US20140144603A1 - Thermal power plant with regenerator and method of producing same - Google Patents

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US20140144603A1
US20140144603A1 US14/131,220 US201214131220A US2014144603A1 US 20140144603 A1 US20140144603 A1 US 20140144603A1 US 201214131220 A US201214131220 A US 201214131220A US 2014144603 A1 US2014144603 A1 US 2014144603A1
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  • the invention relates to a thermal power plant comprising a regenerator for storing heat, and to a method for producing such a plant.
  • a thermal power plant conventionally comprises a unit producing heat energy, a consumer of heat energy and a regenerator for storing this heat energy so that there can be an offset over time between its production and its consumption.
  • the ability to store heat energy is also of use for harnessing soft energy, such as solar energy, which is renewable but the production of which is intermittent.
  • Energy storage may also be of use in order to take advantage of differences in electricity prices between the “off-peak” times during which the electricity tariffs are at their lowest, and the “peak” times during which the tariffs are at their highest.
  • the electricity-consuming compression phases are advantageously performed at low cost during off-peak times, while the expansion phases that produce electricity are carried out during peak times in order to supply electricity that can be injected into the grid, according to the demand, at an advantageous tariff.
  • the heat energy is conventionally stored in a bed (packed bed) of energy-storage elements (media) of a regenerator, for example formed of a bed of rocks.
  • the storage operation which employs an exchange of heat between a stream of heat-transfer fluid and the regenerator, is conventionally known as “charging”, the heat-transfer fluid entering the regenerator during charging being known as the “charging heat-transfer fluid”.
  • the transfer of heat energy may lead to an increase in the temperature of these energy-storage elements (in which case it is “sensible” heat that is stored) and/or to a change in state of these elements (in which case it is “latent” heat that is stored).
  • the stored heat energy can then be restored, by heat exchange between a stream of heat-transfer fluid and the energy storage elements.
  • This operation is conventionally known as “discharging”, the heat-transfer fluid entering the regenerator during discharge being known as the “discharging heat-transfer fluid”.
  • thermo power plant comprising:
  • the thermal power plant is notable in that the energy-storage elements are made of a material having a characteristic ratio A higher than 0.3, with:
  • the material of the energy-storage elements is conventionally determined in such a way as to maximize the product ⁇ Cp(25° C.) of the density multiplied by the specific heat capacity at 25° C.
  • the material is not therefore specifically suited to the particular conditions of use of the regenerator.
  • a thermal power plant according to the invention may also have one or more of the following optional features:
  • the energy-storage elements are in permanent or temporary contact with an acid liquid of pH lower than 6, or even lower than 5.5, or even lower than 5, or even lower than 4.5, or even lower than 4, this notably being an aqueous liquid.
  • a thermal power plant comprises a consumer of heat energy, the said circulation device, during the discharging phase, causing the discharging heat-transfer fluid to circulate through the said regenerator, then from the said regenerator to the consumer of heat energy.
  • the unit producing heat energy comprises, or even consists of, a compressor that is mechanically or electrically powered by an incineration plant or by an electricity power station, particularly a thermal power station, a solar power station, a wind energy power station, a hydroelectric power station, or a tidal energy power station.
  • the unit producing heat energy and/or the consumer of heat energy may comprise a heat exchanger designed to perform direct or indirect heat exchange with the regenerator.
  • the invention also relates to a method of producing a thermal power plant according to the invention, in which the material chosen for the energy-storage elements, from a set of several materials, is the material that has the highest characteristic ratio A.
  • the invention also relates to a method for designing, producing and operating a thermal power plant, in which:
  • step a) the material of the energy-storage elements has a melting point higher than Tc+50° C. and lower than 2000° C., the concentration of all the elements leached from the said material, measured in accordance with standard EN 12457-2, being less than or equal to 0.5 g/l, the material being chosen to have a characteristic ratio A higher than 0.3, with:
  • the thermal power plant used may also have one or more of the optional features described hereinabove or in the remainder of the description.
  • FIG. 1 depicts curves of the change in temperature of the charging heat-transfer fluid along its path through a regenerator, with respect to the length of the regenerator. These curves are considered to be substantially identical to the temperature of the storage elements along the said length of the regenerator.
  • Curve C i is the curve obtained at the start of charging and curve C f is the curve obtained at the end of charging.
  • the length of the regenerator in metres, is shown along the abscissa axis and the temperature of the charging heat-transfer fluid, in this instance air, is shown on the ordinate axis, in Kelvin;
  • FIG. 2 depicts curves of the change in temperature of the discharging heat-transfer fluid along its path through a regenerator, with respect to the length of the regenerator. These curves are considered to be substantially identical to the temperature of the storage elements along the said length of the regenerator.
  • Curve D i is the curve obtained at the start of discharging and curve D f is the curve obtained at the end of discharging.
  • the length of the regenerator in metres, is shown along the abscissa axis and the temperature of the discharging heat-transfer fluid, in this instance air, is shown on the ordinate axis, in Kelvin;
  • FIGS. 3 a and 3 b , 4 a and 4 b , 5 a and 5 b schematically depict thermal power plants according to the invention
  • FIG. 6 schematically depicts a regenerator
  • FIGS. 7 a and 7 b depict the change in temperature of the storage elements made of a material according to Example 1 and according to Example 2 respectively, arranged along the axis of the cylinder of the regenerator, in the steady state, as a function of the position (“axial position”) along the said axis.
  • the axial position in metres, is shown on the abscissa axis and the temperature of the charging and discharging heat-transfer fluid, in this instance air, is shown on the ordinate axis, in Kelvin.
  • FIGS. 3 a , 4 a and 5 a correspond to charging phases.
  • FIGS. 3 b , 4 b and 5 b correspond to discharging phases.
  • the piping through which a fluid is passing is depicted in heavier line.
  • the valves needed to alter the circulation in the various circuits have not been depicted.
  • a “unit producing heat energy” is intended to mean not only units which are specifically designed to generate heat energy, such as a solar tower, but also units which, as a result of their operation, generate heat energy, for example a compressor.
  • thermo power plant is also to be understood in the broadest sense, as indicating any plant containing a unit that produces heat energy.
  • consumer of heat energy refers to an element capable of receiving heat energy. This may notably result in an increase in the temperature of the consumer (for example in the case of the heating of a building) and/or in conversion into mechanical energy (for example in the case of a gas turbine).
  • charging heat-transfer fluid and “discharging heat-transfer fluid” are the names given to the heat-transfer fluid that flows through the regenerator during charging and during discharging, respectively.
  • the charging heat-transfer fluid is said to be “cooled” when it leaves the regenerator.
  • the discharging heat-transfer fluid is said to be “heated” when it leaves the regenerator.
  • a “bed” of energy-storage elements means a set of such elements at least partially stacked on one another.
  • a “ceramic material” means a material which is neither organic nor metallic.
  • the oxides contents relate to the overall contents for each of the corresponding chemical elements, expressed in the form of the most stable oxide, according to the standard convention used in industry.
  • the melting point is measured at atmospheric pressure, for example using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).
  • DSC differential scanning calorimetry
  • a thermal power plant according to the invention may comprise several regenerators immediately in series or incorporated into compression stages, as described in FR 2 947 015.
  • a thermal power plant comprises a unit producing heat energy, a regenerator, a circulation device. It may also comprise a consumer of heat energy and/or a cavity.
  • the unit producing heat energy may be designed to produce heat energy, for example may be a furnace or a solar tower.
  • the unit producing heat energy is a compressor. Compressing a gaseous fluid, preferably an adiabatic fluid, causes energy to be stored in that fluid as a result of the increase in its pressure and temperature.
  • the energy resulting from the increase in pressure can be stored by keeping the fluid under pressure. This energy is then restored as the result of an expansion, for example through a turbine.
  • the energy resulting from the increase in temperature can be stored in a regenerator.
  • the heat energy may be a by-product of production, which means to say that it is not sought-after as such.
  • the unit producing heat energy produces over 50 kW, or over 100 kW, or even over 300 kW, or even over 1 MW, or even over 5 MW of heat energy.
  • the invention is in fact particularly intended for high-power industrial plants.
  • the consumer of heat energy may be a building or a collection of buildings, a reservoir, a basin, a turbine coupled to an alternator for generating electricity, an industrial plant that consumes steam, such as the paper pulping industry for example.
  • the regenerator is formed in the conventional way of a bed of energy-storage elements which are made from a material chosen according to the invention.
  • the bed may be an organized one, for example if the energy-storage elements are structured, or may be disorganized (“random”).
  • the bed may take the form of a mass of crushed bits (of no particular shape, such as a mass of rocks).
  • the shapes and dimensions of the energy-storage elements are nonlimiting.
  • the smallest dimension of an energy-storage element is greater than 0.5 mm, or even greater than 1 mm, or even greater than 5 mm, or even greater than 1 cm and/or for preference smaller than 50 cm, preferably smaller than 25 cm, preferably smaller than 20 cm, preferably smaller than 15 cm.
  • the longest dimension of a storage element is less than 10 metres, preferably less than 5 metres, preferably less than 1 metre.
  • the energy-storage elements may notably adopt the form of balls and/or granules and/or solid bricks and/or perforated bricks and/or cruciform elements and/or double cruciform elements and/or solid elements and/or perforated elements like those described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,889,963 and/or described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,699,562.
  • the height of the bed is preferably greater than 5 m, preferably greater than 15 m, preferably greater than 25 m, or even greater than 35 m, or even greater than 50 m.
  • the mass of the bed is preferably greater than 700 T, preferably greater than 2000 T, preferably greater than 4000 T, preferably greater than 5000 T, preferably greater than 7000 T.
  • the energy-storage elements are grouped together in an enclosure comprising first and second openings for introducing a heat-transfer fluid into and extracting same from the said enclosure, respectively.
  • the material of which the energy-storage elements are made preferably has an apparent porosity greater than 5% and/or less than 30%, preferably less than 25%, or even less than 20%, or even less than 15%, or even less than 10%, or even less than 6%.
  • the energy-storage elements are sintered products. All the known methods of producing sintered products can be used. Sintering at a temperature of between 1000° C. and 1500° C., preferably with a residence time at this temperature lasting longer than 0.5 hours and preferably less than 12 hours, may be very suitable.
  • the material of which the energy-storage elements are made is chosen according to its characteristic ratio, and therefore according to the conditions of operation of the thermal power plant.
  • the specific heat capacity can be measured in accordance with standard ASTM E1269, for example using a Netzsch STA 409 CD differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) device.
  • the charging and discharging temperatures are more or less constant throughout the charging and discharging phases respectively.
  • a number of materials may prove suitable.
  • it is the material that has the highest characteristic ratio A that is then chosen.
  • this material has to have a melting point higher than Tc+50° C. in order not to liquefy during the regenerator charging phase.
  • this material preferably has a melting point higher than Tc max +50° C.
  • the melting point is, however, lower than 2000° C. This is because materials that have melting points above 2000° C. are poorly suited to the target applications, notably because of their production cost.
  • This material has also to be insoluble, namely, in a test performed in accordance with standard EN 12547-2 of December 2002, to lead to a concentration of all the leached elements that is less than or equal to 0.5 g/l, preferably less than or equal to 0.1 g/l, more preferably still, less than 0.05. Failing that, its life would be considerably shortened should it come into contact with water vapour, notably if it is used as charging or discharging heat-transfer fluid, or with water, notably resulting from the condensation of the water vapour contained in the charging or discharging heat-transfer fluid, particularly if the latter is air.
  • the material of the storage elements may be a natural material, in its native form.
  • the energy-storage elements may be pieces of rock.
  • the material of the energy-storage elements is a ceramic material.
  • oxides account for more than 90 wt %, preferably more than 95 wt %, preferably more than 99 wt %, or even more or less 100 wt % thereof.
  • This material may in particular have one or more of the following optional features:
  • the said material incorporates residues from the production of alumina, notably red mud from the Bayer process, this process being notably described in “Les techniques de l' registration [Engineering techniques]”, in the article entitled “métallurgie extractive de'aluminium [aluminium extractive metallurgy]”, reference M2340 Arrangements T.I., date of publication 10 Jan. 1992 (particularly chapter 6 beginning on page M2340-13 and FIG. 7 on page M2340-15).
  • the said red mud may possibly be converted prior to use, for example during scrubbing and/or drying stages.
  • the energy-storage elements are grouped together into an enclosure having first and second openings for respectively introducing a heat-transfer fluid into and extracting same from the said enclosure.
  • the opening of the regenerator via which charging heat-transfer fluid enters the regenerator during a charging phase is the opening via which heated discharging heat-transfer fluid leaves the regenerator during a discharging phase.
  • the opening of the regenerator via which discharging heat-transfer fluid to be heated enters the regenerator during a discharging phase is the opening via which cooled charging heat-transfer fluid leaves the regenerator during a charging phase.
  • the opening of the regenerator via which the heated discharging heat-transfer fluid bound for a furnace leaves the regenerator is in the upper part of the regenerator.
  • the opening of the regenerator via which the discharging heat-transfer fluid to be heated enters the regenerator is in the lower part of the regenerator.
  • the circulation device in the conventional way comprises a collection of pipes, valves and pumps/blowers/extractors all controlled in such a way as to allow the regenerator to be placed selectively in communication:
  • a thermal power plant comprises a computerized system that is programmed to control the circulation device, in particular to ensure the said selective communication and the circulation through the regenerator.
  • the charging and discharging heat-transfer fluids may or may not be of the same kind.
  • the charging heat-transfer fluid and the discharging heat-transfer fluid have the same composition.
  • the heat-transfer fluid used for charging and/or discharging the regenerator may be a gas, for example air, steam, or a heat-transfer gas, or may be a liquid, for example water or a thermal oil.
  • the carbon dioxide CO 2 and/or carbon monoxide CO content, by volume, in the heat-transfer fluid is less than 50%, or even less than 10%, or even less than 1%, or better still, substantially zero.
  • the thermal power plant may comprise an enclosure known as a “cavity” for the temporary storage of the cooled charging heat-transfer fluid leaving the regenerator.
  • the volume of the cavity is typically greater than 20 000 m 3 , or even greater than 100 000 m 3 .
  • the cavity is preferably not very permeable, or even completely fluidtight to the heat-transfer fluid.
  • the thermal power plant is configured to be able to operate according to at least some, and preferably all, of the rules described below.
  • the charging heat-transfer fluid enters the regenerator at a temperature Tc, preferably substantially constant, generally via the upper part of the regenerator.
  • Tc the difference between the temperature of the heat-transfer fluid Tc and the temperature of the energy-storage elements with which it then comes into contact
  • T 1 the difference between the temperature of the heat-transfer fluid Tc and the temperature of the energy-storage elements with which it then comes into contact
  • the temperature Tc at which the charging heat-transfer fluid enters the regenerator during its charging is below 1000° C., or even below 800° C. and/or preferably above 350° C., or even above 500° C.
  • the charging heat-transfer fluid then continues its path through the regenerator, heating up the energy-storage elements with which it is in contact. Its temperature therefore gradually drops, as represented in curve C i of FIG. 1 , down to the temperature Tc i ′.
  • the temperature Tc i ′ at which the charging heat-transfer fluid leaves the regenerator, at the start of charging, is close to the discharging temperature from the previous cycle.
  • the curve representing the change in temperature of the charging heat-transfer fluid along its path through the regenerator is notably dependent on the material of the energy-storage elements and on the geometry of the regenerator. It changes over time, during the charging phase, as a result of the heating-up of the energy-storage elements (this is the shift from curve C i to curve C f ).
  • the charging heat-transfer fluid is a gas
  • its cooling may lead to condensation on the surface of the energy-storage elements, particularly in sensible-heat regenerators.
  • the condensates may be highly corrosive.
  • the energy-storage elements of a regenerator according to the invention are advantageously highly resistant to corrosion from these condensates.
  • the discharging heat-transfer fluid enters the regenerator at a temperature Td preferably substantially constant, generally via the bottom part of the regenerator.
  • Td preferably substantially constant, generally via the bottom part of the regenerator.
  • the temperature Td is close to the temperature of the energy-storage elements with which it then comes into contact (T 2 ) and the heat-transfer fluid rapidly heats up at this latter temperature.
  • the temperature of the energy-storage elements with which the heat-transfer fluid comes into contact (T 2 ) is higher than 50° C., or even higher than 100° C., higher than 200° C. or higher than 300° C. and/or lower than 600° C.
  • the heat-transfer fluid then continues its path through the regenerator, cooling the energy-storage elements with which it is in contact. Its temperature therefore increases progressively, as depicted in curve D i of FIG. 2 , up to the temperature Td i ′.
  • the curve representing the change in temperature of the discharging heat-transfer fluid along its path through the regenerator is also notably dependent on the material of the energy-storage elements and on the geometry of the regenerator. It changes over time because of the cooling of the energy-storage elements (represented by the shift from curve D i to curve D f ).
  • the regenerator therefore experiences a succession of “cycles”, each cycle comprising a charging phase, possibly a standby phase, then a discharging phase.
  • the cycle may be regular or irregular. For preference, it is regular, the duration of the first phases being the same as that of the second phases.
  • the duration of a regular cycle is generally longer than 0.5 hours, or even longer than two hours and/or shorter than 48 hours, or even shorter than 24 hours.
  • the regenerator is a sensible-heat regenerator, which means that the material of the energy-storage elements and the charging and discharging temperatures are determined in such a way that the energy-storage elements remain solid throughout the operation of the thermal power plant. Indeed it is in a sensible-heat regenerator that the probabilities of the heat-transfer fluid condensing are the highest.
  • FIGS. 3 a and 3 b , 4 a and 4 b , 5 a and 5 b depict various advantageous embodiments.
  • a thermal power plant 10 according to the invention comprises a unit producing heat energy 12 , a regenerator 14 , a consumer of heat energy 16 and a circulation device 18 . It may also include a natural or artificial cavity 20 .
  • the circulation device 18 comprises a charging circuit 22 and a discharging circuit 24 through which a charging heat-transfer fluid and a discharging heat-transfer fluid respectively pass.
  • This charging circuit 22 and this discharging circuit 24 allow the unit producing heat energy 12 to be placed in a heat-exchange relationship with the regenerator 14 during the charging phase and allow the regenerator 14 to be placed in a heat-exchange relationship with the consumer of heat energy 16 during the discharging phase, respectively.
  • FIGS. 3 a and 3 b depict a first specific embodiment in which the consumer of heat energy 16 comprises a heat exchanger 26 designed to perform an exchange of heat between discharging heat-transfer fluid from the regenerator 14 ( FIG. 3 b ) and a secondary heat-transfer fluid circulating in a secondary circuit 28 .
  • the secondary circuit 28 is configured to allow the heat exchanger 26 to be placed in a heat-exchange relationship with, for example, a building 30 .
  • the thermal power plant 10 also comprises a direct heating circuit 32 allowing the unit producing heat energy 12 , for example a solar tower, to be placed in a direct heat-exchange relationship with the consumer of heat energy 16 during the charging phase ( FIG. 3 a ).
  • a direct heating circuit 32 allowing the unit producing heat energy 12 , for example a solar tower, to be placed in a direct heat-exchange relationship with the consumer of heat energy 16 during the charging phase ( FIG. 3 a ).
  • the regenerator 14 is preferably near to the unit producing heat energy, for example less than 500 metres, or even less than 250 metres away from this unit.
  • FIGS. 4 a and 4 b depict a second particular embodiment in which the unit producing heat energy 12 comprises a compressor 34 driven by the energy, for example mechanical or electrical energy, produced by a set 36 .
  • the charging heat-transfer fluid conventionally air, is therefore compressed and heats up as it passes through the compressor 34 before arriving, via the charging circuit 22 , in the regenerator 14 .
  • the regenerator need not be in the close vicinity of the plant that generates the electricity needed to compress the air or of the compressor 34 .
  • the compressed cooled charging heat-transfer fluid is stored in the cavity 20 .
  • the compressed discharging heat-transfer fluid (which means the charging heat-transfer fluid that was stored in the cavity) leaves the cavity 20 , is heated up as it passes through the regenerator then passes through a gas turbine 38 .
  • the gas turbine 38 may drive an alternator (not depicted) with a view to generating electricity, for example sent to the domestic grid.
  • the heating allows the discharging heat-transfer fluid to accumulate heat energy. This energy, which is restored at the time of expansion, limits condensation and improves the efficiency of the gas turbine 38 .
  • the gas turbine 38 therefore acts simultaneously as a consumer of heat energy (by reducing the temperature) and as a consumer of mechanical energy (by reducing the pressure).
  • FIGS. 4 a and 4 b are particularly well suited to plants that are not designed to generate heat energy, such as a wind farm or an electricity power station of the hydroelectric or tidal power type.
  • Such a plant is conventionally known as a “plant that stores energy by adiabatic compression”.
  • FR 2 947 015 describes a plant of this type.
  • FIGS. 5 a and 5 b depict an alternative form of the second particular embodiment.
  • the thermal power plant 10 comprises, in addition to the elements of the second embodiment, a second regenerator 14 ′ and,
  • the second regenerator 14 ′, the second charging circuit 22 ′, the second discharging circuit 24 ′, the second compressor 34 ′ and the second gas turbine 38 ′ operate like the regenerator 14 , the charging circuit 22 , the charging circuit 24 , the compressor 34 and the gas turbine 38 .
  • the regenerator 14 acting as a unit producing heat energy, they constitute a thermal power plant according to the invention.
  • the compressor 34 is a medium-pressure compressor and the compressor 34 ′ is a high-pressure compressor.
  • thermal power plants according to the invention may thus be arranged in series.
  • FIG. 6 depicts one example of a regenerator 14 .
  • This regenerator comprises a bed of energy-storage elements 40 , an upper opening 42 and a lower opening 44 via which openings the charging and discharging heat-transfer fluids respectively enter the regenerator.
  • the charging and discharging heat-transfer fluids leave the regenerator 14 via the lower opening 42 and the upper opening 44 , respectively.
  • the shape of the energy-storage elements is similar for examples 1 and 2.
  • the energy-storage elements according to example 2 were produced as follows:
  • the said starting charge contains no additive.
  • the shaping of the said starting charge is performed by single-axis compression at a pressure of 125 MPa.
  • the preforms are then dried for 12 hours at 120° C.
  • the preforms are then sintered in air, in the following cycle:
  • the concentration of all the elements leached from the said material, into water, was measured in accordance with standard EN 12457-2, at a temperature of 22° C.
  • Ti temperature at the start of charging in the section of width dx, located at the axial position x, in Kelvin
  • Tf temperature at the end of discharging in the section of width dx, located at the axial position x, in Kelvin
  • ⁇ apparent density of the bed, in kg/m 3
  • S circular section of the regenerator, in m 2
  • L length of the regenerator in m
  • Cp(T) specific heat capacity of the storage material at the temperature T.
  • Example 1 storage elements
  • Example 2 storage elements made of granite (outside of the made of a product according to invention) the invention
  • Other characteristics of the storage elements of the regenerator Melting point (° C.) Between 850° C. and 2000° C. Between 850° C. and 2000° C. Concentration of all the elements leached ⁇ 0.5 ⁇ 0.5 into the water at 22° C.
  • the regenerator containing storage elements of example 2 according to the invention has a temperature at the end of discharging of 711° C., which is higher than the temperature at the end of discharging of the regenerator containing storage elements of example 1 outside of the invention (657° C.).
  • the performance of a turbine supplied with the air leaving the regenerator containing storage elements of example 2 according to the invention will be improved as a result.

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