kth.sePublications
Change search
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf
Experimental Evaluation of a High-Temperature Radial-Flow Packed Bed Thermal Energy Storage under Dynamic Boundary Conditions
KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Energy Technology, Heat and Power Technology.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4932-7103
KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Energy Technology, Heat and Power Technology.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4134-3520
KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Energy Technology, Heat and Power Technology.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7804-667X
KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Energy Technology, Heat and Power Technology.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7193-5303
(English)Manuscript (preprint) (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

High-temperature thermal energy storage is recognized to be a key technology to ensure a future fossil-free energy scenario. Packed bed thermal energy storage is an economically viable high-temperature and large-scale energy storage solution. The present work introduces the experimental investigation of an innovative 49.7 kWhth radial-flow type high-temperature packed bed thermal energy storage under dynamic boundary conditions. Various quasi-dynamic air flow rate profiles, representative of different potential applications, have been tested during the charge process to investigate their influence on the thermodynamic performance of the storage. The outlet thermal power during the discharge has been controlled by managing the air flow rate. Short operational cycles have also been performed. The results show that dynamic boundary conditions can lead to a thermal efficiency reduction between 0.5 and 5 % with respect to static conditions. A control of the air mass flow rate could be an efficient strategy to stabilize the thermal power output during the discharge while minimizing peaks in the pressure drop. This work testifies that specific dynamic boundary conditions should be included during the thermal storage design process since they could largely affect the unit thermodynamic performance and potential scale-up. If no specific dynamic profiles are available during the packed bed storage design stage, it is suggested to consider average air mass flow rate to guarantee limited efficiency reduction.

National Category
Energy Engineering
Research subject
Energy Technology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-309658OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-309658DiVA, id: diva2:1642969
Funder
Swedish Energy Agency, P43284-1
Note

QC 20220308

Available from: 2022-03-08 Created: 2022-03-08 Last updated: 2022-09-13Bibliographically approved
In thesis
1. Renewable Heat on Demand: High-temperature thermal energy storage: a comprehensive study from material investigation to system analysis via innovative component design
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Renewable Heat on Demand: High-temperature thermal energy storage: a comprehensive study from material investigation to system analysis via innovative component design
2022 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

High-temperature thermal energy storage could enable widespread exploitation of renewable energy sources, providing the required energy flexibility. Technology and component development is needed to enhance the storage thermo-dynamic performance, and identify key design features. Similarly, system-level integration studies are required to fully understand the techno-economic potential of high-temperature thermal energy storage as integrated into different energy systems. This research work focuses on the development of an innovative packed bed high-temperature thermal energy storage and a multi-level investigation of the potential of this technology. The integration and techno-economic performance of a packed bed thermal energy storage have been studied focusing primarily on its application within concentrating solar power plants. Numerical studies and experimental tests have been conducted assessing the suitability of various coatings to optimize the heat transfer in high-temperature packed beds. A comprehensive design of an innovative packed bed thermal energy storage prototype and its experimental evaluation have been presented. Adapted numerical models have also been validated based on the experimental results, providing the ground for further technology development.The outcomes of this research work show that packed bed thermal energy storage could be a key component in air-driven concentrating solar powerplants, granting high capacity factor while limiting the capital costs. The designed radial flow packed bed storage showed thermal efficiency of about72 % and extremely low-pressure drops. Thermocline degradation control strategies and proper packing have been highlighted as key aspects to target for further development. This research also highlights that accurate boundary conditions should be accounted for when designing packed bed thermal energy storage. Innovative figures of merit, such as the Levelized Cost ofStorage, should be included in the design process. The outcomes of this work show also that coatings could be exploited to modify the particle surface properties while optimizing the heat transfer within packed bed units. In particular, high emissivity coatings could enhance the effective thermal conductivity, while coatings with low thermal emissivity could be exploited as a form of passive thermocline control. Finally, this work testifies that high temperature packed bed could represent a techno-economically valuable energy storage solution. Optimized packed bed designs and their system integration could enable higher renewable penetration, as well as the recovery of a large amount of waste heat from the hard-to-abate and energy-intensive industrial sector.

Abstract [sv]

Lagring av termisk energi vid hög temperatur kan möjliggöra en omfattande exploatering av förnybara energikällor, vilket ger den erforderliga energiflexibiliteten för ett klimatneutralt samhälle. Teknik och komponentutveckling behövs för att maximera den termodynamiska prestandan för lagring och för att identifiera viktiga designparametrar. På samma sätt krävs integrationsstudier på systemnivå för att fullt ut förstå den tekno-ekonomiska potentialen vid lagring av termisk energi vid hög temperatur.

Detta forskningsarbete fokuserar på utveckling och provning av en innovativ lagringsteknologi av värmeenergi i packade bäddar och en undersökning av potentialen för denna teknologi. Integrationen och den teknikekonomiska prestandan för en högtempererad termisk bädd har studerats i samband med anläggningar för koncentrerad solkraft. Numeriska studier och experimentella tester har genomförts för att bedöma prestandan av olika partikelytskikt i bäddmaterialet och för att optimera värmeöverföringen i termiska bäddar med hög temperatur. Den omfattande designen av en innovativ prototyp för lagring av högtemperatur-värme med packade bäddar och dess experimentella utvärdering presenteras. Anpassade numeriska modeller har också validerats baserat på experimentella resultat, vilket ger grunden för ytterligare teknikutveckling.

Resultaten av detta forskningsarbete visar att lagring av termisk energi för packade bäddar kan vara en nyckelteknologi i luftdrivna koncentrerade solkraftverk, då dessa levererar en hög kapacitetsfaktor samtidigt som kapitalkostnaderna begränsas. Den i detta arbete utvecklade innovativa radialflödesbädden visade en effektivitet på cirka 72 % vid extremt låga tryckfall. Termokline-kontroll och en noggrann och välfördelad packning har lyfts fram som viktiga aspekter att rikta in vidare utveckling på. Exakta flödesgränsskiktsförhållanden bör också beaktas vid konstruktion av termisk energilagring i packade bäddar. Nya nyckeltal som föreslås i detta arbete, till exempel den nivellerade lagringskostnaden, bör ingå i designprocessen eftersom de visas vara mindre beroende av specifika driftförhållanden. Partikelytskikt med hög emissivitet kan utnyttjas för att förbättra den effektiva värmeledningsförmågan. Medan ytskikt med minskande värmeemissivitet kan utnyttjas som en form av passiv termokline-kontroll.

Slutsatsen av detta arbete är att högtempererade packade bäddar skulle kunna representera en tekniskt och ekonomiskt värdefull energilagringslösning. Optimerade packade bädd-designer och deras systemintegration skulle kunna möjliggöra högre penetration av förnybar energi, såväl som återvinning av en stor mängd spillvärme från den energiintensiva industrisektorn.

 

Nyckelord

Värmeenergilagring, packad bädd, teknikekonomisk analys, komponentdesign, experimentell utvärdering.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 2022. p. 295
Series
TRITA-ITM-AVL ; 2022:4
National Category
Energy Engineering
Research subject
Energy Technology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-309660 (URN)978-91-8040-169-2 (ISBN)
Public defence
2022-04-01, M3 / https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/68531114425, Brinellvägen 64, Stockholm, 13:00 (English)
Opponent
Supervisors
Funder
Swedish Energy Agency, P43284-1
Available from: 2022-03-17 Created: 2022-03-08 Last updated: 2022-09-13Bibliographically approved

Open Access in DiVA

No full text in DiVA

Authority records

Trevisan, SilviaWang, WujunGuédez, RafaelLaumert, Björn

Search in DiVA

By author/editor
Trevisan, SilviaWang, WujunGuédez, RafaelLaumert, Björn
By organisation
Heat and Power Technology
Energy Engineering

Search outside of DiVA

GoogleGoogle Scholar

urn-nbn

Altmetric score

urn-nbn
Total: 188 hits
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf