Liquid air energy storage – Operation and performance of the first pilot plant in the world

Adriano Sciacovelli; Daniel Smith; M. Elena Navarro; Yongliang Li; Yulong Ding

Liquid air energy storage – Operation and performance of the first pilot plant in the world

Adriano Sciacovelli, Daniel Smith, M. Elena Navarro, Yongliang Li, Yulong Ding

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Abstract

Liquid air energy storage (LAES) is a novel technology for grid scale electrical energy storage in the form of liquid air. At commercial scale LAES rated output power is expected in the range 10 to 100 MWe, while the storage capacity of the order of 100s of MWhe. LAES comprises three processes: charging, consisting in air liquefaction; storage, involving preservation of air in liquid form; and discharge, consisting in evaporation and expansion of liquid air to produce electricity. Compared to pumped-hydro and compressed air energy storage, LAES has no orographic constrains and employs “off-shelf” components commercially available. In this paper we present the results gathered during the operation of the first LAES pilot plant currently installed at the University of Birmingham (UK). The pilot plant has a rated power of 350 kWe and an energy capacity of 2.5 MWh. It comprises key components including an hot thermal energy storage, used to recover waste heat, and an high grade cold thermal store to recycle cold thermal energy. We show both charging/discharging dynamics and illustrate the lessons learn from field operation of the pilot plant.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ECOS 2016 - Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimisation, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems
Editors	Andrej Kitanovski, Alojz Poredos
Publisher	University of Ljubljana
Pages	1291-1301
ISBN (Electronic)	9789616980159
ISBN (Print)	9781713808084
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	29th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimisation, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, ECOS 2016 - Portoroz, Slovenia Duration: 19 Jun 2016 → 23 Jun 2016

Conference

Conference	29th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimisation, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, ECOS 2016
Country/Territory	Slovenia
City	Portoroz
Period	19/06/16 → 23/06/16

Keywords

Cryogenic
Energy Storage
Grid scale
Thermal Storage

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Energy
General Environmental Science

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Sciacovelli, A., Smith, D., Navarro, M. E., Li, Y., & Ding, Y. (2016). Liquid air energy storage – Operation and performance of the first pilot plant in the world. In A. Kitanovski, & A. Poredos (Eds.), ECOS 2016 - Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimisation, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (pp. 1291-1301). University of Ljubljana.

Sciacovelli, Adriano ; Smith, Daniel ; Navarro, M. Elena et al. / Liquid air energy storage – Operation and performance of the first pilot plant in the world. ECOS 2016 - Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimisation, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems. editor / Andrej Kitanovski ; Alojz Poredos. University of Ljubljana, 2016. pp. 1291-1301

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Sciacovelli, A, Smith, D, Navarro, ME , Li, Y & Ding, Y 2016, Liquid air energy storage – Operation and performance of the first pilot plant in the world. in A Kitanovski & A Poredos (eds), ECOS 2016 - Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimisation, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems. University of Ljubljana, pp. 1291-1301, 29th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimisation, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, ECOS 2016, Portoroz, Slovenia, 19/06/16.

Liquid air energy storage – Operation and performance of the first pilot plant in the world. / Sciacovelli, Adriano; Smith, Daniel; Navarro, M. Elena et al.
ECOS 2016 - Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimisation, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems. ed. / Andrej Kitanovski; Alojz Poredos. University of Ljubljana, 2016. p. 1291-1301.

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Sciacovelli A, Smith D, Navarro ME , Li Y , Ding Y. Liquid air energy storage – Operation and performance of the first pilot plant in the world. In Kitanovski A, Poredos A, editors, ECOS 2016 - Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimisation, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems. University of Ljubljana. 2016. p. 1291-1301

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