SYSTEM FOR THERMOCHEMICAL STORAGE/RELEASE OF ENERGY WITH WET AIR AT A THERMODYNAMIC DEHYDRATION TEMPERATURE LOWERED BY A DEHUMIDIFICATION DEVICE

摘要

A humid air thermochemical energy storage / release system (10) includes a dehumidification device (36) configured to operate in an energy storage mode of the system, by dehumidifying an air flow (AF) before admission of the latter in the enclosure (14) of a thermochemical reactor, and to be out of service in an energy release mode of the system. The dehumidification device (36) makes it possible to lower the degree of humidity of the air entering the enclosure (14), which leads to a lowering of the thermodynamic temperature of a dehydration reaction of a bed of reactive material (24) within the thermochemical reactor (12). This results in improved system performance.