Re:Giant 'sand battery' holds a week's heat for a whole town
by defrost on Thursday March 14, 2024 @04:46AM
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Think of the water tank as being in but insulated from the house.
In the hot summer the hot air within the house is cooled by heat pumping the heat into the water tank which is slowly over weeks bought up from cold to mean summer tempreture.
In the winter the heat is extracted from the water and transfered to the house.
The house and the water mass are out of phase by six months.
In the hot summer the hot air within the house is cooled by heat pumping the heat into the water tank which is slowly over weeks bought up from cold to mean summer tempreture.
In the winter the heat is extracted from the water and transfered to the house.
The house and the water mass are out of phase by six months.