To ensure grid frequency and power stability and realize bulk energy storage
a novel transcritical CO
2
energy storage system was proposed in view of the defects in the existing compressed air energy storage systems. The concept is based on taking liquid CO
2
as the storage media
thermal energy and cold energy as the main storage forms
so as to realize charging and discharging processes for wind power. Thermodynamic analysis and multi-objective optimization were performed and results showed that both round-trip efficiency and energy density increase firstly and then decline with the increase of discharging pressure at suitable charging pressure
which means that there exists an optimal discharging pressur
e. As charging pressure increases
round-trip efficiency declines while energy density increases. The key approach to improve the round-trip efficiency is to decrease the heat transfer temperature differences of cool storage unit
intercooler and reheater. The optimum round-trip efficiency and energy density are 50.4% and 21.7 kW·h/m
3
respectively. The transcritical CO
2
energy storage system has advantages such as high energy density
high-efficiency and environment friendly
no geographical restriction
showing a promising potential for storing wind power in large scale.
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