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A Technical And Economic Comparative Analysis Of Sensible And Latent Heat Packed Bed Storage Systems For Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Plants, Jamie Trahan
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Though economically favorable when compared to other renewable energy storage technologies, thermal energy storage systems for concentrating solar thermal power (CSP) plants require additional cost reduction measures to help transition CSP plants to the point of grid-parity. Thermocline packed bed storage is regarded as one potential low cost solution due to the single tank requirement and low cost storage media. Thus sensible heat storage (SHS) and latent heat storage (LHS) packed bed systems, which are two thermocline varieties, are frequently investigated. LHS systems can be further classified as single phase change material (PCM) systems or cascaded systems wherein multiple PCMs …