Heat recovery and storage installation in large-scale battery systems for effective integration of renewable energy sources into power systems. (25th July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chen, Qun; Zhao, Tian
• Is Part Of: Applied thermal engineering. Volume 122(2017)
• Page Start: 194
• Page End: 203
• Publication Date: 2017-07-25
• Subjects: Integrated electric and thermal energy system -- Renewable energy utilization -- Sodium-sulfur battery -- Thermal energy storage -- Power flow method; Heat engineering -- Periodicals; Heating -- Equipment and supplies -- Periodicals; Periodicals; 621.40205
• DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2017.04.076
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1359-4311

Abstract

Highlights: Introduced heat recovery and storage facilities in large-scale batteries. Utilized the stored heat to satisfy a part of heat load of residents. Analyzed the integrated electric and thermal energy system as a whole. Reduced the coal consumptions of both thermal power and CHP plants. Studied the influence of the thermal parameters on the integrated energy system. Abstract: The large-scale battery is a promising solution to reduce the wind and solar curtailments, while some electricity will be dissipated to heat and wasted inevitably. In this contribution, a heat recovery and thermal energy storage (TES) subsystem are introduced to the battery system to recover heat generated by the battery and satisfy a part of heat load concurrently. By applying the newly proposed power flow method in heat transfer system analysis together with the traditional power system analysis method, the power flow mode of the integrated electric and thermal energy system is established, and the system is then optimized to reduce wind curtailment. The optimized results present that the introduction of the heat recovery and TES subsystem could supply a certain percentage of heat to residents by recovering the generated heat from the battery and decrease the coal consumption of the thermal power plant and the combined heat and power plant simultaneously. Meanwhile, the mass flow rate of the heat conducting oil keeps high in most time and drops to near zero when the battery switches between charge and discharge. Furthermore, the alternation frequency of the mass flow rate of the heat conducting oil has a lower bound for normal operation.