Abstract
Ammonia thermochemical energy storage is based on a reversible reaction and realizes energy storage and utilization by absorbing and releasing heat. Under different energy flow densities, the efficiency of an ammonia reactor composed of multiple ammonia reaction tubes is different. Based on the coupling model of light, heat, and chemical energy of an ammonia decomposition reaction system, taking a 20 MW solar thermal power plant as the research object, this paper proposes a new model of ammonia energy storage system, which places the ammonia decomposition side in a low-pressure environment and the ammonia synthesis side in a high-pressure environment. The effects of different inlet temperatures, inlet flow rates, flow distribution, and energy flow density distribution on the ammonia energy storage system were studied. The results show that the increase of inlet temperature and the decrease of inlet flow rate are beneficial to the improvement of thermal efficiency and exergy efficiency of the system to a certain extent, but when the inlet temperature increases or the inlet flow rate decreases to a certain extent, the efficiency of the system will decline. Under the condition of nonuniform energy flow density and nonuniform inlet flow distribution, more ideal system thermal efficiency and exergy efficiency can be obtained.
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