EFFICIENT COMPACT MODULAR THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM

该项目的目标是开发和演示用于加热、冷却和热水生产的新型模块化、紧凑、高性能和即插即用的热能储存（TES）解决方案。项目中提出的工商业污水附加费的新概念将提供电力负荷转移，并有意义地调整热负荷和电力负荷需求的峰值。此外，可再生能源的开发将是新TES设备的一个关键点，同时考虑到系统在能源、成本和可持续性方面的成本效益。该项目将提供一个能够储存能源的TES系统，用于建筑物的供暖和制冷，至少持续四周。新型TES系统将基于一个由PCM绝缘的闭环TCM反应堆，并配备一个冰库，再次与PCM集成，以满足高冷却能源需求。热力学循环被设计为受益于进一步的PCM热缓冲罐，通过用潜热补偿加湿的能量，突破了闭环概念。一种先进的热泵将最终用于反应器和PCMs存储热充过程中的功率转换，从而提高整体性能。我们会发展一套专门的控制系统，根据能源生产情况和最终用户的需要，根据空调系统的类型和对生活热水的特殊需求，来调整污水附加费系统的使用条件。在能源政策和终端用户需求方面，TES解决方案将适应欧洲所有可能的不同情况。它将被设计成既可以集成到建筑供暖系统中，也可以在智能电网中使用，或者在没有连接到区域供热和供冷网络的建筑中使用。将考虑系统的不同特性，从存储效率和耐用性到降低成本和LCA和LCCA。

The project’s goal is to develop and demonstrate novel modular, compact, high performances and Plug&Play thermal energy storage (TES) solutions for heating, cooling and hot tap water production. The new concept of TES proposed in the project will provide electricity load shifting with meaningful peak shaving of the thermal and electric load demands. Furthermore, the exploitation of renewable sources will be a key point of the new TES device considering at the same time the cost-effective results in terms of energy, costs and sustainability of the system. The project will provide a TES system able to store energy for heating and cooling in building applications for a period of at least four weeks. The novel TES system will be based on a closed-loop TCM reactor insulated by PCM and equipped with an ice storage, again integrated with PCM, for high cooling energy demand. The thermodynamic cycle has been designed to benefit from a further PCM thermal buffer tank, breaking through the closed-loop concept by compensating the energy for humidification with its latent heat. An advanced heat pump will be finally dedicated to the power conversion during the thermal charging process of reactor and PCMs storages, increasing the overall performance. A dedicated control system will be developed to operate the TES according to the energy production and the end-users’ requirements, adapting to the conditions of use according to the type of air conditioning system and the particular demand for domestic hot water. The TES solution will be adaptable to all the different possible European scenarios, in terms of energy policy and end-users’ requirements. It will be designed to be used both as integrated into the building heating system and in the smart electricity grid, or in buildings not connected to district heating and cooling network. Different characteristics of the system will be taken into account, ranging from storage efficiency and durability to cost reduction and LCA and LCCA.