Compressed air energy storage with liquid air capacity extension

Applied Energy

Volumn 157, Issue , 2015, Pages 152-164

  Kantharaj, Bharath ^a   Garvey, Seamus ^a   Pimm, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compressed air energy storage; Energy storage; Exergy; Liquid air energy storage; Multistream plate fin heat exchanger

Indexed keywords

AIR; COMPRESSED AIR; CRYOGENIC ENERGY STORAGE; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; ENERGY STORAGE; EXERGY; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); INSTALLATION; LIQUEFIED GASES; LIQUIDS; MACHINERY; PRESSURE VESSELS; STEEL TANKS; THERMOANALYSIS;

COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGES (CAES); EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; GEOLOGICAL FEATURES; HIGH PRESSURE AIR; PLATE-FIN HEAT EXCHANGER; RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY; ROUNDTRIP EFFICIENCY; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS;

COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGE;

AMBIENT AIR; COMPRESSION; COST ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXERGY; HEAT BALANCE; INSTALLATION; PRESSURE EFFECT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84939839605     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.07.076     Document Type: Article

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