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Simulation and Process Integration of Liquid Salt Systems in Application

Integration of a single-tank storage system into a solar thermal power plant.

Research and development

• Development and adapted liquid salt storage systems for integration into solar thermal power plants
• Technology transfer of liquid salt technology for new fields of application:
  • conventional power plant technology (e. g. flexibility, hybridization with renewable electricity, conversion to electricity storage)
  • Electricity-heat-electricity storage systems, especially in combination with central cogeneration
  • Industrial process heat, especially for the consolidation of renewable energies, increased efficiency and waste heat generation

Methods and infrastructure

• Models and simulation tools for investigating liquid salt reservoirs in the target application
• Tools for parameter variation and techno-economic optimization of the storage solution

Publications

• Klasing et al. (2020) Techno-Economic Optimization of Molten Salt Concentrating Solar Power Parabolic Trough Plants With Packed-Bed Thermocline Tanks, Journal of Solar Energy Engineering 142, 051006
• Thomas Bauer, Stefan Zunft, Marc Linder, Dan Bauer, Ralph-Uwe Dietrich, Antje Seitz (2016) Opportunities of High-Temperature Thermal Energy Storage Technologies in the Process Industry, Heat processing, Vol. 4, Page 65-72