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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Long Jiang, Dr Yiji LuORCiD, Professor Tony Roskilly
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Progress of efficient thermal energy storage (TES) has become a key technology for the development of energy conversion system. Among TES technologies, sorption thermal energy storage (STES) has drawn burgeoning attentions due to its advantages of high energy density, little heat loss and flexible working modes. Based on STES, this paper presents an innovative resorption sorption energy storage (RTES), and the experimental system is established and investigated for energy storage and upgrade. 4.8 kg and 3.9 kg MnCl2 and CaCl2 composite sorbents are separately filled in the sorption reactor, and expanded natural graphite treated with sulfuric acid (ENG-TSA) is integrated as the matrix for heat transfer intensification. It is indicated that the highest energy storage density are 662 kJ/kg and 596 kJ/kg when heat input temperature is 125 °C and heat release temperature are 130 °C and 135 °C, respectively. For different heat input and release temperature, the energy efficiency and exergy efficiency range from 27.5% to 40.6% and from 32.5% to 47%, respectively. The novel RTES system verifies the feasibility for energy storage and upgrade, which shows the great potential for low grade heat utilization especially for industrial process.
Author(s): Jiang L, Wang L, Wang R, Zhu F, Lu YJ, Roskilly AP
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Energy Conversion and Management
Year: 2017
Volume: 138
Pages: 651-658
Print publication date: 15/04/2017
Online publication date: 24/02/2017
Acceptance date: 06/02/2017
Date deposited: 17/03/2017
ISSN (electronic): 0196-8904
Publisher: Elsevier
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2017.02.014
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2017.02.014
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