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<strong>BULETINUL</strong> <strong>INSTITUTULUI</strong> <strong>POLITEHNIC</strong> <strong>DIN</strong> <strong>IAŞI</strong><br />

Publicat de<br />

Universitatea Tehnică „Gheorghe Asachi” din Iaşi<br />

Tomul LVIII (LXII), Fasc. 3, 2012<br />

Secţia<br />

MATEMATICĂ. MECANICĂ TEORETICĂ. FIZICĂ<br />

STUDY OF A SINGLE TUBE BOREHOLE THERMAL ENERGY<br />

STORAGE BY MEANS OF AN IMPLICIT FINITE DIFFERENCE<br />

METHOD<br />

BY<br />

BOGDAN HORBANIUC ∗ , GHEORGHE DUMITRAŞCU and MIHAI ADAM<br />

”Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iaşi,<br />

Department of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering<br />

Received: May 20, 2012<br />

Accepted for publication: June 30, 2012<br />

Abstract. The paper deals with the problem of storing heat provided by a<br />

solar system for the periods when solar energy is not available. In order to level<br />

the primary energy curve so as to secure a quasi constant energy supply, a<br />

thermal storage is mandatory. One of the multiple options is to store heat in the<br />

ground and extract it when necessary. The solution studied in the paper consists<br />

of transporting heat to and from the heat storage represented by the ground, by<br />

means of vertical tubes. In order to study the dynamics of the heat exchange<br />

process, one needs to know the temperature field in the ground that results from<br />

the thermal interaction with the heat transfer tube as well as the heat transferred<br />

to or extracted from the heat storage. This issue is solved by means of an<br />

implicit finite difference scheme assuming that the tube is isothermal<br />

longitudinally. The temperature is plotted versus the radius for selected moments<br />

during the charge/discharge processes of a daily heat storage system and the<br />

transferred heat is calculated. The model is used for a single tube arrangement in<br />

order to get the primary results necessary to refine the model by taking into<br />

consideration the non-isothermal tube and further a structure consisting of<br />

connected tube arrays.<br />

Key words: sensible heat thermal energy storage, borehole thermal energy<br />

storage, isothermal tube, numerical modelling, finite difference method.<br />

∗ Corresponding author: e-mail: bogdan_horbaniuc@yahoo.com

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