Chapter 2: Thermal Energy Storage for Energy Decarbonization

Ma, Zhiwen; Martinek, Janna; Turchi, Craig; McTigue, Josh; Sment, Jeremy; Ho, Cliff

doi:10.1615/AnnualRevHeatTransfer.2023045302

Chapter 2: Thermal Energy Storage for Energy Decarbonization

Book · 31 December 2022

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1615/AnnualRevHeatTransfer.2023045302· OSTI ID:1992030

; Martinek, Janna; ; McTigue, Josh; Sment, Jeremy; Ho, Cliff

Thermal energy storage (TES) deployed with concentrating solar power (CSP) has shown value and capabilities in generating dispatchable power. It has attracted significant interest for potential roles in energy storage for various capacities and applications. Energy storage plays an important role in expanding renewable generation and is becoming indispensable in future carbon-free electric power. TES development and deployment provide various possibilities for electric storage and have shown advantages in capacity and flexibility to support renewable integration. In addition, renewable energy integrated with a low-cost TES system can potentially provide a reliable thermal energy supply to displace fossil fuels for broad decarbonization. Varieties of TES technologies and developments breed new areas of growth in TES materials, designs, components, and system configurations, which provide opportunities for substantial cost reduction and performance improvements to meet the technoeconomic challenges in practical applications. This chapter will describe recent progress in thermal energy storage research and development and primarily focus on sensible heat storage and its applications in supplying reliable electricity and industry process heat by integrating with variable renewable energy.

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

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

DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1992030

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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