A novel liquid air energy storage (LAES) system using packed beds for thermal storage was investigated and analyzed by Peng et al. . A mathematical model was developed to explore the impact of various parameters on the performance of the system.
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. In recent years, liquid air energy storage (LAES) has gained prominence as an alternative to existing large-scale electrical energy storage solutions such as compressed air (CAES) and pumped hydro energy storage (PHES), especially in the context of medium-to-long-term storage.
In this context, liquid air energy storage (LAES) has recently emerged as feasible solution to provide 10-100s MW power output and a storage capacity of GWhs.
The liquid air storage section and the liquid air release section showed an exergy efficiency of 94.2% and 61.1%, respectively. In the system proposed, part of the cold energy released from the LNG was still wasted to the environment.
A novel energy storage system integrating LAES and thermochemical energy storage (TCES) systems, was proposed by Wu et al. .
The storage section of the LAES stores the liquid air produced by the liquefaction cycle in unpressurized or low pressurized insulated vessels. The energy losses for a LAES storage tank can be estimated to be around 0.1–0.2% of the tank energy capacity per day, which makes the LAES suitable as a long-term energy storage system.