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Use of molten salts tanks for seasonal thermal energy storage for high penetration of renewable energies in the grid

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dc.creator Prieto, Cristina
dc.creator Tagle-Salazar, Pablo D.
dc.creator Patiño-Rodríguez, David
dc.creator Schallenberg-Rodriguez, Julieta
dc.creator Lyons, Padraig
dc.creator Cabeza, Luisa F.
dc.date 2024
dc.date.accessioned 2025-11-03T12:15:06Z
dc.date.available 2025-11-03T12:15:06Z
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2024.111203
dc.identifier 2352-152X
dc.identifier https://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/465297
dc.identifier.uri http://fima-docencia.ub.edu:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/23956
dc.description Energy storage is acknowledged a key technology to meet the challenges posed by the energy transition. Shortterm grid-connected storage, based on Li-Ion batteries, is becoming commonplace but seasonal energy storage at grid-scale will be needed for deep decarbonisation of the electrical power system. Pumped hydropower is considered to be the only mature technology for such applications, but this paper demonstrates that two-tanks molten salts systems, that are used today in commercial concentrating solar power (CSP) plants, can also be considered a mature technology that can be used at large scale for seasonal energy storage. This was established by evaluating the annual heat losses of molten salts tanks using validated models of these systems. The results show that the heat losses in a very well insulated molten salts tanks are around 1 K/day, which would result in good economic performance of the power block even if storage was required for up to months.
dc.description This work was partially funded by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación de España TED2021-132216A-I00 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and the European Union by NextGenerationEU/PRTR. This work was partially funded by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación de España (PID2021-123511OB-C31 - MCIU/AEI/FEDER, UE; RED2022-134219-T). The authors at University of Lleida would like to thank the Catalan Government for the quality accreditation given to their research group GREiA (2021 SGR 01615). GREiA is a certified agent TECNIO in the category of technology developers from the Government of Catalonia. This work is partially supported by ICREA under the ICREA Academia programme.
dc.format application/pdf
dc.language eng
dc.publisher Elsevier
dc.relation info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2021-2023/PID2021-123511OB-C31/ES/ESTRATEGIAS DE DESCARBONIZACION QUE INTEGRAN EL ALMACENAMIENTO DE ENERGIA TERMICA/
dc.relation info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2021-2023/RED2022-134219-T/ES/ALMACENAMIENTO DE ENERGIA TERMICA/
dc.relation https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2024.111203
dc.relation Journal of Energy Storage, 2024, vol. 86, Part A, p. 111203-1-111203-8
dc.rights cc-by (c) Cristina Prieto et al, 2024
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject Seasonal energy storage
dc.subject Two-tanks molten salts system
dc.subject Performance
dc.subject Heat losses
dc.title Use of molten salts tanks for seasonal thermal energy storage for high penetration of renewable energies in the grid
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion


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