Controllable and affordable utility-scale electricity from intermittent wind resources and compressed air energy storage (CAES)

Cavallo, A.

doi:10.1016/j.energy.2006.03.018

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“…How to design and use CAES for load levelling in the electricity supply has been analysed and discussed for several decades in academic literature [1][2][3][4]. In recent years, CAES has primarily been seen as a means of improving the integration of fluctuating wind power into the electricity supply [5][6][7][8][9] or it has been compared to other electricity storage options [10,11]. However, so far the optimisation of CAES operation on electricity spot markets has not been dealt with.…”

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Optimal operation strategies of compressed air energy storage (CAES) on electricity spot markets with fluctuating prices

Lund

Salgi

Elmegaard

et al. 2009

Applied Thermal Engineering

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Optimal operation strategies of compressed air energy storage (CAES) on electricity spot markets with fluctuating prices

Lund

Salgi

Elmegaard

et al. 2009

Applied Thermal Engineering

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“…In the case of pumped hydro storage, its dependence on specific geological formations and environmental concerns associated with it make new development difficult. As an alternative to pumped hydro storage, compressed air energy storage (CAES), with its high reliability, economic feasibility, and low environmental impact, is a promising method of energy storage [2,3]. The idea of storage plants based on compressed air is not new.…”

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Potential and Evolution of Compressed Air Energy Storage: Energy and Exergy Analyses

Kim

Lee

Kim

et al. 2012

Entropy

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Abstract:Energy storage systems are increasingly gaining importance with regard to their role in achieving load levelling, especially for matching intermittent sources of renewable energy with customer demand, as well as for storing excess nuclear or thermal power during the daily cycle. Compressed air energy storage (CAES), with its high reliability, economic feasibility, and low environmental impact, is a promising method for large-scale energy storage. Although there are only two large-scale CAES plants in existence, recently, a number of CAES projects have been initiated around the world, and some innovative concepts of CAES have been proposed. Existing CAES plants have some disadvantages such as energy loss due to dissipation of heat of compression, use of fossil fuels, and dependence on geological formations. This paper reviews the main drawbacks of the existing CAES systems and presents some innovative concepts of CAES, such as adiabatic CAES, isothermal CAES, micro-CAES combined with air-cycle heating and cooling, and constant-pressure CAES combined with pumped hydro storage that can address such problems and widen the scope of CAES applications, by energy and exergy analyses. These analyses greatly help us to understand the characteristics of each CAES system and compare different CAES systems. OPEN ACCESS

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“…As an alternative to PHES, CAES is a promising energy storage method, with high reliability, high economic feasibility, and low environmental impact [5,6]. Meanwhile, the feasibility of using CAES in storing wind energy has been studied [7][8][9][10].…”

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“…Meanwhile, the feasibility of using CAES in storing wind energy has been studied [7][8][9][10]. Grazzini et al [11] proposed the concept of Advanced Adiabatic Compressed Air Energy Storage (AA-CAES) and Kim et al [12] proposed a water-compensated CAES system, which utilises a water head supplied by an aboveground reservoir to keep the storage cavern at a constant pressure throughout operation.…”

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A Novel Pumped Hydro Combined with Compressed Air Energy Storage System

Wang

et al. 2013

Energies

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Abstract:A novel pumped hydro combined with compressed air energy storage (PHCA) system is proposed in this paper to resolve the problems of bulk energy storage in the wind power generation industry over an area in China, which is characterised by drought and water shortages. Thermodynamic analysis of the energy storage system, which focuses on the pre-set pressure, storage volume capacity, water air volume ratio, pump performance, and water turbine performance of the storage system, is also presented. This paper discovers how such parameters affect the performance of the whole system. The ideal performance of this novel system has the following advantages: a simple, highly effective and low cost structure, which is comparable to the efficiency of a traditional pumped hydro storage system. Research results show a great solution to the current storage constraints encountered in the development of the wind power industry in China, which have been widely recognised as a bottleneck in the wind energy storage industry.

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Controllable and affordable utility-scale electricity from intermittent wind resources and compressed air energy storage (CAES)

Cited by 250 publications

References 9 publications

Optimal operation strategies of compressed air energy storage (CAES) on electricity spot markets with fluctuating prices

Optimal operation strategies of compressed air energy storage (CAES) on electricity spot markets with fluctuating prices

Potential and Evolution of Compressed Air Energy Storage: Energy and Exergy Analyses

A Novel Pumped Hydro Combined with Compressed Air Energy Storage System

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