A low cost seasonal solar soil heat storage system for greenhouse heating: Design and pilot study

• Published in: Applied energy Vol. 156; pp. 213 - 222
• Main Authors: Zhang, Liang, Xu, Peng, Mao, Jiachen, Tang, Xu, Li, Zhengwei, Shi, Jianguo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 15.10.2015
• Subjects: China; cold; Cross-seasonal energy use; energy conservation; Greenhouse heating; greenhouses; heat; heat pumps; soil; Soil heat storage; solar collectors; Solar energy; storage technology; summer; system optimization; thermal energy; weather; winter; China; Soil heat storage; Greenhouse heating; Cross-seasonal energy use; Solar energy

•A low cost seasonal solar soil heat storage system used in greenhouse is invented.•Establish TRNSYS model of heat collection & storage with calibration of actual data.•Use EnergyPlus to calculate energy saving compared with conventional solar system.•Use TRNSYS model to further modify the syste...