# Design, construction and analysis of a thermal energy storage system adapted to greenhouse cultivation in isolated northern communities

Paul Piché, Didier Haillot, Stéphane Gibout, Cédric Arrabie, Marc-André Lamontagne, Véronique Gilbert, Jean-Pierre Bedecarrats

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# Design, construction and analysis of a thermal energy storage system adapted to greenhouse cultivation in isolated northern communities

Paul Piché, Stéphane Gibout, Didier Haillot, Cédric Arrabie, Jean-Pierre Bedecarrats, Daniel Rousse, Xavier Py, Nicolo Giordano, Jasmin Raymond

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# Design, construction and analysis of a thermal energy storage system adapted to greenhouse cultivation in isolated northern communities

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P. Piché¹, S. Gibout¹*, D. Haillot², C. Arrabie¹, J.-P. Bédécarrats¹, D. R. Rousse², X. Py³, N. Giordano⁴, J. Raymond⁴

¹ Univ Pau & Pays Adour/ E2S UPPA, Laboratoire de Thermique, Énergétique et procédés - IPRA, EA1932, 64000, Pau, France

² École de Technologie Supérieure, Département de génie mécanique, Montréal, QC, H3C 1K3, Canada

³ PROMES CNRS UPR 8521, 66000, Perpignan et 66120, Font Romeu, France

⁴ INRS Centre Eau Terre Environnement, Québec, QC, G1K 9A9, Canada

The Greenhouse

* Located at Kuujjuaq (Quebec, 58°N latitude)

* Built in 2012

* Surface area of 140 m²

* Polycarbonate casing

* Growing season from June to September (without heating system)

* In 2016, about one ton of vegetables were harvested

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The Problem...

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During the growing season, the day-night temperature difference is unfavorable to plant growth:

* the temperature rises too high during the day → Need to **extract heat** from the greenhouse to the outside

* and drops too low at night → It would be necessary to **provide heat**

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Store excess heat and release it when useful!

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A solution...

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Construction from mid-October to the end of November.

During overheating, the hot air extracted passes through the storage system, gives up part of its heat → **Charge Phase**

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**Charge Phase:**
The temperature of the rock increases

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**Discharge Phase:**
The temperature of the rock decreases

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During the night, the cold air passes through the stock to be heated → **Discharge phase**

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Preliminary results

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Comparison of two periods with the same outside temperature ① and solar irradiation ②:

* **Blue:** without storage system

* **Red:** with storage system

► Inside temperature ③ variations are reduced, reducing the negative impact of extreme temperatures on growth!

We would like to thank OHIM-Nunavik, the DRIIHM lab, the CFQCU and the Société du Plan Nord for their financial support, the KRG, the NV of Kuujjuaq and the Kuujjuaq Greenhouse Committee for their logistical support as well as all our scientific partners

## Contacts

Didier Haillot: didier.haillot@etsmtl.ca

Stéphane Gibout: stephane.gibout@univ-pau.fr

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Centre d'études nordiques

INRS
UNIVERSITÉ DE RECHERCHE

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UNIVERSITÉ
DE PAU ET DES
PAYS DE L'ADOUR

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UMR 5175
CENTRE D'ÉCOLOGIE
FONCTIONNELLE
& EVOLUTIVE

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LabEx
DRIIHM

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International Symposium of Labex DRIIHM - 2019

Inter-Disciplinary Research Facility on Human-Environment Interactions - ANR-11-LABX-0010

7-9 October 2019 - ENS Lyon (France)