Year: 2015, 2015
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>There is an increasing global need for grid scale electrical energy storage to handle the implementation of intermittent renewable energy sources. Adiabatic compressed air energy storage is an emerging technology with similar performance to pumped hydro except it has the issue of heat loss during the compression stage. Previously, it has been considered to use sensible heat storage… more Full Text: INVESTIGATION OF USING PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS FOR THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE IN ADIABATIC COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGE A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in …