ISSN Print: 1049-0787
ISSN Online: 2375-0294
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THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE FOR BUILDINGS: A MERIT ORDER REVIEW
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Thermal energy storage (TES) has been simmering along as a thermofluids and materials science R&D topic for several decades. As a result, a diverse range of technologies are now available for managing thermal comfort in buildings. In locations where the diurnal (or even seasonal) temperature swings have a mean out near the comfort zone, a well-designed TES system can enable minimal building energy inputs for heating or cooling. Even in climates where a large amount of auxiliary input is required, an actively managed TES system can still yield an economic payback by enabling a choice of when grid energy is used (e.g., avoidance of peak energy prices). Since there are many ways to store thermal energy in buildings, this review will provide an overview of the available TES technologies, considering both the well-developed and the emerging options. It will touch on sensible, latent, thermochemical, and other innovative R&D-phase TES technologies from a comparative perspective. It will also discuss the needs for further developments and implementation of TES systems for the global building stock. Overall, this review aims to give a sense of the breadth of TES technologies while also highlighting some specific comparative, performance and economic targets TES developers must address.