Thermal Storage as a Means to Support the Energy Transition
Nowadays, many homes use solar collectors to provide them with warm water. During summer, when heating demand is not high, this works quite well. However, in winter more heating is needed, which is why thermal storage was designed to store a part of the excess heat for later use. Up until now, the excess heat was stored in large water tanks filled with hot water. The disadvantage of this method is that tanks have to be large as well as...