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<strong>IEA</strong> SHC Task 38 <strong>Solar</strong> Air Conditioning <strong>and</strong> Refriger<strong>at</strong>ion Subtask A Report, November 2009<br />

Advantages<br />

• High peak power on dem<strong>and</strong> side.<br />

• Little effect of the circul<strong>at</strong>ion circuit if the circul<strong>at</strong>ion return line is connected <strong>at</strong> the height<br />

th<strong>at</strong> corresponds to the temper<strong>at</strong>ure level of the circul<strong>at</strong>ion return line<br />

• Scaling problems are rare. Because the diameters of the integr<strong>at</strong>ed tank are large<br />

compared to a he<strong>at</strong> exchanger, scaling usually has little effect. Lime can accumul<strong>at</strong>e <strong>at</strong><br />

the bottom end of the DHW tank, if the temper<strong>at</strong>ure of the he<strong>at</strong> store is above 60°C.<br />

• No parasitic (additional electric) energy for hot w<strong>at</strong>er prepar<strong>at</strong>ion.<br />

• Little space requirement.<br />

• Much smaller hot w<strong>at</strong>er volume compared to the hot w<strong>at</strong>er tank which reduces the<br />

legionella problem in the tank.<br />

• Little he<strong>at</strong> losses due to the compact design.<br />

• The set point temper<strong>at</strong>ure for the boiler can be rel<strong>at</strong>ively low.<br />

Disadvantages<br />

• Depending on details of how the hot w<strong>at</strong>er tank is designed, the temper<strong>at</strong>ures in the<br />

tank cannot be reduced close to the mains temper<strong>at</strong>ure. This depends mainly on how<br />

far down the integr<strong>at</strong>ed tank reaches. If the hot w<strong>at</strong>er tank is only integr<strong>at</strong>ed in the<br />

top part of the store, the bottom of the tank cannot be cooled down properly.<br />

• Some volume in the lower part is on a temper<strong>at</strong>ure level th<strong>at</strong> favors legionella growth.<br />

• Maintenance <strong>and</strong> replacement is almost impossible, but depends on the tank design.<br />

• The top part of the space he<strong>at</strong>ing tank must be he<strong>at</strong>ed to hot w<strong>at</strong>er set temper<strong>at</strong>ure<br />

all the times.<br />

Internal He<strong>at</strong> Exchanger for DHW-prepar<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

The tank-in-tank concept was further developed to a DHW prepar<strong>at</strong>ion system with<br />

immersed he<strong>at</strong> exchanger (DHW volume: 30-70 ltr) shown in Fig. 4 to reduce the legionella<br />

risk <strong>and</strong> the cost. Different systems are on the market, mainly differing in how the parts of<br />

the he<strong>at</strong> exchanger are situ<strong>at</strong>ed <strong>at</strong> different heights of the he<strong>at</strong> store.<br />

Fig. 4: Internal he<strong>at</strong> exchanger for DHW-prepar<strong>at</strong>ion (left <strong>and</strong> middle: Feuron, CH / right:<br />

Solentek, S)<br />

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