Energy Storage Science and Technology ›› 2021, Vol. 10 ›› Issue (2): 598-610.doi: 10.19799/j.cnki.2095-4239.2020.0385

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Analysis of energy coupling characteristics between cogeneration units and compressed air energy storage integrated systems in thermal power plants

Xiaolu WANG1,2(), Huan GUO1,2, Hualiang ZHANG1,2,4, Yujie XU1,2,3, Yingjun LIU5, Haisheng CHEN1,2,3()   

  1. 1.Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
    2.School of Engineering Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
    3.National Energy Large Scale Physical Energy Storage Technologies R&D Center (Bijie), Bijie 551712, Guizhou, China
    4.Nanjing Institute of Future Energy Systems, Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210000, Jiangsu, China
    5.Industry Development and Promotion Center Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China, Beijing 100846, China
  • Received:2020-11-27 Revised:2020-12-25 Online:2021-03-05 Published:2021-03-05

Abstract:

A new scheme for integrating cogeneration units and compressed air energy storage systems is proposed to improve the regulation flexibility of cogeneration units in thermal power plants and increase the peak load regulation capacity of systems and the proportion of renewable energy into the grid. In the enhanced heating stage, a compressed air energy storage system is used to store electric energy, and the compressed heat is used for heating to improve the heating ratio of the system. In the enhanced power supply stage, the extraction steam of a cogeneration unit is used to heat the inlet air of the expander to increase the power generation ratio of the system. Compared with that of the reference system, the scheme's exergy efficiency can be increased by 4%—31.4%, and the heat to power ratio has been widened. The effects of different component parameters on the thermal efficiency, exergy efficiency, and thermoelectric decoupling performance of the system are compared. On this basis, the basic points of several heating conditions are analyzed. The results show that the airflow rate of the compressed air energy storage system has a great influence on the thermal efficiency of the new integrated system, whereas the inlet air temperature of the expander has a greater impact on the thermoelectric ratio of the new integrated system. With the increase in the main steam flow into the steam turbine, the system's total process efficiency and thermal efficiency increase by 5% and 8%, respectively. The loss analysis shows the loss of boiler components. The largest proportion is about 20%, followed by cold source loss, which is about 10%.

Key words: compressed air energy storage, cogeneration, thermoelectric decoupling, exergy analysis

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