Thermodynamic efficiency of pumped heat electricity storage

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Thess, André ^a  

^a ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTABLE PARAMETERS; COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGE; ELECTRICITY STORAGES; MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER; STORAGE TEMPERATURES; THERMODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL; UNDERGROUND CAVERN;

COMPRESSED AIR; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; HEAT STORAGE;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84884224931     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.110602     Document Type: Article

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