scholarly journals Preliminary evaluation of a new IC expander/compressor engine for use in compressed air energy storage plants. Final report, FY 1977

1977 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Kartsounes

1980 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. D. Lessard ◽  
A. J. Giramonti ◽  
David Merrick

This paper presents highlights of an ongoing study program to assess the technical and economic feasibility of advanced concepts for generating peak-load electric power from a compressed air energy storage (CAES) power plant incorporating a coal-fired fluid bed combustor (FBC). It reviews the analyses performed to select an FBC/CAES power plant system configuration for the subsequent conceptual design phase of the study. Included in this review are: the design and operating considerations involved with integrating either an atmospheric or a pressurized fluid bed combustor with a CAES system to yield practical system configurations; the integration of system configurations; the parametric performance of these system configurations; and the preliminary screening which considered performance, cost, and technical risk and led to the identification of an open-bed PFBC/CAES system as having the greatest near-term commercialization potential.





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