Thermo-economic analysis of high-temperature sensible thermal storage with different ternary eutectic alkali and alkaline earth metal chlorides
Abstract
Molten salt mixtures with alkali and alkaline earth metal chlorides were developed for high-temperature sensible thermal energy storage in support of concurrent efforts to develop high-temperature advanced power cycles for concentrating solar power applications. Four ternary chloride mixtures with different cation combinations (Na, K, Li, Mg) were designed using the FactSage® software, and for three of these, the eutectic point was experimentally validated by differential scanning calorimetry. Specific heat capacity measurements were conducted following the ASTM E1269 standard, and were measured between 1.18 J/g/K and 1.31 J/g/K. The mass loss of the molten chloride salts was studied under three different gas blankets of nitrogen, argon and air by thermogravimetric analysis. All the selected salt mixtures were stable up to 700 degrees C, although weight loss due to vaporisation becomes significant around this temperature due to the high vapour pressure of the chloride salt mixtures. However, it is expected that operation at a temperature up to around 750 degrees C will be feasible in a closed system with an inert environment. Additionally, removal of chemically-bonded water and salt purification may need to be considered for extending the operating temperature. In terms of economic performance, although the inclusion of LiCl in themore »
- Authors:
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- Australian National Univ., Canberra, ACT (Australia)
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1482893
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1636120
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA-5500-72827
Journal ID: ISSN 0038-092X
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308; AC36-08-GO28308
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Solar Energy
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 176; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0038-092X
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE; high-temperature; molten salt; sensible heat storage; melting point; heat capacity; mass loss
Citation Formats
Mohan, Gowtham, Venkataraman, Mahesh, Gomez-Vidal, Judith, and Coventry, Joe. Thermo-economic analysis of high-temperature sensible thermal storage with different ternary eutectic alkali and alkaline earth metal chlorides. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.solener.2018.10.008.
Mohan, Gowtham, Venkataraman, Mahesh, Gomez-Vidal, Judith, & Coventry, Joe. Thermo-economic analysis of high-temperature sensible thermal storage with different ternary eutectic alkali and alkaline earth metal chlorides. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2018.10.008
Mohan, Gowtham, Venkataraman, Mahesh, Gomez-Vidal, Judith, and Coventry, Joe. Sat .
"Thermo-economic analysis of high-temperature sensible thermal storage with different ternary eutectic alkali and alkaline earth metal chlorides". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2018.10.008. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1482893.
@article{osti_1482893,
title = {Thermo-economic analysis of high-temperature sensible thermal storage with different ternary eutectic alkali and alkaline earth metal chlorides},
author = {Mohan, Gowtham and Venkataraman, Mahesh and Gomez-Vidal, Judith and Coventry, Joe},
abstractNote = {Molten salt mixtures with alkali and alkaline earth metal chlorides were developed for high-temperature sensible thermal energy storage in support of concurrent efforts to develop high-temperature advanced power cycles for concentrating solar power applications. Four ternary chloride mixtures with different cation combinations (Na, K, Li, Mg) were designed using the FactSage® software, and for three of these, the eutectic point was experimentally validated by differential scanning calorimetry. Specific heat capacity measurements were conducted following the ASTM E1269 standard, and were measured between 1.18 J/g/K and 1.31 J/g/K. The mass loss of the molten chloride salts was studied under three different gas blankets of nitrogen, argon and air by thermogravimetric analysis. All the selected salt mixtures were stable up to 700 degrees C, although weight loss due to vaporisation becomes significant around this temperature due to the high vapour pressure of the chloride salt mixtures. However, it is expected that operation at a temperature up to around 750 degrees C will be feasible in a closed system with an inert environment. Additionally, removal of chemically-bonded water and salt purification may need to be considered for extending the operating temperature. In terms of economic performance, although the inclusion of LiCl in the ternary eutectic mixtures is advantageous for reducing melting point and increasing specific heat capacity, at current costs, these benefits are unlikely to be justified unless LiCl cost reduces by a factor of three. As a result, the NaCl-KCl-MgCl2 mixture has the lowest cost per unit energy stored, at 4.5 USD/kWh.},
doi = {10.1016/j.solener.2018.10.008},
journal = {Solar Energy},
number = C,
volume = 176,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Oct 20 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Sat Oct 20 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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Table 1: Salt purity and suppliers
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