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System and method for supplying an energy grid with energy from an intermittent renewable energy source

US10323544B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Oliver Heid · Erlangen, DE
Paul Beasley · Woodstock, GB
Timothy Hughes · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 16, 2014
Grant date	Jun 18, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 4, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P20/52
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for supplying an energy grid with energy from an intermittent renewable energy source having a production unit for producing Hydrogen and Nitrogen, a mixing unit configured to receive and mix the Hydrogen and the Nitrogen produced by the production unit, an Ammonia source for receiving and processing the Hydrogen-Nitrogen-mixture, an Ammonia power generator for generating energy for the energy grid, a heat distribution system with one or more heat exchangers, and an Ammonia cracker, which is fluidly connected to the Ammonia storage vessel and to the Ammonia power generator, and which is configured and arranged to receive Ammonia from the Ammonia storage vessel, to effect a partial cracking of the received Ammonia to form an Ammonia-Hydrogen-mixture and to direct the Ammonia-Hydrogen-mixture to the Ammonia power generator for combustion.

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