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Progress in Sorption Thermal Energy Storage

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There are various ways for thermal energy storage, such as sensible, latent, sorption, and chemical reaction. Sensible thermal energy storage and latent thermal energy storage are already in use. However, the drawbacks of bulk size (small energy storage density) and the strict requirement for thermal insulation have hindered their wide applications. Sorption and thermochemical reactions used for thermal energy storage have been considered as a future great potential product for thermal energy storage of solar energy, waste heat. or even electric heating, etc. The market thus needs such a “thermal battery,” which should be with a variety of kWhs capacities. Several key challenges remain in the way of the development of an efficient sorption thermal battery: sorption materials with high storage density and low cost, sorption bed with good heat and mass transfer to ensure charging power and discharging power, being stable after repeated cycles, minimum heat capacity ratio between the inert materials to the sorption thermal energy; control of the output temperature and power to meet the use demand. In this chapter, recent progress in sorption thermal energy storage, including materials, systems, and demonstrations, were described. The detailed future researches and developing maps were also discussed.

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Abbreviations

P :

Pressure (Pa)

T :

Temperature (K)

x :

Sorbent uptake quantity

Amb:

Ambient

c:

Condensation

des:

Desorption

e:

Evaporation

max:

Maximum

min:

Minimum

sor:

Sorption

AlPOs:

Aluminophosphates

CCHP:

Combined cooling heating and power generation

COP:

Coefficient of performance

CSPM:

Composite sorbent “Salt Porous Matrix”

DRH:

Deliquescence relative humidity

ENG-TSA:

Expanded graphite treated with sulfuric acid

FAM-Z02:

Functional adsorption material type z02

HSD:

Heat storage density (Wh/kg or kWh/m3)

IEA-SHC:

Solar heating and cooling program of international energy agency

MOFs:

Metal organic frameworks

PCMs:

Phase change materials

RH:

Relative humidity

SAPOs:

Silico-aluminophosphates

SCP:

Specific cooling power (W/kg)

TES:

Thermal energy storage

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Acknowledgments

This work were supported by the key project of the Natural Science Foundation of China for international academic exchanges under contract the No. 51020105010 and the project of the Natural Science Foundation of China under the contract No. 51206105. The support from The Ministry of education innovation team (IRT 1159) was also appreciated.

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Yu, N., Wang, R.Z., Li, T.X., Wang, L.W. (2017). Progress in Sorption Thermal Energy Storage. In: Zhang, X., Dincer, I. (eds) Energy Solutions to Combat Global Warming. Lecture Notes in Energy, vol 33. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26950-4_28

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