Development and Demonstration of an Innovative Thermal Energy Storage System for Baseload Power Generation

[摘要] The objective of this project is to research and develop a thermal energy storage system (operating range 300?��C - 450?��C) based on encapsulated phase change materials (PCM) that can meet the utility-scale base-load concentrated solar power plant requirements at much lower system costs compared to the existing thermal energy storage (TES) concepts. The major focus of this program is to develop suitable encapsulation methods for existing low-cost phase change materials that would provide a cost effective and reliable solution for thermal energy storage to be integrated in solar thermal power plants. This project proposes a TES system concept that will allow for an increase of the capacity factor of the present CSP technologies to 75% or greater and reduce the cost to less than $20/kWht.

[发布日期] 2012-09-04

[学科分类] 再生能源与代替技术

[关键词] Thermal Energy Storage;Phase Change Materials;Encapsulation Method;Baseload CSP