Imperial College London

ProfessorChristosMarkides

Faculty of EngineeringDepartment of Chemical Engineering

Professor of Clean Energy Technologies
 
 
 
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404ACE ExtensionSouth Kensington Campus

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@article{Zhao:2021:10.1016/j.enconman.2021.113867,
author = {Zhao, Y and Liu, M and Song, J and Wang, C and Yan, J and Markides, CN},
doi = {10.1016/j.enconman.2021.113867},
journal = {Energy Conversion and Management},
pages = {1--19},
title = {Advanced exergy analysis of a Joule-Brayton pumped thermal electricity storage system with liquid-phase storage},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2021.113867},
volume = {231},
year = {2021}
}

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TY  - JOUR
AB - Pumped thermal electricity storage is a thermo-mechanical energy storage technology that has emerged as a promising option for large-scale (grid) storage because of its lack of geographical restrictions and relatively low capital costs. This paper focuses on a 10 MW Joule-Brayton pumped thermal electricity storage system with liquid thermal stores and performs detailed conventional and advanced exergy analyses of this system. Results of the conventional exergy analysis on the recuperated system indicate that the expander during discharge is associated with the maximum exergy destruction rate (13%). The advanced exergy analysis further reveals that, amongst the system components studied, the cold heat exchanger during discharge is associated with the highest share (95%) of the avoidable exergy destruction rate, while during charge the same component is associated with the highest share (64%) of the endogenous exergy destruction rate. Thus, the cold heat exchanger offers the largest potential for improvement in the overall system exergetic efficiency. A quantitative analysis of the overall system performance improvement potential of the recuperated system demonstrates that increasing the isentropic efficiency of the compressor and turbine from 85% to 95% significantly increases the modified overall exergetic efficiency from 37% to 57%. Similarly, by increasing the effectiveness and decreasing the pressure loss factor of all heat exchangers, from 0.90 to 0.98 and from 2.5% to 0.5% respectively, the modified overall exergetic efficiency increases from 34% to 54%. The results of exergy analyses provide novel insight into the innovation, research and development of pumped thermal electricity storage technology.
AU - Zhao,Y
AU - Liu,M
AU - Song,J
AU - Wang,C
AU - Yan,J
AU - Markides,CN
DO - 10.1016/j.enconman.2021.113867
EP - 19
PY - 2021///
SN - 0196-8904
SP - 1
TI - Advanced exergy analysis of a Joule-Brayton pumped thermal electricity storage system with liquid-phase storage
T2 - Energy Conversion and Management
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2021.113867
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196890421000443?via%3Dihub
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/86893
VL - 231
ER -