2022 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Development of high temperature sensible/thermochemical heat storage system for high efficiency solar thermal power generation
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21K04962
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| Research Institution | Niigata University |
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Principal Investigator |
Bellan Selvan 新潟大学, 自然科学系, 准教授 (50785293)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | Solar energy / Thermochemical storage / Particle reactor / Thermal energy storage |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
In order to buy some essential components from overseas, some delays happened due to COVID pandemic. However, Using the validated model, an optimized receiver-reactor has been designed and constructed. Iron-manganese oxide with the Fe/Mn molar ratio of 2:1 has been developed as a heat storage material for high temperature thermochemical storage. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and thermogravimetric (TGA) analyses were conducted. The synthesized materials have been thermally reduced under a nitrogen atmosphere, and the reduction kinetics have been investigated.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
3: Progress in research has been slightly delayed.
Reason
Reasons: In order to buy some essential components from overseas, some delays happened due to COVID pandemic.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
Sensible/thermochemical heat storage experiments of the receiver will be conducted by solar simulator using promising particles. The reaction rate and efficiency of the receiver will be comprehensively analyzed both experimentally and numerically. Then, using the optimized numerical model and the experimental demonstration results, an upscaled receiver will be designed for solar demonstration by our beam-down solar concentrator. The effect of operating parameters on the thermo-fluid flow and efficiency of the receiver will be studied numerically for various DNIs (summer and winter).
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| Causes of Carryover |
In this fiscal year, using the optimized numerical model and the experimental demonstration results, an upscaled receiver will be designed for solar demonstration by our beam-down solar concentrator. Thus, we request the funding to, purchase some consumables, and to disseminate the project results in national and international conferences.
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Research Products
(4 results)
