Thermal Energy Storage
- Thermal energy storage (TES) systems have the potential to satisfy the increasing demand for flexibility at particularly low costs, compared to e.g. electrical batteries. At KIT the focus is placed on high-temperature TES using liquid metals as advanced heat transport fluids.
- Liquid metals offer the advantages of high transport efficiency, fast dynamic response and operation at high temperatures well beyond 700°C for TES integration in energy-intensive industries, innovative high-temperature chemical processes and CSP. Liquid-metal-based TES systems at high-temperature levels and high efficiency have the potential to be a game changer in numerous applications that are based on fossil-fuel heat supply today.
- KIT covers the complete research area from materials development over thermal hydraulics to component design and laboratory testing.
Publikationsliste
2024
Journal Articles
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Uhlenbruck, N.; Pfeifer, P.; Dietrich, B.; Hofberger, C.; Krumholz, R.; Saxler, A.; Schulz, L.; Stoppel, L.; Wetzel, T.
A Carbon Capture and Utilization Process for the Production of Solid Carbon Materials from Atmospheric CO2 – Part 1: Process Performance
2024. ChemSusChem. doi:10.1002/cssc.202401779 -
Uhlenbruck, N.; Dietrich, B.; Heißler, S.; Hofberger, C.; Krumholz, R.; Stoppel, L.; Trouillet, V.; Weidler, P. G.; Wetzel, T.
A Carbon Capture and Utilization Process for the Production of Solid Carbon Materials from Atmospheric CO2 – Part 2: Carbon Characterization
2024. ChemSusChem. doi:10.1002/cssc.202401780 -
Fetzer, R.; Zhang, T.; Heinzel, A.; Weisenburger, A.; Müller, G.
Corrosion of stainless steel and molybdenum used as PCC in Na//Sb-Bi liquid metal batteries under cycling conditions
2024. Journal of Power Sources, 623, Article no: 235473. doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2024.235473 -
Kamienowska, M.; Deutschmann, M. P.; Bender, M.; Stoppel, L.; Daubner, M.; Wetzel, T.; Niedermeier, K.
Experimental Demonstration of the Production of Hydrogen and Water‐Free Formaldehyde Using Sodium Vapor
2024. Chemie Ingenieur Technik. doi:10.1002/cite.202400007 -
Fetzer, R.; Heinzel, A.; Zhang, T.; Weisenburger, A.; Müller, G.
Corrosion of austenitic and ferritic steels, Kovar, and molybdenum in liquid Sb-Bi alloys with different compositions
2024. Corrosion Science, 233, Art.-Nr.: 112115. doi:10.1016/j.corsci.2024.112115 -
Tsisar, V.; Zhou, Z.; Wedemeyer, O.; Skrypnik, A.; Konys, J.; Schroer, C.
High-Temperature Corrosion Behavior of Fe-18Ni-12Cr-2.9Al and Fe-18Ni-12Cr-2.3Al-Nb-C Austenitic Steels Depending on Dissolved Oxygen Concentration in Static Liquid Pb at 700 °C
2024. High Temperature Corrosion of Materials, 101 (3), 589–602. doi:10.1007/s11085-024-10233-2 -
Zhang, T.; Fetzer, R.; Heinzel, A.; Weisenburger, A.; Tang, C.; Stüber, M.; Müller, G.
Corrosion behavior of various conductive materials in Sb3Sn7 alloy at 450 °C
2024. Corrosion Science, 227, Article no: 111797. doi:10.1016/j.corsci.2023.111797 -
Stoppel, L.; Dietrich, B.; Duran, I.; Hofberger, C.; Krumholz, R.; Uhlenbruck, N.; Wetzel, T.
Technology Development for the Pyrolysis of Hydrocarbons in Liquid Metal
2024. Chemie Ingenieur Technik, 96 (1-2), 30–35. doi:10.1002/cite.202300107 -
Müller-Trefzer, F.; Heinzel, A.; Hesse, R.; Weisenburger, A.; Wetzel, T.; Niedermeier, K.
Screening of Filler Material for a Packed‐Bed Thermocline Energy Storage Test Facility with Lead–Bismuth Eutectic as the Heat Transfer Fluid
2024. Energy Technology, 12 (2), Art.-Nr.: 2300781. doi:10.1002/ente.202300781
2023
Journal Articles
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Niedermeier, K.
A perspective on high‐temperature heat storage using liquid metal as heat transfer fluid
2023. Energy Storage, 5 (8), Art.Nr.: e530. doi:10.1002/est2.530 -
Durán, I.; Dietrich, B.; Hofberger, C.; Stoppel, L.; Uhlenbruck, N.; Wetzel, T.
CO Impact on Methane Pyrolysis as a Key Issue of Using Biogas as an Educt: A Theoretical Study
2023. (J. M. Coronado, Ed.) International Journal of Energy Research, 2023, 1–23. doi:10.1155/2023/3684046 -
Yu, R.; Gong, Q.; Shi, H.; Chai, Y.; Bonk, A.; Weisenburger, A.; Wang, D.; Müller, G.; Bauer, T.; Ding, W.
Corrosion behavior of Fe-Cr-Ni based alloys exposed to molten MgCl₂-KCl-NaCl salt with over-added Mg corrosion inhibitor
2023. Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 17 (10), 1608–1619. doi:10.1007/s11705-023-2349-1 -
Niedermeier, K.; Lux, M.; Purwitasari, A.; Weisenburger, A.; Daubner, M.; Müller-Trefzer, F.; Wetzel, T.
Design of the LIMELIGHT Test Rig for Component Testing for High-Temperature Thermal Energy Storage with Liquid Metals
2023. Processes, 11 (10), Article no: 2975. doi:10.3390/pr11102975 -
Ardila-Rey, J. A.; De Castro, B. A.; Rozas-Valderrama, R.; Orellana, L.; Boya, C.; Muhammad-Sukki, F.; Mas’ud, A. A.
Variation in the spectral content of UHF PD signals due to the presence of obstacles in the measurement environment
2023. IEEE Sensors Journal, 23 (19), 22620–22629. doi:10.1109/JSEN.2023.3306605 -
Orellana, L.; Ardila-Rey, J.; Avaria, G.; Davis, S.
Danger assessment of the partial discharges temporal evolution on a polluted insulator using UHF measurement and deep learning
2023. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 124, Art.-Nr.: 106573. doi:10.1016/j.engappai.2023.106573 -
Chen, L.; Xu, S.; Schroer, C.; Jia, H.; Ruan, Z.; Qin, B.; Zhou, Z.; Long, B.
Comparison of Corrosion Behavior of T91, 9Cr and 9CrAl ODS Steels in Liquid Pb
2023. Materials, 16 (6), Art.-Nr.: 2295. doi:10.3390/ma16062295 -
Ruck, S.; Arbeiter, F.; Digel, L.
Laser-Doppler- und Hitzdraht-Anemometrie-Messungen entlang V-förmiger angehobener Rippen in einem quadratischen Kanal
2023. tm - Technisches Messen, 90 (5), 310–322. doi:10.1515/teme-2022-0110 -
Ding, W.; Gong, Q.; Liang, S.; Hoffmann, R.; Zhou, H.; Li, H.; Wang, K.; Zhang, T.; Weisenburger, A.; Müller, G.; Bonk, A.
Multi-cationic molten salt electrolyte of high-performance sodium liquid metal battery for grid storage
2023. Journal of Power Sources, 553, Article no: 232254. doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.232254
2022
Journal Articles
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Uhlenbruck, N.; Dietrich, B.; Hofberger, C.; Stoppel, L.; Wetzel, T.
Methane Pyrolysis in a Liquid Metal Bubble Column Reactor: A Model Approach Combining Bubble Dynamics with Byproduct and Soot Formation
2022. Energy Technology, 10 (11), Art.-Nr.: 2200654. doi:10.1002/ente.202200654 -
Schellert, S.; Müller, J.; Ohrndorf, A.; Gorr, B.; Butz, B.; Christ, H.-J.
Characterization of the Isothermal and Thermomechanical Fatigue Behavior of a Duplex Steel Considering the Alloy Microstructure
2022. Metals, 12 (7), Art.Nr. 1161. doi:10.3390/met12071161 -
Shi, H.; Wu, T.; Gong, Q.; Ding, W.; Chai, Y.; Weisenburger, A.; Chang, L.; Zhang, Z.; Wang, K.; Richter, J.; Niendorf, T.; Müller, G.
Hot corrosion behavior of additively manufactured stainless steel 316L and Inconel 718 in MgCl /KCl/NaCl chloride salts at 700 °C
2022. Corrosion Science, 207, Art.-Nr.: 110561. doi:10.1016/j.corsci.2022.110561 -
Yang, W. G.; Hasemann, G.; Yazlak, M.; Gorr, B.; Schwaiger, R.; Krüger, M.
Ternary Vss-V3Si-V5SiB2 eutectic formation in the V-Si-B system
2022. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 902, Art.Nr. 163722. doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2022.163722 -
Müller-Trefzer, F.; Niedermeier, K.; Daubner, M.; Wetzel, T.
Experimental investigations on the design of a dual-media thermal energy storage with liquid metal
2022. Applied Thermal Engineering, 213, Art.-Nr.: 118619. doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2022.118619 -
Niedermeier, K.; Müller-Trefzer, F.; Marocco, L.
Parametric study of filler size and properties for a liquid-metal thermal energy storage
2022. Applied Thermal Engineering, 212, Article no: 118568. doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2022.118568 -
Laube, T.; Dietrich, B.; Marocco, L.; Wetzel, T.
Turbulent heat transfer in a liquid metal tube flow with azimuthally inhomogeneous heat flux
2022. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 189, Art.-Nr.: 122734. doi:10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2022.122734 -
Ruck, S.; Arbeiter, F.
Measurements of Turbulent Transport in a Square Channel with One Ribbed Wall
2022. Journal of fluids engineering, 144 (7), Art.Nr. FE-21–1491. doi:10.1115/1.4053442 -
Ruck, S.; Arbeiter, F.; Petri, T.
Laser-Doppler-Anemometrie-Messungen in einem quadratischen Kanal mit eng beieinanderliegenden Rippen an einer Wand
2022. Technisches Messen, 89 (3), 158–167. doi:10.1515/teme-2021-0121
Conference Papers
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Niedermeier, K.; Mueller-Trefzer, F.; Daubner, M.; Marocco, L.; Weisenburger, A.; Wetzel, T.
Theoretical and experimental studies of dual-media thermal energy storage with liquid metal
2022. 26th International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems (SolarPACES 2020), Article no: 160011, AIP Publishing. doi:10.1063/5.0085881
2021
Journal Articles
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Ruck, S.; Arbeiter, F.
LDA measurements in a one-sided ribbed square channel at Reynolds numbers of 50,000 and 100,000
2021. Experiments in fluids, 62 (11), Art.-Nr. 232. doi:10.1007/s00348-021-03313-5 -
Brenneis, B.; Gordeev, S.; Ruck, S.; Stoppel, L.; Hering, W.
Wake Shape and Height Profile Measurements in a Concave Open Channel Flow Regarding the Target in DONES
2021. Energies, 14 (20), Art.-Nr.: 6506. doi:10.3390/en14206506 -
Chen, L.; Tsisar, V.; Wang, M.; Schroer, C.; Zhou, Z.
Effect of oxygen on corrosion of an alumina-forming duplex steel in static liquid lead-bismuth eutectic at 550 °C
2021. Corrosion science, 189, Article no: 109591. doi:10.1016/j.corsci.2021.109591 -
Müller-Trefzer, F.; Niedermeier, K.; Fellmoser, F.; Flesch, J.; Pacio, J.; Wetzel, T.
Experimental results from a high heat flux solar furnace with a molten metal-cooled receiver SOMMER
2021. Solar energy, 221, 176–184. doi:10.1016/j.solener.2021.03.066
Conference Papers
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Schroer, C.
Fundamental Interactions of Steels and Nickel‐based Alloys with Lead‐based Liquid Alloys or Liquid Tin
2021. TMS 2021, 150th Annual Meeting & Exhibition, 15th - 18th March, 2021, Supplemental Proceedings. Ed.: The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, 642–656, Springer US. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-65261-6_58