Moreover, at a thermal storage temperature of 353.1 K, T-CO 2 energy storage cycle achieves a round-trip efficiency of 61.37% and an energy storage density of 0.989 kWh/m 3. The results indicate that the combined system exhibits excellent performance, particularly under relatively lower thermal source temperature.

Coal is the largest domestically produced source of energy in America and is used to generate a significant chunk of our nation''s electricity. The Energy Department is working to develop technologies that make coal cleaner, so we can ensure it plays a part in our clean energy future. The Department is also investing in development of carbon

Modeling and energy efficiency analysis of thermal power plant with high temperature thermal energy storage (HTTES) J. Therm. Sci., 29 ( 4 ) ( 2020 ), pp. 1025 - 1035 CrossRef View in Scopus Google Scholar

Hence, there is an urgent need for research on the refurbishment of coal-fired power plants to augment both energy efficiency and operational flexibility [6]. The combined heat and power (CHP) unit is regarded as an effective technology for enhancing the energy efficiency of coal-fired power plants [ 7, 8 ].

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Coal-fired power plants integrated with P2H and thermal energy storage were proposed. • The operational flexibility of the integrated system is determined. • Exergy destructions and flows within the proposed systems are calculated. • The maximum

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The results show that the energy efficiency of low power charge-discharge is generally better than that of high power charge-discharge, while the percentage of auxiliary energy consumption of low power and small capacity system is higher; the overall efficiency of

Our results show that during the charging cycles, by increasing the air flow rate in LAES and the hydrogen production rate in HES, the net unit efficiency of the

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Energy consumption of environmental protection facilities in coal-fired power plants is an important part of energy consumption of generating units. Taking 2 x

When the thermal energy storage efficiency is 95%, there will be 270.91 MWh of heat utilized at the full load. Retrofitting coal-fired power plants for grid energy storage by coupling with thermal energy storage

Moreover, at a thermal storage temperature of 353.1 K, T-CO 2 energy storage cycle achieves a round-trip efficiency of 61.37% and an energy storage density of 0.989 kWh/m 3. The results indicate that the combined system exhibits excellent performance, particularly under relatively lower thermal source temperature.

Under the different energy quality of multi-energy, this article utilizes the energy quality coefficient to convert distinct energy levels of multi-energy into the same energy level

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With the rapid development of new energy power plants (NPPs) in China, installation of energy storage facilities (ESFs) and flexibility improvement of conventional coal-fired power plants (CPPs) are encouraged

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A theoretical investigation of the principles of energy efficiency improvement in coal-fired power plants by removing a portion of the coal moisture content was performed. The relationship between the degree of pre-drying and coal''s energy flow rate, boiler efficiency and power auxiliary rate were comprehensively formulized and

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Coal/biomass power plants with CCS have the potential to play a critical role in the UK''s future low carbon energy mix. In order to guarantee the security of power supply and requirements of CO 2 emissions reduction, these low carbon power generation schemes will be deployed in the near future according to the new low carbon power

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This study presents a concept of the calcium looping process with inherent energy storage for decarbonisation of the coal-fired power plant. Analysis has revealed that the possible routes for energy storage in this process include CaO/CaCO 3 solids storage, CaO/Ca(OH) 2 solids storage and cryogenic O 2 storage systems.

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