Modelling study, efficiency analysis and optimisation of large-scale Adiabatic Compressed Air Energy Storage systems with low-temperature thermal storage

Applied Energy

Volumn 162, Issue , 2016, Pages 589-600

  Luo, Xing ^a   Wang, Jihong ^a,c   Krupke, Christopher ^a   Wang, Yue ^a   Sheng, Yong ^b   Li, Jian ^c   Xu, Yujie ^b   Wang, Dan ^c   Miao, Shihong ^c   Chen, Haisheng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING THERMOPHYSICS   (China)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Compressed air energy storage; Efficiency; Energy storage; Mathematical modelling; Optimisation; Power systems

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSED AIR; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY STORAGE; HEAT STORAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE VESSELS; STANDBY POWER SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION; TEMPERATURE;

EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS; OPTIMAL SYSTEM CONFIGURATION; OPTIMISATIONS; PARAMETRIC -ANALYSIS; SYSTEM COMPONENTS; SYSTEM MATHEMATICAL MODELING; SYSTEM OPTIMISATION; THERMAL STORAGE UNITS;

COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGE;

ADIABATIC PROCESS; COMPRESSED AIR; COST ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HEAT PRODUCTION; HEAT TRANSFER; LOW TEMPERATURE; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84946045920     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.10.091     Document Type: Article

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