Ouagadougou hot water energy storage

What is the Ouagadougou project?

The primary goal of the project is to raise living standards and improve health by providing access to safe drinking water and sanitation in impoverished areas in and around the capital Ouagadougou. Works to be carried out include:

What are the thermal characteristics of a hot water store?

The most important thermal characteristics for hot water stores are: heat storage capacity, heat loss, heat exchange capacity rates to and from the hot water storage and temperature stratification in the hot water store.

What are the principles of sensible heat storage systems involving water?

Principles of sensible heat storage systems involving water Hot water stores are today based on water contained in tanks made of steel, stainless steel, concrete or plastic or by water volumes placed in envelopes consisting of different watertight materials.

Can a box shaped hot water store be used as a heat store?

Such panels are suitable especially for box-shaped hot water stores. Big box-shaped hot water stores with vacuum insulation can in the future work as long-term heat stores [ 25 ]. 2.3.2. Hot water stores for solar heating systems for space heating and domestic hot water supply

How does a hot water store design affect thermal stratification?

An appropriate hot water store design can therefore create large temperature differences in a hot water store. In other words, a strong thermal stratification can be established in the hot water store: high temperatures in the top and low temperatures in the bottom.

What equipment can be built into a hot water store?

Equipment such as heat exchanger spirals, electric heating elements, stratification devices for enhancement of thermal stratification in the hot water stores, baffle plates, etc., can be built into the stores.