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Robotic System for Solar Thermal-compressed Air Energy Storage
University of West Florida Libraries
Master of Science (MS), University of West Florida
2022
Abstract
This paper proposes a theoretical energy storage power plant consisting of a solar thermalsystem and a compressed air system controlled as a single robotic system. The solar thermal
system consists of linear fresnel array solar collectors, thermal storage in a fluidized bed of sand,
and a steam turbine to generate electricity from stored thermal energy. The compressed air
system uses an air compressor to store excess electricity as cooled compressed air in an
underground pressure vessel. During periods of high demand, the air is reheated in a multistage
air expander to produce electricity. A water reservoir cools the compressed air, captures waste
heat from the steam turbine, and reheats the expanding air to 90 ℃. The control for the robotic
system is modeled as a python visualization program in google colab. This program takes grid
data as an input, uses a Long Short Term Memory (LSTM) neural net to make 24-hour
predictions, then calculates and displays the energy flows between different components in the
system as it timesteps through the input data. Simulation results from 4 years of example grid
data demonstrate the productivity of the hybrid robotic system and the accuracy of the neural net
predictions. Finally, design alterations to the solar thermal-compressed air hybrid system are
explored for their advantages and disadvantages.
Simulation Link:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VzwhUMOEijk_PrPd7omQJ_INRVSNXXLX?usp=share_link
Details
- Title
- Robotic System for Solar Thermal-compressed Air Energy Storage
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Contributors
- Bhuvaneswari Ramachandran (Advisor)Yazan Alqudah (Committee Member)Tarek Youssef Elsayed (Committee Member)
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Libraries
- Format
- pdf
- Number of pages
- 50
- Copyright
- 2020 Dana J. Leach
- Identifiers
- 99380151696806600
- Academic Unit
- Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Awarding Institution
- University of West Florida; Master of Science (MS)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Science (MS), University of West Florida