Tsinghua University

The Boeing Company

LaiJun Chen

Shengwei Mei

Qiang Lu

XiaoDai Xue

Tong Zhang

Xuelin Zhang

Tianwen Zheng

Cheng Fang Wang

Feng Liu

Yu Wang

ShengWei Mei

Yang Si

Zhaojian Wang

XiaoTao Chen

The present disclosure relates to the field of energy storage, and provides a rapid-response energy storage system and a using method thereof. The system comprises an air storage chamber, a compressor unit, an expander unit, a compressor unit lubrication station, an expander unit lubrication station, a compressor unit oil cooler, an expander unit oil cooler, a compressor unit oil pump and an expander unit oil pump; an outlet of the compressor unit communicates with an inlet of the air storage chamber through a heating pipe inside the expander unit lubrication station, and an outlet of the air storage chamber communicates with a heating pipe inside the compressor unit lubrication station sequentially through a regulating valve and the expander unit; the compressor unit lubrication station, the compressor unit oil pump, an oil way inside the compressor unit and the high-temperature side of the compressor unit oil cooler are sequentially connected end to end to form a first oil circulation loop; and the expander unit lubrication station, the expander unit oil pump, an oil way inside the expander unit and the high-temperature side of the expander unit oil cooler are sequentially connected end to end to form a second oil circulation loop. According to the present disclosure, rapid responses can be achieved and the lubricating oil can be heated without the consumption of external thermal energy.

Rapid-response compressed air energy storage system and using method thereof

A system for reclaiming carbon fiber from carbon fiber containing material using solar energy includes a sunlight focusing system, a sample platform for placement of carbon fiber containing material to be treated by focused sunlight from the sunlight focusing system, the sample platform being provided with a gas absorption pipe, and a waste gas treatment system connected with the gas absorption pipe.

System and method for reclaiming carbon fibers using solar energy

A regenerative compressed air energy storage system and a using method thereof. The system comprises a compressor unit, a high-temperature heat exchanger, a medium-temperature heat exchanger, an air storage chamber, a regulating valve, a medium-temperature regenerator, a high-temperature regenerator and an expander unit which are connected in sequence. The low-temperature side of the high-temperature heat exchanger, a high-temperature heat reservoir, a first valve, the high-temperature side of the high-temperature regenerator, a high-temperature cold reservoir and a second valve are connected in sequence. The low-temperature side of the medium-temperature heat exchanger, a medium-temperature heat reservoir, a third valve, the high-temperature side of the medium-temperature regenerator, a medium-temperature cold reservoir and a fourth valve are connected in sequence. A heating pipe inlet inside a compressor unit lubrication station communicates with the high-temperature cold reservoir through a high-temperature valve, and a heating pipe outlet communicates with of an intermediate cold reservoir.

Regenerative compressed air energy storage system and using method thereof

An efficiency evaluation method of an RCAES system is disclosed, and the method includes calculating electric energy charged by an electric power system in a compression process, calculating electric energy discharged to the electric power system in an expansion process, and calculating a ratio of the electric energy discharged in the expansion process to that charged in the compression process, and taking the ratio as an efficiency of the whole RCAES system; wherein gas in operation is ideal gas, air mass flow rates in the compression and expansion processes are known and constant in operation, an isothermal model is adopted for the CASV of which the temperature is the same with ambient circumstances, and the temperature and pressure of compressed air after throttling become constant. A corresponding system is also disclosed.

Method and system of efficiency evaluation of RCAES system

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