Study on Heat Storage/Release Performance of a New Zonal Seasonal Thermal Storage Tank
Large-scale cross-season heat storage technology can effectively solve the problem of winter and summer heat imbalance of new energy heating.In this paper,a new type of zonal seasonal heat storage tank is proposed,and the heat dissipation effect and annual thermal efficiency of the heat storage tank under two different storage/release modes are calculated and compared by numerical simulation.The results show that the heat storage tank can maintain high annual thermal efficiency under both storage and release modes.Mode 2 adopts the strategy of"the last one goes first",although the thermal efficiency of each zone is abandoned,it ensures that at least half of the zones are working under a higher heat utilization rate,and the annual thermal efficiency of the whole heat storage tank can reach 88.25%.Under mode 1,the annual thermal efficiency of the heat storage tank is 87.55%,which is slightly worse than that of mode 2,but it can ensure the stability of the hot water temperature throughout the heating season.