Design analysis of a particle-based thermal energy storage system for concentrating solar power or grid energy storage

Ma, Zhiwen; Davenport, Patrick; Zhang, Ruichong

doi:10.1016/j.est.2020.101382

Design analysis of a particle-based thermal energy storage system for concentrating solar power or grid energy storage

Journal Article · Sat Apr 18 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Journal of Energy Storage

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2020.101382· OSTI ID:1659842

^[1]; ^[1]; Zhang, Ruichong ^[2]

National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)

Energy storage is becoming indispensable for expanding renewable energy integration, and it is critical to the future low-carbon energy supply. Large-capacity, grid scale energy storage can support the integration of solar and wind power and support grid resilience with the diminishing capacity of baseload fossil power plants. With the development of thermal energy storage (TES) for concentrating solar power systems, standalone TES for grid integration becomes attractive due to the declining renewable generation cost and an increasing need for energy storage. The standalone TES system introduced in this paper can play a big role in the carbon-free energy future with capacity larger than batteries and cost likely lower than other energy storage methods such as pumped storage hydropower and compressed air energy storage, both of which also have geological limitations. To this end, we describe a TES system that uses stable, inexpensive solid particles as a TES media to provide scalable, low cost energy storage. The particle-based TES has the ability to drive various thermal power cycles including conventional steam-Rankine, air Brayton turbine with combined-cycle ability, or the emerging supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton power cycle. This work describes the containment design method including a concrete silo and an internal-insulation layer for the particle-TES system. The economic analysis shows significantly low storage cost when the particle-TES is integrated with Brayton combined-cycle power generation. The paper shows the design approach of the particle-TES system and its economic potential for bulk energy storage. The advantage of the particle-TES system as a promising bulk energy storage method is its ability to economically support dispatchable renewable grid penetration for larger capacity and longer discharging hours than current battery storage technologies.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1659842

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1694304

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA--5500-74897; MainId:6526; UUID:8582c227-d7d8-e911-9c26-ac162d87dfe5; MainAdminID:13473

Journal Information:: Journal of Energy Storage, Journal Name: Journal of Energy Storage Vol. 29; ISSN 2352-152X

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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