The importance of thermal storage is far too often overlooked when designing systems with large-scale heat pumps. Take a look at the below post from our Technology Partner FENAGY and ask yourself "Have we designed in sufficient thermal storage?". If you have any questions on the design or sizing of such systems then please get in touch: info@sav-systems.com
The bigger, the better! It's the size of the tank that counts 😊 Thank you for participating in our heat pump challenge – the correct answer is 500 m3/MW. The future energy system will be based on two types of energy grids: the electrical grid (high exergy energy) and the district heating grid (low exergy energy). Both energy grids are flexible, meaning that energy can both be produced for the grid and consumed from it – a prosumer network. The electrical grid has one major challenge, which is storage. Electrical storage is relatively expensive, but the district heating grid can help with that. With large accumulation tanks and the large water volume in district heating, electrical energy can be stored in hot water when there is an overproduction of electricity. However, this requires large accumulation tanks, corresponding to more than 500 m3/MW - or more than 2 m3 per household, but ideally 4-5 m3 per household. #heatpumps #electrification #districtheating #accumulationtanks