Advances in Thermal Energy Storage Technologies
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Energy Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 March 2024) | Viewed by 2067
Special Issue Editors
Interests: renewable energy; sustainability; concentrated solar power; thermal energy storage; industrial waste heat recovery; atmospheric water generation; energy efficiency; circular economy; material science
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Thermal energy storage (TES) is a crucial element in the decarbonization of the power and heavy industry sectors. Initially demonstrated in France in the late seventies with the Themis concentrated solar power (CSP) plant, molten salt TES technology is now a mature technology. It has been proven in commercial CSP plants such as the Andasol 1 parabolic trough plant in use since 2008 and the Gemasolar solar power tower in use since 2011, both located in Spain. In 2022, the Dubai Electricity Water Authority (DEWA) completed phase 4 of the Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It has the biggest TES system in the world with roughly half a million tons of nitrate salts that provide 15 hours of energy storage capacity at full power (700 MW). Apart from CSP, TES can be used as a Carnot battery for grid stabilization with other renewable energies such as solar photovoltaic, wind energy, or excess grid electricity. In addition, industrial energy consumption is 74% heat while only 26% is electricity. Therefore, TES is relevant to decarbonize heavy industries such as cement, glass, ceramic, and metal processing industries.
This Special Issue will cover the last “Advances in Thermal Energy Storage Technologies”, especially in materials, media, and systems. We are encouraging you to submit papers related to:
(1) Molten salts (nitrates, chlorides, and carbonates), handling including pumping and corrosion characterization and mitigation;
(2) Single tank thermocline systems, conventional or radial configuration, innovative filler materials, phase change materials;
(3) Particle receivers;
(4) Alternative materials or systems (e.g., recycled ceramics, graphite, molten glass, etc.);
(5) Electrical thermal energy storage (ETES) system or Carnot Batteries;
(6) Thermochemical storage.
Thank you, and we hope you consider participating in this Special Issue.
Sincerely,
Dr. Nicolas Calvet
Dr. Esther Rojas
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- thermal energy storage (TES)
- electrical thermal energy storage (ETES)
- molten salt
- ceramic
- thermocline
- packed-bed
- phase change materials
- particle receiver
- thermochemical storage
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