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injection with c<strong>or</strong>responding reduction <strong>of</strong> the st<strong>or</strong>age volume and costs. Similar to <strong>com</strong>bined<br />

cycle gas turbine plants, the additional power associated with the steam injection lags the<br />

power almost instantly produced by the air expansion turbine. Like any steam-injected<br />

system, this concept uses demineralized water; the cost <strong>of</strong> the water has to be included in<br />

economic feasibility studies <strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong> this type <strong>of</strong> plant.<br />

Figure 4<br />

Combined Cycle with HRSG and Steam Turbine<br />

• Compressed Air <strong>St<strong>or</strong>age</strong> with Humidification (CASH) [3, 4] – As shown in Figure 6, the<br />

st<strong>or</strong>ed air is humidified in an air saturat<strong>or</strong> be<strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong>e being injected into the <strong>com</strong>bustion turbine.<br />

The mass <strong>of</strong> air needed to be st<strong>or</strong>ed per unit <strong>of</strong> power output is significantly reduced due to<br />

humidification. Thus, the size <strong>of</strong> the air st<strong>or</strong>age reservoir required is much smaller than other<br />

types <strong>of</strong> CAES cycles. The dynamics <strong>of</strong> this concept are better than those <strong>f<strong>or</strong></strong> the <strong>com</strong>bined<br />

cycle and steam injection concepts. This concept also uses water, although this water does<br />

not require demineralization.<br />

• “Adiabatic” CAES Cycle – In this CAES cycle, the thermal energy recovered during the<br />

<strong>com</strong>pression cycle is st<strong>or</strong>ed and used later to reheat the st<strong>or</strong>ed air during the generation cycle<br />

to reduce <strong>or</strong> even eliminate any fuel consumption. As illustrated in Figure 7, this type <strong>of</strong><br />

cycle uses sensible <strong>or</strong> latent heat st<strong>or</strong>age and recovery materials (e.g., basalt stone/thermal<br />

oils and phase change salts, respectively). Many such plants have been analyzed [5, 6].<br />

Taken to the limit, the result is the so-called “adiabatic” CAES plant where no fuel is used<br />

during the plant’s generation cycle.<br />

Compressed Air <strong>Energy</strong> <strong>St<strong>or</strong>age</strong> (CAES) Page 6

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