[BLDG-SIM] underground thermal energy storage for snow melt system

[Ellen Franconi]

I came across a very interesting research paper titled "PROSPECTS OF 
SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS (SMS) USING
UNDERGROUND THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE (UTES) IN JAPAN" authored by Kinya 
Iwamoto, Shigeyuki Nagasaka, Yasuhiro Hamada,
Makoto Nakamura, Kiyoshi Ochifuji, and Katsunori Nagano of Hokkaido 
University in Sapporo, Japan. The system described uses underground bore 
holes, a circulation loop, and pavement as a solar collector to store 
summer heat underground for use in winter for snow melt. The only 
energy-using device is the circulation pump. I have been unsuccessful in 
contacting the authors since my email is regarded as spam by their 
webserver.

Does anyone know more about this system and/or its installation in North 
America? And there is probably a handful of you who have modeled it in 
TRNSYS or EnergyPlus, right?

Thanks,
Ellen

-- 
Ellen Franconi, Ph.D.
Energy Analysis Group Manager
Architectural Energy Corporation 
2540 Frontier Avenue, Suite 201 
Boulder, CO 80301 
303-444-4149 
303-444-4304 fax 
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