TY - JOUR A1 - Kronhardt, Valentina A1 - Alexopoulos, Spiros A1 - Reißel, Martin A1 - Sattler, Johannes, Christoph A1 - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard A1 - Hänel, Matthias A1 - Doerbeck, Till T1 - High-temperature thermal storage system for solar tower power plants with open-volumetric air receiver simulation and energy balancing of a discretized model JF - Energy procedia N2 - This paper describes the modeling of a high-temperature storage system for an existing solar tower power plant with open volumetric receiver technology, which uses air as heat transfer medium (HTF). The storage system model has been developed in the simulation environment Matlab/Simulink®. The storage type under investigation is a packed bed thermal energy storage system which has the characteristics of a regenerator. Thermal energy can be stored and discharged as required via the HTF air. The air mass flow distribution is controlled by valves, and the mass flow by two blowers. The thermal storage operation strategy has a direct and significant impact on the energetic and economic efficiency of the solar tower power plants. Y1 - 2014 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.03.094 SN - 1876-6102 (E-Journal) ; 1876-6102 (Print) VL - 49 SP - 870 EP - 877 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER -