Metal hydrides for concentrating solar thermal power energy storage

Sheppard, D. A.; Paskevicius, M.; Humphries, T. D.; Felderhoff, M.; Capurso, G.; Bellosta von Colbe, J.; Dornheim, M.; Klassen, T.; Ward, P. A.; Teprovich, J. A.; Corgnale, C.; Zidan, R.; Grant, D. M.; Buckley, C. E.

Abstract

The development of alternative methods for thermal energy storage is important for improving the efficiency and decreasing the cost for Concentrating Solar-thermal Power (CSP). We focus on the underlying technology that allows metal hydrides to function as Thermal Energy Storage (TES) systems and highlight the current state-of-the-art materials that can operate at temperatures as low as room-temperature and as high as 1100 oC. The potential of metal hydrides for thermal storage is explored while current knowledge gaps about hydride properties, such as hydride thermodynamics, intrinsic kinetics and cyclic stability, are identified. The engineering challenges associated with utilising metal hydrides for high-temperature thermal energy storage are also addressed.

Citation

Sheppard, D. A., Paskevicius, M., Humphries, T. D., Felderhoff, M., Capurso, G., Bellosta von Colbe, J., …Buckley, C. E. (2016). Metal hydrides for concentrating solar thermal power energy storage. Applied Physics A, 122(4), Article 395. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-016-9825-0

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 1, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Mar 14, 2016
• Publication Date: Apr 1, 2016
• Deposit Date: Jul 21, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Jul 21, 2016
• Journal: Applied Physics A
• Print ISSN: 0947-8396
• Electronic ISSN: 1432-0630
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 122
• Issue: 4
• Article Number: 395
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-016-9825-0
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/977488
• Publisher URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00339-016-9825-0
• Additional Information: The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00339-016-9825-0.