Thermal Energy Storage Resources & Research
A curated collection of technical resources for engineers, designers and project teams working with thermal energy storage systems.
Thermal energy storage systems involve a range of disciplines, including thermal engineering, HVAC design, energy management, data-center infrastructure and vessel fabrication. Hess Services has assembled the following collection of publicly available technical resources from ASHRAE, universities, government agencies and national laboratories for engineers and project teams evaluating thermal energy storage applications.
Thermal Energy Storage Fundamentals
ASHRAE — Evolution of Thermal Energy Storage for Cooling Applications
An overview of the development of thermal energy storage for cooling, including chilled-water and ice storage, thermal stratification, diffuser development and the evolution of TES for peak-demand management.
U.S. Department of Energy — Thermal Energy Storage
Overview of TES technologies and their role in energy flexibility, peak-load management and resilience.
DOE — Thermal Energy Storage Fact Sheet
Concise overview of chilled-water, ice and other thermal storage technologies.
Stor4Build is a DOE-backed multi-laboratory consortium focused on advancing affordable thermal energy storage solutions for buildings, with research spanning technologies, controls, materials and system integration.
Data Centers & Thermal Energy Storage
ASHRAE — AI Data Center Energy & Thermal Efficiency
ASHRAE’s framework for energy and thermal efficiency in AI data centers, addressing advanced cooling architectures, liquid cooling, thermal management, heat recovery, resilience and strategies for managing high-density computing loads.
Kansas State University — Thermal Energy Storage Design for Emergency Cooling
Research examining thermal energy storage as a reliable source of emergency cooling for data centers and other mission-critical facilities, including chilled-water tank sizing, storage capacity, temperature differential and emergency cooling requirements.
Technical University of Denmark — Sensible Thermal Energy Storage for Data Centers
Research examining water-based sensible thermal energy storage for data centers, including tank sizing, thermal stratification, diffuser design, charging and discharging strategies, cooling-system integration and operational optimization.
Penn State — Measured and Modeled Charging of a Stratified Chilled-Water TES Tank
A collection of research publications from Penn State Professor William P. Bahnfleth covering stratified chilled-water thermal energy storage, storage tanks, diffuser systems, thermocline behavior and thermal storage performance.
City University of Hong Kong — Two-Path TES for Data Center Emergency Cooling
Experimental research on a novel latent thermal energy storage unit developed for data-center emergency cooling, examining charging and discharging performance, heat transfer, flow rate and integration with computer room air conditioning (CRAC) systems.
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