Task 32 Handbook

Authors: 15 international experts in heat storage
Edition: June 2005
Editor: Jean-Christophe Hadorn
Price: 35 € (+ shipping and handling)
ISBN: 84-8409-877-X
Length: 170 pages
Purchasing Info: jchadorn@baseconsultants.com

Table of Contents:

IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme

• What is IEA SHC Task 32 “Advanced Storage Concepts for solar and low energy buildings”?
• Acknowledgements
• Glossary
• Task 32 participants and authors

1. Scope of this document: Heat and cold storage for solar and low energy buildings
   Jean-Christophe Hadorn
2. The need for storage of heat and cold in low energy buildings
   Jean-Christophe Hadorn

Part I Storage in the Building Structure

3. Thermal storage in building structures: Thermally activated building systems (TABS)
   Beat Lehmann, Robert Weber, Jean-Christophe Hadorn
4. Storage in the building: Direct Solar Floor
   Thomas Letz

Part II Storage in Water

5. Combistores
   Wolfgang Streicher, Chris Bales
6. Combisystem performance investigation
   Michel Haller, Peter Vogelsanger
7. Insulation materials for advanced water storages
   Jørgen M. Schultz

Part III Phase Change Material Storage

8. A brief history of PCMs for heat storage
   Stephane Citherlet
9. Ice storage
   Motoi Yamaha
10. Storage techniques with Phase Change Materials
    Luisa F. Cabeza
11. Microencapsulated PCM Slurries
    Andreas Heinz, Wolfgang Streicher

Part IV Sorption and Chemical Storage

12. Sorption and thermo-chemical storage
    Chris Bales, Paul Gantenbein, Andreas Hauer, Dagmar Jaehnig, Henner Kerskes, Hans-Martin Henning, Tomas Nuñez, Klaas Visscher, Eberhard Laevemann, Matthias Peltzer
13. Storage of solar energy in chemical reactions
    Jacob Van Berkel
14. Conclusions
    Jean-Christophe Hadorn