TheBat - The thermal battery in the smart grid in combination with heat pumps - an interaction optimisation
Project manager overall project: Heliotherm Wärmepumpentechnik G.m.b.H.
Project leader University of Innsbruck: Alexander Thür
Project staff: Toni Calabrese, Bernhard Schett, Norbert Hauer
Project partner
- Heliotherm Wärmepumpentechnik G.m.b.H.
- Graz University of Technology, Institute of Thermal Engineering
Funding body: This project is funded by the Climate and Energy Fund and carried out as part of the "ENERGY MISSION AUSTRIA" programme.
Duration: 01.10.2012 - 30.09.2016
As part of the TheBat project, simulation studies using TRNSYS are being used to investigate how a heat pump coupled with a photovoltaic system can be optimally integrated into a building in terms of both hydraulics and control technology. As thermal energy storage, there is the possibility of using a water storage tank as a buffer storage for heating or for hot water preparation (TES) as well as the building mass in the form of the heating screed or a concrete core activation (BTA). The aim of the optimisation is to minimise electricity consumption by the heat pump from the public grid and to maximise self-consumption of the electricity generated by the photovoltaic system.
Publications (University of Innsbruck)