Dr
Andreas Haselbacher
(Institute of Energy Technology, ETH Zürich)
04/11/2014, 11:00
Following an outline of the motivation for heat storage in general and Switzerland in particular, the collaborators involved in the SCCER heat-storage research and development effort will be introduced. The objectives and current status of the projects on both low- and high-temperature heat storage will be described. Particular emphasis will be placed on explaining the relevance of the...
Dr
Gianluca Ambrosetti
(Airlight Energy Holding SA, 6710 Biasca, Switzerland)
04/11/2014, 11:30
Thermal energy storage (TES) systems enable dispatchability of concentrated solar power (CSP) plants and are therefore a crucial component in increasing the overall value of such plants. However, in commercially available CSP plants, typically using molten salt as TES, the cost of the TES system is about 10-15% of the total plant cost. Airlight Energy’s solar collector uses air as heat...
