Thermal Energy Storage integrated in CCGT

A step towards innovative transitional hybrid power plant

Hybrid Power Plants: Flexible resources to foster energy transition

ANIMP Sezione Energia (National Association of Industrial Plant Systems)

June 2020

Pasquale Salza
Head of Long duration Storage & Hybrid Systems
Enel Global Power Generation – Innovation

pasquale.salza@enel.com
 Enel leadership in the new energy world

1st network operator1

73 mn end users

World’s largest player in renewables2

46 GW capacity

Largest retail customer base worldwide3

70 mn customers

Active in 5 continents

32 countries
Data updated to 31.12.2019
1. By number of end users. Publicly owned operators not included
2. By installed capacity. It includes managed capacity for 3.7 GW
3. Including customers of free and regulated power and gas markets
Our strategy addresses dynamically the
evolution of sector trends

Decarbonisation

Enabling Ecosystems
Infrastructure & Platforms

Electrification
 Enel’s vision of transistional hybrid plant
Seeking for disruptive synergies between RES and Thermal PP

An effective transitional hybrid plant should:

 Foster the flexibility of power generation assets and their capability to provide energy services to ensure grid stability;
 Optimize response to load profile, maximizing the production from renewable energy sources;
 Improve the adequacy and resiliency of the energy system while increasing the percentage of renewable based power
generation;
 Increase the competitiveness and sustainability of our power generation fleet;
 Accelerate the energy transition

Hybridization Concept
Going beyond simple “electrical” …finding real process/plant synergies
approach… Energy recovering and equipment
BoP and electrical connection sharing sharing

Multi Vector
Storage System
Electric
New long-duration energy storage
Thermal systems (e.g. LAES, CAES, TES, P2H,
Basic configuration: etc…) shall play a key role because they
Innovative configuration:
RES supports Thermal PP (e.g. aux can manage both electric and thermal
Thermal PP supports RES
power, regulation…) vectors
 The concept of “Multivector Energy Storage System”
OCGT CCGT
PV PV
M Motor D Dereator
MuVESS C Compressor P Pump
MuVESS S Storage HR Heat recovery
FUEL SG steam gen
B T Turbine
Gas fuel
C T ~ B Boiler
FUEL Electricity
B Steam
C T ~ CCGT TV Thermal En
turbine
HR
OCGT TV ~
SG

P D

MuVESS examples
Liquid Air.. …Compressed Air... …Thermal Storage… …P2G...

OCGT: open cycle gas turbine; CCGT: combined cycle gas turbine; PV photovoltaic panels; MuVESS: MultiVector Energy Storage System
 Thermal Energy Storage (TES) Technology
Quick facts about “solid state TES”

Environmental Sustainability
Key advantages: • No chemicals
• Long lifetime
• Heat recovery and release when energy is needed and in efficient • No use of critical raw materials

manner
Safety
• Passive units with minimal O&M and “unlimited” cycle
• No fire risk
• Only environmental-friendly materials used. • Limited nr. of moving parts
• Limited nr. electrical power
components

Solid-state Crashed pebbles Pebbles bed of

concrete granular rocks volcanic stones Fluidized bed sand
Different materials can work
Material with various maximum
consistency temperature, from 400°C to
> 900°C!

Stiesdal …& more!

 Thermal Energy Storage (TES) Technology
Multiple applications are possible

Source: Brenmiller - Note: Various technologies\OEMs are available with similar inputs\outputs

…What if heat pump

Both «thermal to thermal» and «power to power» is used instead of
(by a thermodynamic cycle) applications are possible! elctric heater?
 Demo concept for TES@CCGT
On field test of TES technology to flexibilize a CCGT

Increase PP flexibility
Decoupling electricity generation from gas and steam cycles to optimize electric output and performances without impacts
on gas turbine combustion stability

Integration Scheme
(simplified, for reference only)
Charge cycle
Final Electrical Flexibility offered by TESS
Discharge cycle
Power
increase At each power level (including at
Feed maximum/minimum nominal power)
HRSG Power
water
pumps
for maximum 5 hours
decrease
Higher ramp- Compliant with TSO requirements for
up/dw secondary frequency regulation
(simplified
scheme – for Start-up time
TES From hot/warm stand-by condition
reference only) reduction
TES
Demo concept for TES@CCGT
On field test of TES technology to flexibilize a CCGT

A step towards the transitional hybrid plant!

Thank you!

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