公开(公告)号：WO2020174379A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-03

申请号：PCT/IB2020/051582

申请日：2020-02-25

Applicant: KHALIFA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Inventor： ARMSTRONG, Peter Ross

IPC: F24S60/30

Abstract: A thermal energy storage (TES) for Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants consists of a two-tank molten salt storage. There is a provided need for a thermal energy receiving and storage system for CSP plants. To demonstrate how thermocline TES can be used in the CSPonD concept, a water tank is used for receiving a heat transfer fluid, which includes an absorbing mesh that is mountable within the tank for establishing and maintaining natural stratification resulting in a thermocline zone within the tank, and additionally comprises a plug flow injection system for establishing plug flow within the tank. A method of establishing and maintaining natural stratification, involves pumping cold heat transfer fluid, injecting the cold heat transfer fluid, and controlling the pumping and the injecting, all within the tank.