Thermodynamic and hydrodynamic response of compressed air energy storage reservoirs: a review
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Roy Kushnir
Roy Kushnir received his PhD degree from Tel Aviv University, Israel in 2011. Currently, he is a researcher at the School of Mechanical Engineering at Tel Aviv University. His main research activities are in the areas of energy storage and natural convection cooling.
Amos Ullmann received his PhD degree from the City University of New York, USA in 1992. Currently, he is an associate professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering at Tel Aviv University, Israel and he serves as the head of the Environmental Engineering Program.He is a co-author of more than 70 publications in the fields of multiphase flow and transport phenomena, separation processes, particles flow and emission and micro-pumps.Abraham
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Abraham Dayan
Dayan is an associate professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering at Tel Aviv University, Israel. He received his PhD in 1974 from the University of California, Berkeley. His principal research activities are in the fields of heat transfer, thermodynamics, bioengineering, nuclear safety, energy generation and energy storage.
Abstract
Installation of large-scale compressed air energy storage (CAES) plants requires underground reservoirs capable of storing compressed air. In general, suitable reservoirs for CAES applications are either porous rock reservoirs or cavern reservoirs. Depending on the reservoir type, the cyclical action of air injection and subsequent withdrawal produces temperature and pressure fluctuations within the reservoir. An accurate prediction of these fluctuations is essential for the design of the reservoir and its associated turbomachinery. Being mutually dependent, the selection of the turbomachinery and reservoir characteristics must be conducted simultaneously to obtain an integrated cost-effective plant. The present review is intended to encompass the pertinent literature on the temperature and pressure variations within CAES reservoirs. The principal experimental and operational data sources are described, as well as important results of theoretical modeling efforts. Conclusions derived from those investigations and their relevance to CAES plant designs are discussed.
About the authors
Roy Kushnir received his PhD degree from Tel Aviv University, Israel in 2011. Currently, he is a researcher at the School of Mechanical Engineering at Tel Aviv University. His main research activities are in the areas of energy storage and natural convection cooling.
Amos Ullmann received his PhD degree from the City University of New York, USA in 1992. Currently, he is an associate professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering at Tel Aviv University, Israel and he serves as the head of the Environmental Engineering Program.He is a co-author of more than 70 publications in the fields of multiphase flow and transport phenomena, separation processes, particles flow and emission and micro-pumps.Abraham
Dayan is an associate professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering at Tel Aviv University, Israel. He received his PhD in 1974 from the University of California, Berkeley. His principal research activities are in the fields of heat transfer, thermodynamics, bioengineering, nuclear safety, energy generation and energy storage.
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