Preliminary Computation on Potential Thermal Enenrgy Intake from Thermally Stratified Water Areas

Abstract

In recent years development of high performance of heat pumps enables us to efficiently use the unused potential thermal energy naturally stored in water areas such as rivers, coastal waters, lakes, reservoirs, etc. The present study deals with thermal energy intake from a thermally stratified water bodies. Considering energy conservation in waters and intake systems, preliminary computation of possible amount of thermal energy intake, average coefficient of performance (COP) of heat intake facilities and so on are carried out.