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Definitions

• thermal storage devices relate to thermal storage devices and in particular to thermal storage devices configured to decouple the heat provided to the storage device from the output heat required from the storage device.
• thermal storage device includes but is not limited to the type of devices known as storage heaters and liquid cylinders. Background
• Thermal storage devices such as storage heaters are well known as a source of electric heating. Traditionally they have operated under the principle that energy can be provided to the heater during specific periods of the day, and that supplied energy can be released from the heater during different time periods.
• the heaters comprise a heat store 120 in the form of bricks or other materials such as ceramic which is located within a housing 100 of the storage heater.
• the heatable material 120 is then heated using an electric element 110 so as to increase the temperature of the heatable material.
• This stored heat is then released continuously through a process of both thermal radiation and convection and conduction.
• the speed of heat transfer may be increased through use of a damper and/or in conjunction with mechanical fans.
• the heater is designed to release heat and typically has no more than 20% heat retention.
• the heat As the heat is output from the storage heater in a continuous process, it has one peak output- shown in the example of Figure 2 as occurring about 0900 in the morning. After that, its capacity to provide heat reduces with the result that when the user requires additional heat later in the day, the heater does not have the capacity to provide that heat.
• the output of the storage heater is designed to be greater than that actually required. This is typically achieved by heating the storage materials to temperatures of the order of 700°C. While this provides additional heating capacity later in the evening, there is also continued wastage of heat during the non-use periods. This can also result in excessive heating of the room and a waste of heat.
• the energy used to heat the water within these known cylinders comes from a variety of sources including electrical, gas or oil powered boilers. It is also known to provide such cylinders with a primary source of energy and then use a secondary source for specific actions such as a top-up or where the primary source fails or is deactivated. Again the heat provided to this cylinder is directly coupled to the heat output expected from the cylinder. Summary
• thermal storage devices may be used to absorb additional energy capacity available within a network during periods of excess availability.
• the energy stored by these devices thereby serves a dual purpose, its primary purpose of providing the desired heat- be that space heating or heating of domestic hot water and a secondary purpose of allowing a remote operator to tune the capacity of the network to the loads within the network.
• a thermal storage device which decouples the energy provided to the storage device from the required heat expected from the device.
• the present teaching provides a heater which is configured to primarily retain heat as opposed to leak the heat. In this way heat retention of the order of 60% may be provided. By configuring the heater to primarily retain heat, the release of that retained heat may be controlled to a greater degree than traditionally possible which allows the output of the heater to more closely match the usage requirements of a heater.
• the present teaching allows a use of that cylinder as a thermal storage device.
• Figure 1 is a schematic showing a known storage heater
• Figure 2 is graph outlining the heat output of a conventional storage heater verses the desired heating of the room within which the heater is located.
• Figure 3 is a graph, similar to that of Figure 2 showing how the output of a storage heater in accordance with the present teaching more closely matches the desired heating.
• Figure 4 shows an example of a storage heater in accordance with the present teaching which includes a fan configured to actively distribute the heat from the storage heater into the room within which the heater is located
• FIG. 5 shows in detail specific components of the storage heater of Figure 4.
• Figure 6A is an example of a hot liquid cylinder provided in accordance with the present teaching.
• Figure 6b is another example of a hot liquid cylinder incorporating a control panel with a display of operating parameters of the cylinder.
• FIG. 7 shows an example of a network architecture employing a plurality of thermal storage devices in accordance with an aspect of the present teaching.
• a storage heater in accordance with the principles of the present teaching is configured to primarily store heat as opposed to leak that heat.
• a housing 300 within which is located a heatable material 310 which is heated by one or more electrical elements 320.
• a large volume of insulation 330 is provided about the heatable material so as to reduce the amount of
• the insulation is desirably located around all vertical surfaces of the heatable material 310 and provides a high level of insulation around the sides of the heatable material.
• a layer of insulation may be provided on the upper and lower surfaces of the heatable material.
• the heatable material may be insulated on all six surfaces of the heatable material, albeit the level of insulation may not be the same for all surfaces.
• the insulation will have a U value of the order of no more than 1.0 W/m 2 K for all surfaces except the base surface which will have a U value not exceeding 1.5 W/m 2 K.
• Conventional heaters would typically have U values of 1.5-2.0 for the sides and greater than five for the base surface.
• other principles such as reflection could be used to reduce radiant heat components and an avoidance of gaps to reduce convection losses especially around the heated core.
• micropore insulation panel such as sold under the
• a storage heater in accordance with the present teaching is configured to operate at much lower maximum heat storage temperatures than traditional heaters. As was discussed above in the Background portion, it is normal practice in storage heaters to have the maximum rated storage capacity at a maximum core temperature in the region of 650 to 700°C.
• the heatable material or core of the heater is configured to have its maximum rated storage capacity at a much lower temperature than conventional storage heaters. Typical values are in the range 550 to 580°C.
• the output of the heater is comparable with that of conventional heaters but this output is achieved by using a larger volume of core heatable material than traditionally used. In this way the volume of core heatable material has been increased to enable the maximum storage capacity to be achieved at a lower temperature swing. This has the advantages of reducing the rate of heat transfer through the insulation at a given storage capacity and provides the ability to safely increase the available storage capacity when required.
• While the storage heaters of the present teaching are nominally heated to a temperature that is much lower than a conventional heater they do have the capacity to absorb additional heat- upto temperatures typically found in the conventional heater. This additional capacity can be utilised during periods when the network operator has a requirement to spill additional energy from the network and requires a device or devices to take up that additional capacity.
• Storage heaters represent an ideal device to take up the additional capacity within the network as they can be instantaneously activated. This activation is achieved through use of a dynamic powering of the heater, effected through a controller which interfaces the storage heater to the network operator. The controller is configured to dynamically modify the heat take up and output of the storage heater.
• a heater in accordance with the present teaching is configured to have a maximum core temperature of about 580°C (termed "normal" core temperature) which is calculated on the basis of having sufficient capacity to provide sufficient heating for a winter day for 8 hours. This may be termed a first operating temperature of the heatable material or core of the heater.
• the present inventor has determined that the charging of a storage heater should be related to the actual usage of the heater. In this way the controller monitors one or more of: historical data, rate of heat loss of the room, thermal characteristics of the room and actual operating usage of the device to determine the future powering requirements of the heater. It will be understood that actual operating usage may be determined through an adaptive or learning algorithm which reflects a user use of the device.
• the characteristics provide a dynamic core temperature device to provide optimum energy storage and minimise the maximum operating core temperature. This minimises static losses during non heating periods and the overall energy consumption.
• prior art heaters provided a heating of the storage heater to the maximum rating of the heatable material
• the present teaching varies the temperature to which the heatable material is heated dependent on the usage and additional data.
• a storage heater in accordance with the present teaching is provided with the flexibility to increase the core temperature to a second operating temperature of the heater which is greater than the first operating temperature should actual usage of a device prove that that "normal" is not sufficient for the use of the device.
• the controller is configured to allow a user to select a desired temperature within a prescribed time for the room in which the device is being used. The device will provide an output based on those selected parameters.
• a controller provided in accordance with the present teaching may also vary the control algorithm utilised in accordance with available network tariff plans or regimes. In this way a first tariff plan may trigger use of a first algorithm and a second regime usage of a second algorithm.
• the electrical heating elements that are used for a storage heater in accordance with the present teaching are therefore over rated for the normal core temperature operation. Therefore while a traditional storage heater would maximise the length of the window that is used to effect a charging of the storage heater- typically a 7 hour charging window- a heater in accordance with the present teaching can provide heating to a "normal core temperature" of 580°C in a reduced time period. For example having "over rated" the elements, it is possible within the context of the present teaching to achieve a normal core temperature of 580°C from cold in 5.8 hours instead of 7 hours. By overrating the heating elements which reduces the time required to achieve the normal core temperature operation, it is also possible in accordance with the present teaching to provide an improved back charging regime.
• Back charging relates to providing power at specific times. For example as was discussed above, in order to provide the necessary heat output the following day typical storage heaters require a 7 hour powering window. Many network operators require powering at specific times for example during the last hour of the powering window. Back charging is a concept where a subset of the powering window is determined and that subset is then shifted toward the end of the powering window to ensure that the time period between the provision of charge and the leakage is minimised.
• the controller is configured to determine how much power needs to be provided to shift the core temperature to the required core temperature and that defines a power window. The power window can then be subdivided into individual sections which are then available for the network operator to provide power as required. This calculation of a power window is a dynamic feature which will be constantly updated as power is provided.
• the calculation of a power window may also interface with a pre-stored value or table of a plurality of back-charging algorithms provided within the storage heater. In this way a network operator may select an appropriate algorithm for that specific device- either by a setting provided at install or by providing a remote signal. It will be appreciated that the foregoing is one example of how to vary the power provided to the storage device. In another configuration which may or may not be used in conjunction with the back-charging is to provide a variable power input to the storage heater. This may then be used to adjust the input power to match the heating requirement and the charging window. An example of how this may be achieved is through use or 2 or more independently controlled elements which may be used in conjunction with a switching regime whereby individual ones may be activated in preference to others. A look up table or the like could be used to dictate the switching regime adopted.
• FIG. 5 shows in more detail a fan arrangement 500 which may be provided with a storage heater in accordance with the present teaching.
• a fan was visible in the schematic of Figure 4 but is shown in more detail in Figure 5.
• the fan arrangement comprises a fan 510 which is coupled to a controller 502 which can be used to selectively operate the fan 510. This may be used in response to a user input and/or during periods when the heater is required to provide additional heat.
• the fan provides for an active distribution of the heat out of and away from the heater.
• the fan may be used in combination with a mixing flap 511 whose movement can be used to vary the volume of hot or cold air that is combined and distributed out of the heater.
• a closed loop system whereby the fan and mixing flap cooperate with one another independently of the core temperature. It will be appreciated that the position of the flap may modify the volume of cold air that is mixed with hot air from the core. It will also be understood that the speed of the fan may affect the volume of air that is distributed out of the heater.
• a temperature sensor is provided and its output is coupled to the controller. Dependent on the temperature sensed and the required temperature output of the heater, the controller may be configured to vary one or both of the fan speed and mixing flap position to vary the heat output from the heater. This dynamic closed loop arrangement decouples the heat output from the heater from the actual core temperature of the device.
• a heater in accordance with the present teaching is that by providing a set temperature at which the device is typically powered to operate at which is less than conventional temperatures, a level of additional capacity is available should the network operator need to shed additional power.
• the storage heater controller may be configured to adjust a preset set-point of the storage heater thereby allowing the storage heater to operate outside the limits of the preset set-point. This is particularly
• the network operator is operating using energy sources whose timing of supply varies- such as renewable resources based on wind or wave energy.
• the controller By having additional capacity it is possible to trigger, through a remote signal or the like, the controller to effect a charging of the storage heater beyond the normal core temperature.
• the controller may reduce the charge as there is less energy required to bring the heatable material back to the normal core temperature.
• a storage heater in accordance with the present teaching provides a number of advantages over conventional storage heaters.
• a controller which facilitates the dynamic charging of the heater it is possible to tune the energy input to the heater dependent on the actual usage and forecast usage of the heater.
• the present teaching provides a normal core temperature that is less than the rated temperature.
• the controller of the heater then provides for a heating of the storage heater to that normal core temperature.
• the actual value of that normal core temperature may be dynamically modified based on one or more of a variety of parameters including usage patterns of the heater or forecast conditions.
• the heatable material is typically heated to a lower temperature than its rated temperature
• the electrical elements that provide that heating are rated to allow a heating to the maximum temperature. In this way heating to the normal core temperature is achievable in a reduced time window to that available.
• the controller can dynamically modify the time period within the network operator designated window within which power is taken by the heater. In this way an improved back charging regime is achieved.
• the controller may also be configured to monitor the actual usage of the heater and its capacity to provide sufficient heat to adequately heat the room within which it is located.
• the controller is configured to learn the thermal characteristics of the room through for example a sensing of the temperature of the room and its variance during periods of the day and/or its reaction to heat being provided to the room.
• the controller may provide a thermal characteristic based on a computation of a rate of rise or fall of temperature with respect to time. In this way the controller provides a much more accurate assessment of the actual thermal characteristic of the room and can modify the heat output of the thermal storage device accordingly.
• rate of change information provides a more accurate characterisation of the room than prior art techniques that utilised external temperature sensors and/or room sensors which provide an absolute temperature value in determination of the charge requirements for the heater.
• a hot water cylinder in accordance with the present teaching may include two or more independently switchable electrical heating elements whose actuation can be tailored to the demand- be that the current capacity of the cylinder to provide sufficient domestic hot water and/or needs of the network to shed energy to thermal storage devices that are coupled to the network.
• the present teaching provides an improved controller which is used to selectively activate the thermal storage devices- or components thereof.
• the controller may determine the amount of heat that needs to be stored in order to meet the usage requirements of the device to which it is coupled. This may be achieved through historical monitoring of the energy required to meet the desired operating temperature of the room. It may, as part of this analysis, segment the historical period into periods of use and non-use.
• the controller is co-located with the thermal storage device which it is controlling.
• the controller may be configured to read data from one or more of the thermal storage device and its operating location and can determine the required energy needed to adequately charge the device to meet the required usage of the device. This required energy can be considered representative of what is needed to charge the device to the first operating temperature of the device.
• the device may also have a capacity to be heated above that operating temperature- up to a second operating temperature of the device.
• the controller in the context of the present teaching can be provided in communication with a remote operator- such as a network operator or an energy aggregator to provide that remote operator with an indication of the capacity of the storage device to absorb additional energy. In response to receiving that signal, the remote operator is provided with information as to where energy may be delivered in a future period and the amount of energy that could be provided in that period.
• Figure 6a shows an example of a hot liquid cylinder 610 that is coupled to a controller 615 in accordance with the present teaching.
• the controller could be physically co- located with the cylinder or could be in communication with the controller.
• the cylinder could be of any form that uses a heating element for the heating of the liquid within a cylinder such as for example those based on
• V, 620 of the cylinder may vary from for example 50 litres upto 300 litres or more.
• the total volume V has 5 constituents V1 to V5.
• the cylinder also comprises flow 630 and return 640 tappings that allow the cylinder to provide at least one of domestic hot water and/or domestic heating. In the schematic only one set of flow and return tappings are provided and it will be appreciated that dependent on the actual intended use of the cylinder that additional flow and return tappings may be required.
• Such cylinders may also employ one or more internal coil loops within the volume 620 of the vessel. These allow a heating of the liquid within those loops while maintaining each of the loops as a closed circuit relative to the other loops.
• the heating element used for a heating of the liquid may include an electrical heating element which is coupled to the controller 615. This may be immersed within the volume of liquid within the cylinder.
• Another example of an electrical heating arrangement would be a heat pump, whose operation would provide a flow and return of liquid into the cylinder to effect a heating of the liquid within the cylinder.
• the cylinder could also be coupled to a gas or oil fuelled boiler.
• a cylinder in accordance with the present teaching may also equally employ such additional loop circuits- each associated with a dedicated flow and return tapping accessible on the outside of the cylinder.
• the liquid within these cylinders is water.
• the present teaching also provides for the liquid within the cylinder to be a liquid other than water. It will be appreciated that when used as a thermal store, the capacity of the cylinder to store energy is dependent on the heat capacity of the liquid used and the maximum temperature that liquid can be heated to.
• a hot liquid cylinder comprising oil is provided. The use of oil as opposed to water allows a heating of the liquid to a higher temperature which allows for the same volume cylinder to store more energy than one holding water.
• the controller 615 desirably offers much of the same functionality as the heretofore described controller for the storage heater.
• the user can set the desired water temperature for the tank and could define expected desired usage of that water.
• the user could define that it is expected that the cylinder provide sufficient volume of hot water for 2 showers in the morning and 1 bath in the evening.
• the controller is desirably configured to translate the user use requirements to actual volume of water required. This may be a simple computation of estimated volumes of water for showers and baths to calculate the needed water volume, in a preferred arrangement the controller may be configured to compute actual usage at specific time periods to determine how much hot water is used and can therefore dynamically adjust the minimum required water volume.
• the present teaching provides a determination of how much water is left within a specific cylinder subsequent to taking water from the cylinder. Where the liquid within the cylinder is not the liquid used for the domestic hot water, i.e. the liquid in the cylinder is used to heat water which is then provided as domestic hot water, the present teaching provides a determination of how much energy is stored by the liquid within the cylinder to allow for a heating of water for an expected desired usage.
• the controller will typically interface with two or more temperature measurement devices T1 to T4 which are spatially separated within the cylinder to provide an indication of the temperature of the water or the other liquid within the cylinder at two or different locations.
• the specific example of Figure 6 shows four temperature measurement devices T1 , T2, T3, and T4 and these are spatially distributed to measure the temperature in the tank or cylinder at 4 positions along the vertical height of the tank.
• three immersion elements are provided and again are located at different positions within the cylinder.
• the temperature T5 is a virtual temperature based on the T4 and the cylinder properties.
• Element 3 375W the total rated power of the cylinder will be 2,625 W. These elements may be individually switched using for example a TRIAC. In order to determine the instantaneous power l_P of the cylinder the following equation may be used: 51 ⁇ 150 + 52 ⁇ 750W + 53 ⁇ 3251V
• the energy stored now Q_now is expressed as function of the overall energy that can be stored in the cylinder in % and not as absolute value in Wh.
• the following equations allow the calculation of the currently stored energy in the domestic hot water cylinder.
• T5 is a calculated temperature based on T4. To calculate T5 the following applies:
• the energy required for the next period will be based on a rolling 3 day average of previous days.
• the period has not been defined but it is assumed that the period is 24 hrs. It is therefore proposed to use the date/time signal from the LIC to re-set the relevant values at 00:00 hours to commence the next period.
• Q_future it is necessary to store Q_now at in principle any arbitrary time of the day but at the same time every day. It is suggested to set this time to 23:59 o'clock as this denotes the end of a day.
• the last 4 days have to be stored (Q_now_d-n where 1 ⁇ n ⁇ 4).
• the user may be provided with one or more modes of operation of the cylinder.
• the user may be provided with the capacity to:
• the user will typically still retain the capacity to override and switch on boost elements to increase the stored heat within the cylinder.
• the cylinder and/or controller may include a display 625- shown in the exemplary figurative representation, Figure 6B as being located on the cylinder to provide a display of how much hot water is in the tank with for example one or more graphical indicators.
• the controller for the hot water cylinder will desirably include the capacity to communicate bi-directionally with a power utility or some other power intermediary. This may include the capacity to:
• controller may be configured to calculate one or more of:
• the controller will typically be configured to ensure that there is always enough hot water is supplied- in a similar fashion to how the controller of the storage heater device is configured to ensure there is sufficient heat to provide heat to the room within a prescribed future period. This may be achieved through for example electronic control of a boost element within the water volume which is selectively activated on determination that there is enough hot water.
• FIG. 7 shows an example of how such devices could be used in the context of demand response for stabilising the grid.
• Grid stability within an electrical grid is a well-known problem and with the advent of alternative sources of energy the management of supply and demand is becoming more problematic. It is known to provide incentives for load shedding in response to a request from a demand response provider.
• a network arrangement 600 comprises a plurality of utility providers 601 , U1 , U2, U3 which are exemplary of electricity generators such as utility companies. These companies could vary from each other in the nature of how they generate electricity- for example using oil, gas, renewable resources such as wind or wave, or nuclear power. Dependent on the nature of the local infrastructure each of the utility providers may overlap in how they generate the power, but differ in the price or conditions that they offer. They are common in that they are net providers of electricity.
• Also shown in the network are a plurality of power users 602, US1 , US2, US3. These are representative of net users of electricity and common examples would include large industry, local authorities, hospitals and the like. Each of these have a requirement for energy.
• the present teaching provides a plurality of load devices 604, L1 , L2, Ln, which are in communication with the aggregator 603. Each of these devices are representative of the thermal storage devices heretofore described. The individual devices may be configured to communicate with the aggregator. In another configuration the information from a plurality of devices may be pooled centrally into a single data module 605 which then acts as an
• the load devices provide information to the aggregator in advance of the actual demand as to their expected usage and their capacity to operate outside that required window to assist the aggregator balance the needs of the network in a forecast.
• the aggregator can activate or deactivate individual devices of the load devices to balance the demand.
• the present teaching allows the load devices 604, 605 to communicate with the aggregator to advise of the actual and variable capacity of this specific area of the network in a future time period.
• the aggregator can then use this dynamic information as part of the actual forecast for the future period when determining the prices that are to be offered.
• the aggregator may elect to provide power to these load devices as appropriate. In this way excess load may be shed during periods of excessive electricity generation.
• a further advantage of the capacity of the thermal storage devices per the present teaching to absorb additional heating is the capacity of the devices - and significantly arrays of such devices of similar characteristics- to be remotely triggered to take up additional energy should that be required by the network operator.

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