Heat Storage

Due to temporal mismatch in availability and demand for heat, heat storage is needed. In this course you will learn that the need for storage is determined by the variations and mismatches in demand and supply profiles. Also, Power to heat is enabled by heat storage. Depending on the required storage requirements (volume, cycle length, temperature level) you will learn to design a heat storage system and quantify heat losses. The heat storage technologies covered in this course are:

-Sensible heat storage: subsurface, pits, tanks

-Latent heat storage: Phase change materials

Because heat storage systems enable the use of heat sources, but are no heat sources themselves, the economics of heat storage is often complex. Therefore, the integration of heat storage in business cases is also covered in this course.