Dynamic simulation of Adiabatic Compressed Air Energy Storage (A-CAES) plant with integrated thermal storage – Link between components performance and plant performance

Applied Energy

Volumn 185, Issue , 2017, Pages 16-28

  Sciacovelli, Adriano ^a   Li, Yongliang ^a   Chen, Haisheng ^b   Wu, Yuting ^c   Wang, Jihong ^d   Garvey, Seamus ^e   Ding, Yulong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING THERMOPHYSICS   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compressed air energy storage; Efficiency; Electrical energy storage; Packed beds; Simulation model; Thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; COMPRESSED AIR; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY STORAGE; FOSSIL FUELS; HEAT STORAGE; PACKED BEDS; PRESSURE VESSELS; THERMAL ENERGY;

DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGES; OFF DESIGN CONDITION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SIMULATION MODEL; STORAGE EFFICIENCY; THERMAL STORAGE SYSTEM; TRANSIENT FEATURES;

COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGE;

COMPRESSED AIR; DESIGN METHOD; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY RESOURCE; FOSSIL FUEL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STORAGE; THERMAL POWER;

EID: 84993990089     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.10.058     Document Type: Article

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