[BLDG-SIM] underground thermal energy storage for snow melt system
Jeff Haberl
jeffhaberl at tees.tamus.edu
Tue Jul 18 12:19:20 PDT 2006
The Oklahoma and Texas Dept of Trans have developed similar systems for deicing overpasses using heat pumps and/or glycol in a solar system. Energy is stored in the embankment.
Jeff
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From: BLDG-SIM at gard.com
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Sent: Tue Jul 18 12:37:41 2006
Subject: [BLDG-SIM] underground thermal energy storage for snow melt system
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
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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
http://www.archenergy.com
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