Development of sorption thermal battery for low-grade waste heat recovery and combined cold and heat energy storage

T.X. Li, J.X. Xu, T. Yan and R.Z. Wang

Energy, 2016, vol. 107, issue C, 347-359

Abstract: A promising compact sorption thermal battery is developed for low-grade waste heat recovery and combined cold and heat energy storage. Thermal energy is stored in the form of bond energy of sorption potential during the charging phase and the stored thermal energy is released in the form of heat energy and cold energy during the discharging phase. The operating principle and conceptual design of sorption thermal battery based on solid–gas sorption processes is firstly introduced, and then the working performance of sorption thermal battery using consolidated composite sorbent of expanded graphite/manganese chloride is investigated. Experimental verification showed that sorption thermal battery is an effective method to achieve combined deep-freezing cold and heat energy storage, and its working temperature can be easily adjusted by changing system pressure. The cold and heat energy densities are as high as 600 kJ/kg and 1498 kJ/kg, respectively. Moreover, energy densities of different energy storage methods and sorption working pairs are compared and analyzed. It appears that sorption thermal battery is a promising compact high-performance energy storage technology for waste heat recovery and renewable energy utilization due to its distinct advantage of high energy density and broad range of working temperature.

Keywords: Sorption thermal battery; Heat energy storage; Cold energy storage; Energy density; Power density; Sorption working pair (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2016.03.126

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