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Thermal Energy Storage Systems Based on Metal Hydride Materials

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A comprehensive techno-economic analysis of candidate metal hydride materials, used for thermal energy storage applications, is carried out. The selected systems show the potential to exceed the performance of latent heat or phase change heat storage systems and can closely approach the US Department of Energy targets for concentrating solar power plant applications. A paired metal hydride system is selected as possible thermal energy storage to be integrated with high-temperature steam power plants. Its performance is simulated adopting a finite element-based detailed transport phenomena model. Results show the ability of the system to achieve the required operating temperatures and to store and release thermal energy appropriately.

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The paper was entirely written by CC and BH. Figures and charts were supplied and edited by CC. The final draft was reviewed and edited by BH.

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    The kinetics energy term as well as potential term, referred to the reference exergetic state, have been assumed negligible

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    The kinetics energy term as well as potential term, referred to the reference exergetic state, have been assumed negligible

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This material is based upon work supported by the Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), under Award Number DE-EE0007118. The authors wish to acknowledge Dr. L. Irwin, Mr. M. Lausten, PE, and Dr. A. Schultz, who were the US Department of Energy managers, for their useful discussions and direction. The authors also wish to thank Drs. R. Zidan and A. d’Entremont (Savannah River National Laboratory, USA), Dr. T. Motyka (Greenway Energy, USA), Drs. C. Buckley and D. Sheppard (both Curtin University, Australia), and Mr. S. Sullivan (Brayton Energy, USA).

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Corgnale, C., Hardy, B. (2019). Thermal Energy Storage Systems Based on Metal Hydride Materials. In: Atesin, T.A., Bashir, S., Liu, J.L. (eds) Nanostructured Materials for Next-Generation Energy Storage and Conversion. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-59594-7_10

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