State of the art for full electric driven refrigeration compressors solutions using adjustable speed drive: Which combination of technology platforms leads to the best capex &amp; opex solution up to 100 MW?

Durantay, Lionel; Taillardat, Jean-Marc; Pradurat, Jean-Francois; Velly, Nicolas

doi:10.1109/pcicon.2017.8188770

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“…The heating coil is modeled as a resistive load with 98.5% efficiency [18]. The heat pump is modeled using a variable frequency drive (VFD), and V/f control is used for simple speed control of the induction motor [19][20][21][22][23]. A feedforward control is adopted using the characterized curve for the power-speed curve for the VFD-based heat pump.…”

Section: Integrated Electrical-thermal Systemmentioning

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Grid-Scale Ternary-Pumped Thermal Electricity Storage for Flexible Operation of Nuclear Power Generation under High Penetration of Renewable Energy Sources

et al. 2021

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In this work, the integration of a grid-scale ternary-Pumped Thermal Electricity Storage (t-PTES) with a nuclear power generation to enhance operation flexibility is assessed using physics-based models and digital real time simulation. A part of the electricity from the nuclear power generation is delivered to the grid, and the balance is used to power a heat pump that can be augmented by an auxiliary resistive load element to increase the charging rate of the thermal storage. This increases the thermal potential between hot and cold thermal stores (usually solid materials or molten salts inside large storage tanks). The thermal energy is transformed back into electricity by reversing the heat pump cycle. Different transient scenarios including startup, shutdown, and power change for grid-connected operation are simulated to determine the behavior of the hybrid nuclear-t-PTES system operating under variable loads that constitute a departure from conventional, baseload nuclear plant operation schemes. Ternary refers to the three modes operation: (i) heat pump (including heating coil), (ii) heat engine, and (iii) simultaneous operation of heat pump (including heating coil) and heat engine during changeover from pumping to generation or vice-versa. The controllability of t-PTES in the short timescales as a dynamic load is used to demonstrate operational flexibility of hybrid nuclear plants for flexible operation through advanced load management. The integration of t-PTES into nuclear power systems enhances the system flexibility and is an enabler for high penetration of renewable energy resources.

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