Performance Analysis and Detailed Experimental Results of the First Liquid Air Energy Storage Plant in the World

2017 ◽  
Vol 140 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Sciacovelli ◽  
D. Smith ◽  
M. E. Navarro ◽  
A. Vecchi ◽  
X. Peng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
Storage Capacity ◽  
Storage Systems ◽  
Operational Parameters ◽  
Electricity Storage ◽  
Experimental Campaign ◽  
The World ◽  
Power Storage ◽  
The University ◽  
And Storage

Liquid air energy storage (LAES) is a technology for bulk electricity storage in the form of liquid air with power output potentially above 10 MW and storage capacity of 100 s MWh. In this paper, we address the performance of LAES and the experimental evidences gathered through the first LAES pilot plant in the world developed by Highview power storage at Slough (London) and currently installed at the University of Birmingham (UK). We developed a numerical model of LAES plant and carried out an experimental campaign to gather new results which show the LAES operating principles, the reliability of the technology, the startup/shut down performance, and the influence of operational parameters. In summary, this work (a) contributes to the advancement of thermomechanical storage systems, (b) provides new experimental evidences and results for LAES technology, and (c) highlights the crucial aspects to necessarily improve the performance of LAES.

Evaluation of Commercial Building Clusters With Energy Storage to Reduce Reliance on Electrical Utility Grids

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory Kaminski ◽  
Philip Odonkor
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
Storage Systems ◽  
Storage System ◽  
Energy Resource ◽  
Energy Resources ◽  
Distributed Energy Resources ◽  
Commercial Building ◽  
Distributed Energy ◽  
Distributed Resources ◽  
And Storage

Abstract The decreasing cost of implementation and increasing regulatory incentive to lower energy use have led to an increased adoption of distributed energy resources in recent years. This increased adoption has been further fueled by a surge in energy consciousness and the expansion of energy-saving products and technologies. To lower reliance on the electrical grid and fully realize the benefits of distributed energy resources, many consumers have also elected to use battery systems to store generated energy. For owners of multiple buildings, or multiple owners willing to share the operational cost, building clusters may be formed to more effectively take advantage of these distributed resources and storage systems. The implementation of these systems in existing buildings introduces the question of what makes a “good” building cluster. Furthermore, the scalable nature of distributed energy sources and storage systems create countless possibilities for system configuration. Through comparison of unique two-building clusters from a stock of five buildings with a given distributed energy resource (in this case, a solar photovoltaic panel array) and energy storage system, we develop a fundamental understanding of the underlying factors that allow building clusters to be less reliant on the utility grid and make better use of energy generation and storage systems.

scholarly journals Solar Tower Power Plants of Molten Salt External Receivers in Algeria: Analysis of Direct Normal Irradiation on Performance

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 1221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdelkader Rouibah ◽  
Djamel Benazzouz ◽  
Rahmani Kouider ◽  
Awf Al-Kassir ◽  
Justo García-Sanz-Calcedo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Energy Storage ◽  
Thermal Energy ◽  
Greenhouse Effect ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Storage Capacity ◽  
Real Data ◽  
Multiple Power ◽  
And Storage

The increase of solar energy production has become a solution to meet the demand of electricity and reduce the greenhouse effect worldwide. This paper aims to determine the performance and viability of direct normal irradiation of three solar tower power plants in Algeria, to be installed in the highlands and the Sahara (Béchar, El Oued, and Djelfa regions). The performance of the plants was obtained through a system advisor model simulator. It used real data gathered from appropriate meteorological files. A relationship between the solar multiple (SM), power generation, and thermal energy storage (TES) hours was observed. The results showed that the optimal heliostat field corresponds to 1.8 SM and 2 TES hours in Béchar, 1.2 SM and 2 TES hours for El Oued, and 1.5 SM and 4 TES hours for Djelfa. This study shows that there is an interesting relationship between the solar multiple, power generation, and storage capacity.

scholarly journals Overview of modern applications of energy storage systems: part 2

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vencislav Mihaylov
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Storage ◽  
Electric Vehicles ◽  
Storage Systems ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Energy Storage Systems ◽  
The World ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Energy Grid

The use of Energy storage systems is becoming more widespread around the world due to the coincidental increase in available intermittent renewable energy. The main uses for energy storage are the balancing of supply and demand and increasing the reliability of the energy grid, while also offering other services, such as, cooling and heating for buildings and enabling the creation and use of portable electric devices and electric vehicles.

scholarly journals An Overview of Energy Scenarios, Storage Systems and the Infrastructure for Vehicle-to-Grid Technology

Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 2174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tohid Harighi ◽  
Ramazan Bayindir ◽  
Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban ◽  
Lucian Mihet-Popa ◽  
Eklas Hossain
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Storage Systems ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Grid Infrastructure ◽  
Vehicle To Grid ◽  
Transportation Sector ◽  
The World ◽  
The Stability

The increase in the emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) is one of the most important problems in the world. Decreasing GHG emissions will be a big challenge in the future. The transportation sector uses a significant part of petroleum production in the world, and this leads to an increase in the emission of GHG. The result of this issue is that the population of the world befouls the environment by the transportation system automatically. Electric Vehicles (EV) have the potential to solve a big part of GHG emission and energy efficiency issues such as the stability and reliability of energy. Therefore, the EV and grid relation is limited to the Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) or Grid-to-Vehicle (G2V) function. Consequently, the grid has temporary energy storage in EVs’ batteries and electricity in exchange for fossil energy in vehicles. The energy actors and their research teams have determined some targets for 2050; hence, they hope to decrease the world temperature by 6 °C, or at least by 2 °C in the normal condition. Fulfilment of these scenarios requires suitable grid infrastructure, but in most countries, the grid does not have a suitable background to apply in those scenarios. In this paper, some problems regarding energy scenarios, energy storage systems, grid infrastructure and communication systems in the supply and demand side of the grid are reviewed.

Experimental Study on Effects of Operational Parameters on a Single-Cell Test-Bed Vanadium Redox Flow Battery

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rabiul Islam ◽  
Kwangkook Jeong
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
Single Cell ◽  
Current Density ◽  
Storage Capacity ◽  
Vanadium Redox Flow Battery ◽  
Redox Flow Battery ◽  
Operational Parameters ◽  
Flow Battery ◽  
Energy Storage Capacity ◽  
Vanadium Redox

Abstract This paper describes the experimental characterization of a laboratory scale single-cell vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) with variations of operational parameters. The single cell was experimentally investigated with respect to energy storage capacity, charge-discharge time, voltage, coulombic and energy efficiencies under various operating parameters such as current densities, electrolyte flow rates, and the ratio of electrolyte volume in electrolyte storage tank and cell. It was found that the voltage efficiency was increased by 11% entailing energy efficiency improvement from 60 to 66% as the electrolyte flowrate was increased from 40 to 220 ml/min. The highest columbic efficiency was achieved at 96% for the current density of 40 mA/cm2 which was 14% higher than that of the current density of 15 mA/cm2. Energy storage capacity was linearly increased with higher ratio of tank to cell volume due to the larger number of vanadium ions present. The improvement in energy storage capacities was observed to be 60, and 41% as the ratio was raised by 67, and 40%, respectively.

Overview of modern applications of energy storage systems: part 2

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vencislav Mihaylov
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Storage ◽  
Electric Vehicles ◽  
Storage Systems ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Energy Storage Systems ◽  
The World ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Energy Grid

The use of Energy storage systems is becoming more widespread around the world due to the coincidental increase in available intermittent renewable energy. The main uses for energy storage are the balancing of supply and demand and increasing the reliability of the energy grid, while also offering other services, such as, cooling and heating for buildings and enabling the creation and use of portable electric devices and electric vehicles.

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