TY - GEN
T1 - Parametric analysis of a packed bed thermal energy storage system
AU - Ortega-Fernández, Iñigo
AU - Loroño, Iñaki
AU - Faik, Abdessamad
AU - Uriz, Irantzu
AU - Rodríguez-Aseguinolaza, Javier
AU - D'Aguanno, Bruno
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Author(s).
PY - 2017/6/27
Y1 - 2017/6/27
N2 - Even if the packed bed thermal energy storage concept has been introduced as a promising technology in the concentrated solar power field in the last years, its full deployment in commercial plants presents a clear improvement potential. In order to overcome the under-development of this storage technology, this work attempts to show the great capabilities of packed bed heat storage units after a successful design and operational parametric optimization procedure. The obtained results show that a correct design of this type of facilities together with a successful operation method, allow to increase significantly the storage capacity reaching an overall efficiency higher than 80 %. The design guideline obtained as a result of this work could open new objectives and applications for the packed bed storage technology as it represents a cost-effective and highly performing storage alternative.
AB - Even if the packed bed thermal energy storage concept has been introduced as a promising technology in the concentrated solar power field in the last years, its full deployment in commercial plants presents a clear improvement potential. In order to overcome the under-development of this storage technology, this work attempts to show the great capabilities of packed bed heat storage units after a successful design and operational parametric optimization procedure. The obtained results show that a correct design of this type of facilities together with a successful operation method, allow to increase significantly the storage capacity reaching an overall efficiency higher than 80 %. The design guideline obtained as a result of this work could open new objectives and applications for the packed bed storage technology as it represents a cost-effective and highly performing storage alternative.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85023643399
U2 - 10.1063/1.4984442
DO - 10.1063/1.4984442
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85023643399
T3 - AIP Conference Proceedings
BT - SolarPACES 2016
PB - American Institute of Physics Inc.
T2 - 22nd International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, SolarPACES 2016
Y2 - 11 October 2016 through 14 October 2016
ER -
