Carnot battery technology: A state-of-the-art review

O Dumont, GF Frate, A Pillai, S Lecompte… - Journal of Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
The growth of renewable energy requires flexible, low-cost and efficient electrical storage to
balance the mismatch between energy supply and demand. The Carnot battery buffers …

[HTML][HTML] Carnot Battery development: A review on system performance, applications and commercial state-of-the-art

A Vecchi, K Knobloch, T Liang, H Kildahl… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Energy storage is widely recognised as one of the key enablers for higher renewable energy
penetration and future energy system decarbonisation. The term Carnot Battery refers to a …

Mapping of performance of pumped thermal energy storage (Carnot battery) using waste heat recovery

O Dumont, V Lemort - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The growth of renewable energy requires flexible, low-cost and efficient electrical storage to
balance the mismatch between energy supply and demand. Pumped thermal energy …

Experimental investigation and optimal performance assessment of four volumetric expanders (scroll, screw, piston and roots) tested in a small-scale organic Rankine …

O Dumont, A Parthoens, R Dickes, V Lemort - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
The aim of this paper is to facilitate the selection of the expander for a small-scale organic
Rankine cycle based on an experimental comparison of a piston, a screw, a scroll and a …

Multi-objective optimization of a novel reversible High-Temperature Heat Pump-Organic Rankine Cycle (HTHP-ORC) for industrial low-grade waste heat recovery

C Mateu-Royo, A Mota-Babiloni, J Navarro-Esbrí… - Energy Conversion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nowadays, a high amount of industrial thermal energy is still lost due to the lack of
competitive solutions for energy revalorization. Facing this challenge, this paper presents a …

Experimental investigation of four volumetric expanders

O Dumont, R Dickes, V Lemort - Energy Procedia, 2017 - Elsevier
The aim of this paper is to facilitate the selection of the expander for a small-scale organic
Rankine cycle based on an experimental comparison of a piston, a screw and two scroll …

Experimental results of a small-scale organic Rankine cycle: Steady state identification and application to off-design model validation

S Lecompte, S Gusev, B Vanslambrouck, M De Paepe - Applied Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper presents experimental results from a prototype of an 11 kWe organic Rankine
cycle (ORC). Special attention has been paid to detecting reliable steady state data points …

[HTML][HTML] Control strategy and performance of a small-size thermally integrated Carnot battery based on a Rankine cycle and combined with district heating

C Poletto, O Dumont, A De Pascale, V Lemort… - Energy Conversion and …, 2024 - Elsevier
To encourage decarbonization and promote a widespread penetration of renewable energy
sources in all energy sectors, the development of efficient energy storage systems is …

[HTML][HTML] Techno-economic assessment of a Carnot battery thermally integrated with a data center

C Poletto, A De Pascale, S Ottaviano, O Dumont… - Applied Thermal …, 2025 - Elsevier
Carnot batteries (CBs) are gaining interest as energy storage solutions, particularly when
waste heat is available for thermal integration. Data centers (DCs) represent a relevant …

Extrapolability and limitations of a semi-empirical model for the simulation of volumetric expanders

O Dumont, R Dickes, V Lemort - Energy Procedia, 2017 - Elsevier
Many different modelling approaches can be used to simulate the performance of expansion
devices in ORC power systems. A decade ago, researchers proposed a semi-empirical …