High-cop heat pump with thermochemical storage system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12442571-B2
Application number	US-202117904149-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 19, 2021
Priority date	Feb 19, 2020
Publication date	Oct 14, 2025
Grant date	Oct 14, 2025

Abstract

The invention is directed to energy storage and supply system ( 100 ) comprising a combination of a heat pump (HP) ( 2 ) and a thermochemical storage (TCS) ( 1 ) unit, adapted for storing and supplying energy. In a further aspect, the invention is directed to a method for operating the energy storage and supply system ( 100 ), wherein said method comprises charging and discharging phases which both comprise providing a HP warm stream by the HP and leading said HP warm stream to the TCS unit to respectively thermally charge and discharge said TCS unit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. Method for operating an energy storage and supply system ( 100 ) comprising a combination of a heat pump (HP) ( 2 ) and a thermochemical storage (TCS) ( 1 ) unit, wherein said method comprises charging and discharging phases which both comprise providing a HP warm stream by the HP and leading said HP warm stream to the TCS unit to respectively thermally charge and discharge said TCS unit.

2. Method according to claim 1 , wherein said charging phase further comprises providing a HP cool stream and leading said HP cool stream to the TCS unit to charge the TCS unit, preferably to the liquid storage compartment, for condensing the sorbate.

3. Method according to claim 1 , wherein the heat pump comprises a high temperature heat pump, preferably a heat pump comprising a sub-cooler ( 23 ), a multistage heater and/or multistage compressor.

4. Method according to claim 1 , wherein the heat pump comprises an air source heat pump.

5. Method according to claim 1 wherein, during the charging phase, the HP warm stream has a temperature in the range of 50 to 130° C. such as 70 to 80° C., while preferably the HP cool stream has a temperature in the range of 3 to 15° C., or lower.

6. Method according to claim 1 wherein, during the discharging phase, the HP warm stream has a temperature in the range of 5 to 15° C., or higher.

7. The method according to claim 1 having a coefficient of performance above 5, preferably above 10, more preferably above 14 during the discharging phase.

8. Energy storage and supply system ( 100 ) comprising a combination of a heat pump (HP) ( 2 ) and a thermochemical storage (TCS) ( 1 ) unit, adapted for storing and supplying energy with a method in accordance with claim 1 , adapted such that the HP can be in thermal connection to the TCS unit and a HP warm stream generated by the HP can be led to the TCS unit, preferably to an energy storage compartment ( 11 ) and/or a liquid storage compartment ( 12 ) of said TCS unit, wherein said energy storage compartment comprises a sorption material ( 14 ) adapted such that it can be charged with heat via a first TCS heat exchanger ( 13 ) that is in thermal connection to a HP condenser ( 21 ) in said HP, wherein the liquid storage compartment comprises a second TCS heat exchanger ( 15 ) which is in thermal connection to both said HP condenser ( 21 ) and a HP evaporator ( 22 ) via a HP heat exchanger ( 24 ) and wherein said TCS unit further comprises a valve unit ( 16 ) which can be closed during storage of the thermal energy.

9. Energy storage and supply system according to claim 8 , wherein the first TCS heat exchanger ( 13 ) is switchably connected to a further system via valves ( 35 , 36 ).

10. Energy storage and supply system according to claim 8 , wherein a HP cool stream can be led to the liquid storage compartment ( 12 ) of said TCS unit.

11. Energy storage and supply system according to claim 8 wherein the heat pump is an air source heat pump, and preferably comprises a sub-cooler.

12. Energy storage and supply system according to claim 8 , wherein the TCS unit ( 1 ) comprises a hygroscopic salt, preferably Na 2 S.

13. Method according to claim 1 , wherein said charging phase comprises providing a HP warm stream by the HP and leading said HP warm stream to an energy storage compartment ( 11 ) of the TCS unit to charge said TCS unit with heat by desorbing a sorbed sorbate of a sorption material ( 13 ) that is located in said energy storage compartment and condensing said desorbed sorbate in a liquid storage compartment ( 12 );
and wherein said discharging phase comprises providing a HP warm stream by the HP and leading said HP warm stream to the liquid storage compartment ( 12 ) of the TCS unit to discharge said TCS unit by evaporating the desorbed sorbate in the liquid storage compartment and sorbing said evaporated sorbate in the energy storage compartment ( 11 ) at the sorption material.

14. Method according to claim 13 , wherein the sorption material ( 13 ) comprises a zeolite, metal organic framework, or a hygroscopic salt, preferably Na 2 S.

15. Method according to claim 14 , wherein said charging phase further comprises providing a HP cool stream and leading said HP cool stream to the TCS unit to charge the TCS unit, preferably to the liquid storage compartment, for condensing the sorbate.

16. Method according to claim 14 , wherein the heat pump comprises a high temperature heat pump, preferably a heat pump comprising a sub-cooler ( 23 ), a multistage heater and/or multistage compressor.

17. Method according to claim 14 , wherein the heat pump comprises an air source heat pump.

18. Method according to claim 13 , wherein the sorbate comprises water, ammonia, methanol or ethanol, preferably water.

19. Method according to claim 18 , wherein said charging phase further comprises providing a HP cool stream and leading said HP cool stream to the TCS unit to charge the TCS unit, preferably to the liquid storage compartment, for condensing the sorbate.

20. Method according to claim 18 , wherein the heat pump comprises a high temperature heat pump, preferably a heat pump comprising a sub-cooler ( 23 ), a multistage heater and/or multistage compressor.

Assignees

• TNO

Inventors

• Van Vliet Laurens Daniël
• Cuypers Ruud

Classifications

• F25B2400/24

  Thermal storage element · CPC title

• F25B30/06

  characterised by the source of low potential heat · CPC title

• F25B30/02

  of the compression type · CPC title

• F25B17/10 Primary

  using the endothermic solution of salt · CPC title

• F25B17/08

  the absorbent or adsorbent being a solid, e.g. salt (F25B17/12 takes precedence) · CPC title