Method for energy storage to utilize intermittent renewable energy and low-value electricity for CO2 capture and utilization
US9285112B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 28, 2014 |
| Grant date | Mar 15, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 23, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E20/32
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A power plant includes a boiler, a steam turbine, a generator driven by that steam turbine, a condenser, a post combustion processing system and an energy storage system including at least one electrochemical cell to store excess electrical energy generated by the generator during period valley demand and release thermal energy for power plant operations at other times.
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