A review of salt hydrates for seasonal heat storage in domestic applications

A literature review is performed in order to collect and analyse the thermodynamic data of an utmost number of salt hydrate reactions (i.e., 563 reactions are reviewed). These data allow us to evaluate the theoretical possibilities and limitations of salt hydrates as thermochemical materials (TCMs) for seasonal heat storage in the built...

Solid/vapour sorption heat transformer: Design and performance

A high temperature high lift solid sorption based heat transformer has been successfully designed and tested. The sorption reactor concept is based on a tube-fin heat exchanger where the heat exchanging fluids can flow through the hollow fins. The plates were brazed together with porous metal foam that was impregnated with either of the sorbents...