Modelling calcium looping at industrial scale for energy storage in concentrating solar power plants

Bailera, Manuel (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Pascual, Sara (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Lisbona, Pilar (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Romeo, Luis (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: Ca-Looping represents one of the most promising technologies for thermochemical energy storage. This process based on the carbonation-calcination cycle of CaO offers a high potential to be coupled with solar power plants for its long-term storage capacity and high temperatures. Previous studies analyzed different configurations of CaL integrated into power cycles aiming to improve efficiency. However, most of these assessments based on lumped models did not account for scale effect in the most critical reactor. In this work, a detailed 1D-model of a large-scale carbonator is included in the comprehensive model of the integrated facility. The results obtained served to assess the available heat, the minimum technical part load of this equipment, the required size of the storage tanks and the overall efficiency of the plant. The main issue in the operation of large-size carbonator is the heat removal, thus a multi-tube internally cooled reactor is proposed. The designed carbonator provides 80 MWth at nominal operation and 40 MWth at minimum part load operation. The sizing of storage tanks depends on the operation management, ranging between 5,700-11,400 m3 for 15 hours. Different efficiencies of the system were defined and presented through operating maps, as a function of the reactor loads.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2021.120306

Año: 2021

Publicado en: Energy 225, 120306 (2021), [35 pp.]
ISSN: 0360-5442

Factor impacto JCR: 8.857 (2021)

Categ. JCR: THERMODYNAMICS rank: 3 / 63 = 0.048 (2021) - Q1 - T1
Categ. JCR: ENERGY & FUELS rank: 24 / 119 = 0.202 (2021) - Q1 - T1

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 13.4 - Engineering (Q1) - Energy (Q1) - Environmental Science (Q1)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 2.041 - Energy (miscellaneous) (Q1) - Energy Engineering and Power Technology (Q1) - Building and Construction (Q1) - Civil and Structural Engineering (Q1) - Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (Q1) - Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (Q1) - Mechanical Engineering (Q1) - Modeling and Simulation (Q1) - Fuel Technology (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/T46-17R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/727348/EU/SOlar Calcium-looping integRAtion for Thermo-Chemical Energy Storage/SOCRATCES
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MCIU/FPU17-03902

Tipo y forma: Artículo (PostPrint)

Área (Departamento): Área Máquinas y Motores Térmi. (Dpto. Ingeniería Mecánica)