Energy Storage Science and Technology ›› 2021, Vol. 10 ›› Issue (5): 1760-1767.doi: 10.19799/j.cnki.2095-4239.2021.0230

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Hundred-megawatt molten salt heat storage system for deep peak shaving of thermal power plant

Hui WANG(), Jun LI(), Peiwang ZHU, Jian WANG, Chunlin ZHANG   

  1. China Power Engineering Consulting Group Zhongnan Electric Power Design Institute Co. Ltd. , Wuhan 430064, Hubei, China
  • Received:2021-05-27 Revised:2021-06-27 Online:2021-09-05 Published:2021-09-08
  • Contact: Jun LI E-mail:wanghui@csepdi.com;lijun@csepdi.com

Abstract:

To increase the flexibility of the power system and the consumption of energy, a 100 MW molten-salt heat storage system is proposed herein. The molten-salt heat storage system with a large capacity and high temperature was embedded between the boiler and turbine in a thermal power system of a thermal power unit to decouple thermal and electric energy. The 100 MW molten-salt heat storage system could enable the turbine to operate at the lowest output while ensuring the safe operation of the boiler without stopping it, thereby greatly increasing the deep peak-shaving capacity of the thermal power unit. To ensure the safety of the boiler and the manufacturing ability of the salt-water heat exchanger, the heat storage system is designed with high main steam pressure and high subcooled high-pressure water temperature. It can effectively increase the temperature of the hot molten salt and reduce the amount of molten salt, reducing the initial investment capital of molten-salt energy storage systems. The theoretical calculation of each module of the 100 MW molten-salt heat storage technology shows that the comprehensive storage efficiency of the system is as high as 77.8%; thus, it has broad application prospects in large-scale energy storage.

Key words: energy storage, high temperature heat storage, deep peak shaving, molten salt

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