Liquid air energy storage (LAES) with packed bed cold thermal storage – From component to system level performance through dynamic modelling

Applied Energy

Volumn 190, Issue , 2017, Pages 84-98

  Sciacovelli, A ^a   Vecchi, A ^a   Ding, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryogenic engineering; Electrical storage; Packed bed; Renewable energy; Sensible storage; Thermal energy storage

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; COMPRESSED AIR; CRYOGENIC ENERGY STORAGE; CRYOGENICS; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT STORAGE; LIQUEFIED GASES; PILOT PLANTS; THERMAL ENERGY; THERMAL ENGINEERING;

COLD THERMAL STORAGE; COMPRESSED AIR STORAGE; CRYOGENIC ENGINEERING; DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTRICAL STORAGES; ELECTRICITY SECTOR; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SYSTEM-LEVEL PERFORMANCE;

PACKED BEDS;

COMPRESSED AIR; DESIGN; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ENERGY USE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STORAGE; THERMAL POWER;

ALABAMA; BIRMINGHAM [ALABAMA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85007488460     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.12.118     Document Type: Article

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