Choice of working gas for a pumped-thermal system integrating energy storage with wind turbines
Choice of working gas for a pumped-thermal system integrating energy storage with wind turbines
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储能与风力涡轮机集成的抽热系统工作气体的选择
DOI:
10.1049/icp.2023.1565
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2023
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Garvey S
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Garvey S
As wind power penetration increases globally, extensive energy storage will be required to integrate this power within electrical grids. Integrating storage within some wind turbines is highly advantageous since this can avoid unnecessary power conversions and reduce overall cost. One approach to integrating this storage involves using a gas-based transmission where the main rotor power is absorbed by a direct-drive compressor and electricity is produced by a generator driven by one or more gas expanders spinning much faster than the main rotor [1]. In this arrangement, the energy storage and recovery exploits the fact that gas temperatures change strongly when the gas is compressed or expanded through a significant pressure ratio. Exergy is stored in the form of both coldness and heat. To achieve a compact arrangement, the gas pressures must be high and the combination of high pressures and low temperatures tends to bring the working gas (except Helium) close to liquefaction at one point. This paper examines the choice of working gas for such systems taking into consideration the very non-ideal behaviour close to liquefaction and achieving high storage efficiencies. Four different candidate working gas choices are compared.