Dataset for the characterisation of thermal stratification in horizontally configured electric water heaters.

ABSTRACT: A test station was designed and built to measure the thermal stratification (vertical thermal gradients) in a horizontal 150 L electric water heater storage device for different external environmental and user-emulating inputs, ambient temperature, inlet water temperature, water draw flow rate, thermostat temperature and heating coil active time. Stratification measurement consists of 66 temperature sensors that coarsely map three-dimensional temperature gradients within the horizontally configured heating device, under different operational conditions. Other significant temperatures such as inlet, outlet, ambient, thermostat feedback, and wall temperatures were also recorded. An ambient temperature control (climatic) chamber was built to emulate the environmental conditions. A custom-buil

SUBMITTER: van Schalkwyk PD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10838709 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature