Investigation of Sensible Heat Storage and Heat Insulation in the Exploitation of Concentrated Solar Energy

Abstract

This paper analyses the exploitation of solar energy by wholly relying on it to heat homes by 100% solar heating in Hungary. It determines the necessary amount of heat and the heat storage capacity and considers the time sequence between charge and discharge. Further, it provides a feasible technology for sensible heat storage and it determines the sizes of heat storebuilding, the thickness of heat insulation and it calculates the heat losses of heat storage. On the basis of the results, the paper provides proposals for the method of heat storage and for the technical parameters to be considered for the heat insulation. It describes the application of the heat storage method for district heating and electricity generation.