1st International Conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical Sciences for Sustainable Technologies
Assessment of Solar Thermal Energy Storage Systems: Methods, Components and Integration
Mohit Pandya and Alok Kumar Ansu, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Manipal University Jaipur, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Amit Kumar, Mathan Kumar B, Mohan Prasath S and Ranjith Kumar V, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sri Eshwar College of Engineering, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
To address both the effects of climate change and our insatiable want for energy, an energy paradigm shift is required. The adoption of cutting-edge energy technology is required for this change to occur. Thermal energy storage is essential for balancing energy demand and supply, as well as guaranteeing system stability and maximizing the potential of intermittent renewable energy sources. It may not only maximize the usage of renewable energy and lower the price of electricity at night, but it may also provide flexibility and auxiliary services for solving future power supply/demand challenges. There is still a need for a clear and complete source of knowledge to provide related concepts as well as applications even if there are numerous good review materials in the literature covering different heat storage technologies independently. In order to study their performance, various TES types such as sensible, latent, and sorption have been briefly detailed in this work.
Keywords
Thermal Energy Storage, Balancing Energy Demand, Renewable Energy Sources, Power Supply, Heat Storage Technologies.
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Cite this article
Mohit Pandya, Alok Kumar Ansu, Amit Kumar, Mathan Kumar B, Mohan Prasath S and Ranjith Kumar V, “Assessment of Solar Thermal Energy Storage Systems: Methods, Components and Integration”, Advances in Computational Intelligence in Materials Science, pp. 133-137, June. 2023. doi:10.53759/acims/978-9914-9946-6-7-17
