Kamon Thinsurat
Compressor-assisted thermochemical sorption integrated with solar photovoltaic-thermal collector for seasonal solar thermal energy storage
Thinsurat, Kamon; Ma, Zhiwei; Roskilly, Anthony Paul; Bao, Huashan
Authors
Dr Zhiwei Ma zhiwei.ma@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Professor Tony Roskilly anthony.p.roskilly@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Dr Huashan Bao huashan.bao@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Abstract
This paper studied the performance of a compressor-assisted thermochemical sorption energy storage (CATSES) system with a solar photovoltaic-thermal collector (PV/T) to support the domestic space and hot water heating. The heat from the PV/T drives endothermic desorption, whilst the electricity from the PV/T powers the compressor to assist the low-temperature desorption. The main aim of this study was to demonstrate that the integrated system can flexibly and maximally utilise solar energy, and store solar energy in a high energy–density system with minimum loss over long-term storage. The parametric investigation on the CATSES system using SrCl2/NH3 working pair was conducted for a case study in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in the UK, which has long wintertime with high heating demand. Two different system operation modes (Case 1 and Case 2) with different strategies of solar energy usage (direct usage / storage) were studied. By using 30 m2 PV/T collector with the CATSES reactor that contains 22 m3 (450 kg/m3) composite adsorbent and a compressor with 11.5 compression ratio, the system that operated Case 1 could achieve 100% solar fraction of annual heating demand. The achieved material-based energy storage density was around 0.6 GJ/m3 and the storage efficiency was 0.88 with the net electricity consumption of 180 kWh (around 5% average consumption of an ordinary UK household). The system that operated Case 2 stored less heat than that of the Case 1 but was able to output more electricity.
Citation
Thinsurat, K., Ma, Z., Roskilly, A. P., & Bao, H. (2022). Compressor-assisted thermochemical sorption integrated with solar photovoltaic-thermal collector for seasonal solar thermal energy storage. Energy Conversion and Management: X, 15, Article 100248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecmx.2022.100248
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jun 11, 2022 |
Online Publication Date | Jun 17, 2022 |
Publication Date | 2022 |
Deposit Date | Aug 1, 2022 |
Publicly Available Date | Aug 1, 2022 |
Journal | Energy Conversion and Management: X |
Print ISSN | 2590-1745 |
Electronic ISSN | 2590-1745 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 15 |
Article Number | 100248 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecmx.2022.100248 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1196352 |
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