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Thermal Energy Storage for CSP Plants
One of the major advantages of CSP systems is the possibility to cost effectively store high temperature thermal energy that can be used to generate electricity during periods of less or no sunshine. The most common storage media for thermal energy has been molten salts.
Terrafore’s team has extensive expertise in molten salt Thermal Energy Storage (TES) systems. We offer consulting services for design and configuration of TES systems for CSP plants.
Latent Heat Thermal Storage Systems:
With a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy Terrafore is developing new, innovative TES technology using latent heat storage in molten salts.
Advantages of latent heat storage:
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Reduced amount of salt required and hence container size -
Improved charge cycle efficiency and provides operational flexibility
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Improved thermal to electric conversion thermodynamic efficiency
Our partners in this project are University of California, NASA/JPL and Pratt & Whitney/Rocketdyne.
Click here to download a presentation> 090605-Terrafore-LatentHeatStorage.pdf
Click here for a podcast of the interview with Anoop Mathur on BeyondZero Radio>
http://podcast.beyondzeroemissions.org/audio/podcast-2009-08-13-11325.mp3
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Thermal Energy Storage