在欧洲，使用高热容量陶瓷耐火材料储存显热的带电蓄热（TES）加热器已经使用了好几年。使用这些设备，通过将由陶瓷材料组成的储能芯加热至约800°C来存储低成本的非峰值电能。在峰值期间，由于通过强制空气循环从储能芯提取存储的电能来满足建筑加热需求，因此不使用电能。 最近，美国非高峰期TES装置的使用量增加，这促使人们寻求国内供应高热容陶瓷耐火材料。北卡罗来纳州的耐火级橄榄石供应量大，但利用率低，已被提议作为这些装置的储存材料来源。本文通过将北卡罗来纳橄榄石的热性能与欧洲材料的热性能进行比较，评估了其在蓄热应用中的适用性。使用ASHARAE标准94的方法。 2.使用两种不同的储存材料，北卡罗来纳州橄榄石和德国菱镁矿，对两种商用房间大小TES装置的热性能进行了实验测定。进行了比较并得出结论。引用:研讨会，ASHRAE交易，第88卷，第2部分，加拿大多伦多

Electrically charged thermal energy storage (TES) heaters employing high heat capacity ceramic refractories for sensible heat storage have been in use in Europe for several years. With these devices, low cost off-peak electrical energy is stored by heating a storage core composed of ceramic material to approximately 800°C. During the peak period, no electrical energy is used as the building heating needs are supplied by extracting the stored energy from the core by forced air circulation. The recent increase in use of off-peak TES units in the U.S. has led to the search for a domestic supply of high heat capacity ceramic refractory material. North Carolina’s extensive but underutilized supply of refractory grade olivine has been proposed as a source of storage material for these units. In this paper the suitability of North Carolina olivine for heat storage applications is assessed by comparing its thermal performance with that of European materials. Using the method ofASHRAE Standard 94.2, the thermal performance of two commercially available room-size TES units was determined experimentally with two different storage materials, North Carolina olivine and German magnesite. Comparisons are made and conclusions are drawn.