Simulation Study on the Heat Storage Systems Combined with Air Collectors

Air heating solar collectors are advantageous to be used for space heating. It is also suitable to use in solar buildings with both solar collectors and PV modules, since PV modules can be used as the preliminary heating collector. However it is necessary to consider the device for the thermal storage. In this study, several heat storage methods combined with air heating solar collectors are compared as the integrated thermal storage system expecting the thermal storage and the rediative floor heating.