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6 - Compressed Air Energy Storage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 January 2024

S. Can Gülen
S. Can Gülen
Affiliation:
Bechtel Infrastructure and Power
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This chapter focuses on compressed air energy storage (CAES) technology, which is one of the two commercially proven long-duration, large scale energy storage technologies (the other one is pumped hydro). The chapter covers the basic theory, economics, operability, and other aspects of CAES with numerical examples derived from the two existing plants, Huntorf in Germany and McIntosh in the USA.

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Compressed Air Energy StorageCAES
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Gas and Steam Turbine Power Plants
Applications in Sustainable Power
 , pp. 186 - 232
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Compressed Air Energy Storage
  • S. Can Gülen, Bechtel Infrastructure and Power
  • Book: Gas and Steam Turbine Power Plants
  • Online publication: 12 January 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108943475.007
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  • Compressed Air Energy Storage
  • S. Can Gülen, Bechtel Infrastructure and Power
  • Book: Gas and Steam Turbine Power Plants
  • Online publication: 12 January 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108943475.007
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  • Compressed Air Energy Storage
  • S. Can Gülen, Bechtel Infrastructure and Power
  • Book: Gas and Steam Turbine Power Plants
  • Online publication: 12 January 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108943475.007
Available formats
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