Examples of Thermal Energy Storage
Some common examples of Thermal Energy Storage are given below in the article:
Carnot Battery
A Carnot battery first uses thermal energy storage to store electrical energy. And then, during charging of this battery electrical energy is converted into heat and then it is stored as heat. Now, upon discharge, the heat that was previously stored will be converted back into electricity. This is how a Carnot battery works as thermal energy storage.
Applications of Carnot Battery
- These Carnot batteries can be used as grid energy storage as they store extra energy from various renewable sources just to generate electricity for later use.
- Some Carnot battery systems can store heat or cold for later use. For example, district heating and data center cooling.
- In coal-fired power plants, the coal-fueled boiler should be replaced with Carnot batteries as they can transfer to a generation system without using fossil fuels.
STES Energy System
This is seasonal thermal energy storage. Also, can be referred to as interseasonal thermal energy storage. This type of energy storage stores heat or cold over a long period. When this stores the energy, we can use it when we need it.
Application of Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage
Application of Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage systems are
- Greenhouse Heating
- Aquifers use this type of storage
Energy Storage
Energy storage can be defined as the process in which we store the energy that was produced all at once. This process helps in maintaining the balance of the supply and demand of energy. Energy storage can also be defined as the process of transforming energy that is difficult to store into a form that can be kept affordably for later use. These storages can be of any type according to the shelf-life of energy which means some storages can store energy for a short time and some can for a long time. There are various examples of energy storage including a battery, flywheel, solar panels, etc.
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