Installation and assessment of crushed rock heat storage furnaces

Author

Anderson, Nathan G. ; Griffith, James E. ; Krauss, Robert ; Pandya, Dilip A. ; Salko, J.J.

Author_Institution

Public Service Electr. & Gas Co., Newark, NJ, USA

Volume

3

Issue

4

fYear

1988

fDate

11/1/1988 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1706

Lastpage

1712

Abstract

Public Service Electric & Gas Company (PSE&G) participated in installing and evaluating a prototype crushed-rock heat storage furnace. The authors describe PSE&G´s experience during the installation and the assessment of the furnace´s operation. Two furnaces were installed during October 1985 in two test homes. An initial result of the tests was that the crushed rock furnace could be a viable option for home heating under certain conditions. Overall seasonal energy usages (kWh) for heating were about 30% less than the standard gas furnace in both test homes. On average, on-peak electrical energy usages of these pilot units (the energy used by house fan) was less than 2% of the total furnace usages. Approximately 98% of the total furnace electrical energy of these units was utilized during off-peak hours

Keywords

electric heating; space heating; thermal energy storage; USA; crushed rock heat storage furnaces; electrical energy usages; home heating; installation; space heating; tests; thermal energy storage; Ducts; Foot; Furnaces; Heat transfer; Insulation; Plastics; Printing; Resistance heating; Temperature; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8950

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/59.192984

Filename

192984