Abstract
This report examines the economics of community-scale solar systems that incorporate a centralized annual cycle thermal energy storage (ACTES) coupled to a distribution system. Systems were sized for three housing configurations: single-unit dwellings, 10-unit, and 200-unit apartment complexes in 50-, 200-, 400-, and 1000-unit communities in 10 geographic locations in the United States. Thermalenergy is stored in large, constructed, underground tanks. Costs were assigned to each component of every system in order to allow calculation of total costs. Results are presented as normalized system costs per unit of heat delivered per building unit.
| Original language | American English |
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| Number of pages | 43 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1981 |
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/TR-721-898
Keywords
- annual cycle energy system
- communities
- costs
- district heating
- economic analysis
- economics
- heating systems
- Q1
- residential sector
- solar
- solar collectors
- solar district heating
- solar heating systems
- T1
- T2