Energy efficiency, flexibility, and robustness can promote system sustainability and
decarbonization under low-impact and high-probability events, whereas energy resilience is …

Achieving optimum energy conversion in thermodynamic systems, such as in the thermal
power plants (TPPs), is a complex task due to the involvement of several factors. One of the …

Three distinct pumped-thermal electricity storage (PTES) system variants based on currently
available sensible heat storage materials are presented:(i) Joule-Brayton PTES systems …

Thermal power plants are required to enhance operational flexibility to ensure the power
grid stability with the increasing share of intermittent renewable power. Integrating thermal …

Improving the flexibility of conventional power plants is one key challenge for the
transformation of the energy system towards a high share of renewable energies in …

The accommodation of high-penetration renewable power poses a considerable challenge
to power grids. Coal-fired combined heat and power (CHP) stations are forced to enhance …

The load cycling range enlargement of thermal power plants is essential to ensure the
power grid stability, which can facilitate the penetration of large-scale renewable power. If a …

With ever increasing share of renewable energy sources in the electricity mix, pulverized
coal-fired power plants (PCPP) have to participate in peak load regulations frequently and …

With the booming expansion of new energy such as wind and solar energy, the increasing
curtailment of new energy power has severely hindered its further development. In this …

The integration of solar thermal energy into the coal-fired power plant is a cost-effective
method to compensate for the solar energy intermittency. With the increasing penetration of …