A review of thermal energy storage technologies for seasonal loops

H Mahon, D O'Connor, D Friedrich, B Hughes - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
As mitigating climate change becomes an increasing worldwide focus, it is vital to explore a
diverse range of technologies for reducing emissions. Heating and cooling make up a …

[HTML][HTML] Seasonal thermal energy storage in smart energy systems: District-level applications and modelling approaches

A Lyden, CS Brown, I Kolo, G Falcone… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Seasonal thermal energy storage can provide flexibility to smart energy systems and are
characterised by low cost per unit energy capacity and varying applicability to different …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced heat transfer in a PCM shell-and-tube thermal energy storage system

J Wołoszyn, K Szopa, G Czerwiński - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
The dominant technology among latent heat thermal energy storage methods relies on solid–
liquid phase change. Since the primary disadvantage of phase change materials is low …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating scalability of deep borehole heat exchangers: Numerical modelling of arrays with varied modes of operation

CS Brown, I Kolo, G Falcone, D Banks - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Deep Borehole Heat Exchangers (DBHEs) are a potentially important method of
developing geothermal resources through closed-loop systems for carbon neutral, spatial …

[HTML][HTML] Repurposing a deep geothermal exploration well for borehole thermal energy storage: Implications from statistical modelling and sensitivity analysis

CS Brown, I Kolo, G Falcone, D Banks - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Borehole thermal energy storage (BTES) is an important technology to minimise
greenhouse gas emissions by storing surplus heat from industrial processes, space cooling …

Experimental and numerical investigations on operation characteristics of seasonal borehole underground thermal energy storage

W Yang, Y Zhang, F Wang, A Liu - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
To investigate operation characteristics of seasonal borehole underground thermal energy
storage (SBUTES) with different operational strategies, a model test platform with reduced …

A combined heat transfer enhancement technique for shell-and-tube latent heat thermal energy storage

J Wołoszyn, K Szopa - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The most significant drawback of latent heat thermal energy storage systems is the low
thermal conductivity of phase-change materials (PCMs), which significantly slows thermal …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the technical potential for underground thermal energy storage in the UK

CS Brown, I Kolo, A Lyden, L Franken, N Kerr… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Heating and cooling both make up a large part of the total energy demand in the UK; long-
term seasonal thermal energy storage (STES) can address temporal imbalances between …

Development and simulated evaluation of inter-seasonal power-to-heat and power-to-cool with underground thermal storage for self-consumption of surplus solar …

F Eze, W Lee, Y sub An, H Joo, K Lee, J Ogola… - Energy Conversion and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The adoption of renewable energy, such as solar, to meet the energy demand in buildings
has become one of the keys to achieving the global target for net-zero emissions. As a …

Global sensitivity analysis of a generator-absorber heat exchange (GAX) system's thermal performance with a hybrid energy source: An approach using artificial …

V Cardoso-Fernández, A Bassam, OM Tzuc… - Applied Thermal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Generator-absorber heat exchange (GAX) systems represent a promising alternative to
substitute environmentally harmful refrigeration devices based on conventional vapor …