Shandong Science ›› 2024, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (4): 93-104.doi: 10.3976/j.issn.1002-4026.20230127

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Study on supercritical carbon dioxide energy storage system and its operating characteristics

JIANG Jiahui1(), WANG Zijie2, CHI Ran2, CHEN Wei1, XUE Xiaodai3, ZHANG Tong3, ZHANG Xuelin3, ZHANG Bin1,*()   

  1. 1. College of Electromechanical Engineering,Qingdao University of Science & Technology,Qingdao 266061, China
    2. Power China Hebei Electric Power Engineering Co., Ltd., Shijiazhuang 050000, China
    3. Department of Electrical Engineering,Tsinghua University,Beijing 100084, China
  • Received:2023-09-01 Online:2024-08-20 Published:2024-08-05
  • Contact: ZHANG Bin E-mail:m17854203791@163.com;zb-sh@163.com

Abstract:

As a novel energy storage method, compressed supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) energy storage offers several advantages, such as high energy storage density, compact structure, long service life, and negative carbon emissions. Therefore, it has a broad application prospect in the energy storage and conversion. In this study, a dynamic mathematical model for the compressed sCO2 energy storage system (SC-CCES) was established based on the mass conservation and energy conservation laws and the reliability of the model was verified. Additionally, dynamic simulations of the SC-CCES system with single-stage compression and single-stage expansion were performed using Matlab/Simulink. Under the designed operating conditions, the energy storage efficiency of the SC-CCES system was found to be 51.98%, with an energy storage density of 447.8 kWh/m3. The energy storage density of the SC-CCES system was more than 20 times higher than that of a traditional compressed air energy storage system. Furthermore, the impact of different high-pressure tank inlet pressures on system performance was analyzed. The results showed that the energy storage efficiency increases with the increase of the inlet pressure of the high-pressure storage tank, while the energy storage density is exactly the opposite. This study provides a basis for the development of compressed carbon dioxide energy storage.

Key words: compressed supercritical carbon dioxide energy storage, dynamic simulation, energy conservation, energy density

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  • TK02