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dc.contributor.authorDong, Dehua
dc.contributor.authorHumphries, Terry
dc.contributor.authorSheppard, Drew
dc.contributor.authorStansby, B.
dc.contributor.authorPaskevicius, Mark
dc.contributor.authorSofianos, M.
dc.contributor.authorChaudhary, A.
dc.contributor.authorDornheim, M.
dc.contributor.authorBuckley, Craig
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-19T07:58:33Z
dc.date.available2018-02-19T07:58:33Z
dc.date.created2018-02-19T07:13:31Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationDong, D. and Humphries, T. and Sheppard, D. and Stansby, B. and Paskevicius, M. and Sofianos, M. and Chaudhary, A. et al. 2017. Thermal optimisation of metal hydride reactors for thermal energy storage applications. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 1 (8): pp. 1820-1829.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/65512
dc.identifier.doi10.1039/c7se00316a
dc.description.abstract

Metal hydrides (MHs) are promising candidates as thermal energy storage (TES) materials for concentrated solar thermal applications. A key requirement for this technology is a high temperature heat transfer fluid (HTF) that can deliver heat to the MHs for storage during the day, and remove heat at night time to produce electricity. In this study, supercritical water was used as a HTF to heat a prototype thermochemical heat storage reactor filled with MgH2 powder during H2 sorption, rather than electrical heating of the MH reactor. This is beneficial as the HTF flows through a coil of tubing embedded within the MH bed and is hence in better contact with the MgH2 powder. This internal heating mode produces a more uniform temperature distribution within the reactor by increasing the heat exchange surface area and reducing the characteristic heat exchange distances. Moreover, supercritical water can be implemented as a heat carrier for the entire thermal energy system within a concentrating solar thermal plant, from the receiver, through the heat storage system, and also within a conventional turbine-driven electric power generation system. Thus, the total system energy efficiency can be improved by minimising HTF heat exchangers.

dc.publisherRoyal Society of Chemistry
dc.relation.sponsoredbyhttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP150100730
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
dc.titleThermal optimisation of metal hydride reactors for thermal energy storage applications
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume1
dcterms.source.number8
dcterms.source.startPage1820
dcterms.source.endPage1829
dcterms.source.issn2398-4902
dcterms.source.titleSustainable Energy & Fuels
curtin.departmentSchool of Electrical Engineering, Computing and Mathematical Science (EECMS)
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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