García Mari, Eugenio; Gasque Albalate, Maria; Gutiérrez Colomer, Rosa Penélope; Ibáñez Solís, Federico; González Altozano, Pablo(Elsevier, 2013-11)
Solar thermal energy systems are generally provided with a water storage tank. In this tank, thermal stratification takes place naturally, although it is considerably affected by the turbulence and mixing created by the ...
Tarragona, Joan; Pisello, Anna Laura; Fernández, César; Cabeza, Luisa F.; Payá-Herrero, Jorge; Marchante-Avellaneda, Javier; de Gracia, Álvaro(Elsevier, 2022-01-15)
[EN] The present study analyses the performance of a heating system controlled by a model predictive control strategy, where the impact of different combinations of thermal energy storage tank volumes and installed PV power ...
Lasarte Pampló, Alicia(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2023-09-07)
[ES] El presente trabajo consiste, en primer lugar, en analizar el funcionamiento de una instalación de energía solar térmica con un captador solar plano y otro con tubos de vacío. Para ello, se realizarán ensayos ...
Ana García-Garre; Antonio Gabaldon; Álvarez, Carlos; José L. Martínez-Ramos; Luis A. Fernández-Jiménez; Alcázar-Ortega, Manuel(IET, 2021-09-23)
[EN] This paper contributes to find alternative solutions to an important problem: the determination of residential flexibility. In this case, the necessary flexibility is achieved through loads with storage capabilities ...
David-Hernandez, Marco Antonio; Calderon-Vásquez, Ignacio; Battisti, Felipe G.; Cardemil, José M.; Cazorla-Marín, Antonio(Elsevier, 2024-12-15)
[EN] Decarbonising the industrial sector is a key part of climate change mitigation targets, and Solar Heat for Industrial Process (SHIP) is a promising technology to achieve this. However, one of the drawbacks of SHIP ...
Pendaroska, Monika(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2024-10-01)
[ES] Este trabajo fin de máster pretende analizar los criterios de viabilidad y dimensionamiento para maximizar el aprovechamiento de la energía fotovoltaica en un sistema residencial mediante la incorporación de bombas ...
Sánchez Canales, V.; Payá-Herrero, Jorge; Corberán, José M.; Hassan, Abdelrahman(MDPI AG, 2020-09)
[EN] One of the main challenges for a further integration of renewable energy sources in the electricity grid is the development of large-scale energy storage systems to overcome their intermittency. This paper presents ...
Sánchez Canales, Violeta(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-09-03)
[ES] Uno de los principales retos en el contexto energético actual es la integración de las energías renovables (EERR) en la red eléctrica. Al contrario que los combustibles fósiles, las EERR dependen de las condiciones ...
[EN] Heat pumps are proved to be a highly efficient technology for sanitary hot water production. However, when installing them coupled with the storage tank, an inefficiency up to 30% can be introduced in the system since ...
Masip, X.; Prades-Gil, Carlos; Navarro-Peris, Emilio; Corberán, José M.(Elsevier, 2021-11)
[EN] The current technologies used for DHW production in the city of Valencia (Spain) are mainly gas boiler
and immersion electric heater that are individual installations, high energy consuming technologies and
high CO2 ...
[EN] This paper demonstrates that it is possible to characterize the water temperature profile and its temporal trend in a hot water storage tank during the thermal charge process, using a minimum number of thermocouples ...
[EN] In solar water heating systems, the application of certain stratification indices requires the characterisation of the water temperature distribution profile inside the tank and its evolution. In order to avoid the ...
[EN] The present study has analysed the influence of thermal conductivity of the inner lining material on the stratification process in a hot water tank during thermal charge and the later standby period. This analysis has ...