Abstract :
Solar heating systems with seasonal energy storage have attracted an increasing attention over the past decades. However, studies of
such systems using a phase change material (PCM) as seasonal storage medium have not been found in the open literature. In this paper a
solar heat pump heating system with seasonal latent heat thermal storage (SHPH–SLHTS) is firstly described. This is followed by reporting
the development of a simplified mathematical model for a SHPH–SLHTS system. Using the model developed, the operational performances
of a SHPH–SLHTS system which provided space heating to a villa building have been investigated by simulation, and
simulation results are reported in this paper.
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