Thermal battery cost scaling analysis: minimizing the cost per kW h

Kocher, Jordan D.; Woods, Jason; Odukomaiya, Adewale; Mahvi, Allison; Yee, Shannon K.

doi:10.1039/D3EE03594H

Title: Thermal battery cost scaling analysis: minimizing the cost per kW h

Journal Article · Tue Mar 19 00:00:00 UTC 2024 · Energy & Environmental Science

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3EE03594H · OSTI ID:2305781

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George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA

Thermal and cost-scaling analyses provide the tools to optimize the geometry of thermal batteries based on cost. Figures-of-merit comprised of storage material properties are derived as the quantities that should be maximized when different components dominate cost.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: IBUILD Graduate Research Fellowship; USDOE; USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Building Technologies Office

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 2305781

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA--5500-86213

Journal Information:: Energy & Environmental Science, Journal Name: Energy & Environmental Science Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 17; ISSN EESNBY; ISSN 1754-5692

Publisher:: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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