades as a new way to obtain enough energy especially for countries which do not have rich...

Numerical Simulation of Thermal Energy Storage in Underground Soil Heat Accumulator

Published Online: Dec 30, 2014

Page range: 93 - 97

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cee-2014-0017

Keywords
Sub-surface heat accumulation, Solar heat storage, Soil mass thermal capacity, Ground heat

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Numerical Simulation of Thermal Energy Storage in Underground Soil Heat Accumulator

Published Online: Dec 30, 2014

Page range: 93 - 97

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cee-2014-0017

KeywordsSub-surface heat accumulation, Solar heat storage, Soil mass thermal capacity, Ground heat

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Sub-surface heat accumulation, Solar heat storage, Soil mass thermal capacity, Ground heat